TidBITS releases ‘Take Control of MobileMe’
Posted by Dave Merten 
Oct 31, 2008 at 2:42pm
Apple’s MobileMe online service has been much in the news lately, since it integrates with the iPhone to seamlessly move contact and calendar information among the iPhone, the MobileMe Web site, and a computer. Along with this whizzy syncing feature, MobileMe offers a virtual Swiss Army knife of options, but one notable lack is detailed documentation. The new 112-page Take Control of MobileMe, an ebook by Mac expert Joe Kissell, fills that gap.
Kissell first focuses on set up and syncing—what to expect, what kinds of data sync, handling problems, and more. Once that’s covered, Kissell examines these topics:
• Various ways to use an iDisk for storing and sharing files
• Accessing and updating calendar and contact data on the MobileMe site
• Using the Gallery feature (alone or via iLife ‘08) to publish photos and movies
• Publishing a Web site to MobileMe’s servers
• Enabling Back to My Mac in order to access one of your Macs from another
• Using MobileMe email, via its Web interface, Apple Mail, and an iPhone or iPod touch
• How MobileMe’s Backup app compares to Leopard’s Time Machine
Take Control of MobileMe is unique in offering current, book-length coverage of MobileMe, and it may be purchased for $10 at TakeControlBooks.com and oreilly.com.
Take Control of MobileMe assumes that most readers are using Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard – and possibly an iPhone or iPod touch, but it also has details aimed at helping those using Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger, Windows XP, and Windows Vista.
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Dave was one of the founding guides at ‘The Mining Company,’ now known as About.com, in February 1998. Dave was their ‘Focus on Mac Support’ guide. In 2004 he started ‘G5 Owners Support Group,’ and in 2005, renamed it ‘Mac Owners Support Group.’ In 2006, he started the ‘MacOSG Support Corner’ column here at Macsimum News.
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