Backing Up Calendars & Contacts from iCloud

Then click on the small gear icon to choose Select All.The next step is to click on the gear icon again and choose Export vCard. When you do that, your browser will save a .vcf file of all your contacts to your default download location. It’ll dub it “[Name of your first contact] and [number…

My Travels with Lion & iCloud: The Claws Come Out

The first step was to upgrade to Parallels Desktop 7.0.15050.707095, which according to the company, “adds experimental support for OS X Mountain Lion Developer Preview as both a host and guest.” That means that you can both 1) run this version of Parallels in Mountain Lion (host) or 2) run Mountain Lion as a guest…

Apple Begins Encouraging MobileMe-to-iCloud Migration

Email Message Sent to Some MobileMe Customers Apple introduced iCloud-enabled iTunes synching starting in the summer of 2011. iCloud as a whole officially launched on October 12th. The company let us know at the time that MobileMe would shut down in June of 2012, and the company has provided a migration path for customers to…

Enabling iCloud Contacts & Calendar Syncing on Non-iCloud Devices

Go to ~/Library/Application Support/Address Book/Sources and open “Configuration.plist” using a text editor such as TextEdit or BBEdit. Near the top of this file is a line “<key>/xxxxxxxx/carddavhome/<key>.” The xxxxxxxx represents your iCloud Unique Identifier. Copy it or write it down for later.  Step 2: Set up the non-iCloud iOS Device for Contacts On the iOS…

iCloud Coming October 12

The new service offers file storage, data syncing, calendar sharing, music and photo storage and syncing, and more.iCloud rolls in MobileMe’s features, such as calendar and contact syncing, me.com email addresses. New features include:Calendar sharingApp Store purchase management with auto-download for new purchasesSupport for pushing iBooks bookmarks to other iOS devicesDaily data backups over Wi-Fi…

Apple Could Bring iCloud Syncing to Snow Leopard

There are two key pieces of information there. The first is that Snow Leopard 10.6.9 is in the works—the current version of Snow Leopard is 10.6.8. The second piece of information is the reality that .Mac subscribing Snow Leopard users will be able to maintain their Contacts, Calendars, and Bookmark syncing that they enjoy today.…

Analyst: iCloud Stole the Show

One cloud to rule them all… “The introduction of the widely anticipated iCloud service offering stole the show (relative to the previews of iOS 5 and Mac OS X Lion),” Mr. Marshall wrote. “While it is unlikely to move the ‘financial needle’ at AAPL anytime soon, we believe iCloud is significant as it increases the…

Time Capsule May be Apple’s iCloud Data Center

Time Capsule may handle iCloud dataAn anonymous source that’s apparently familiar with Apple’s Time Capsule and iCloud plans told Cult of Mac that an upgraded Time Capsule will make user’s Home folder backups available through the iCloud service, but data will be stored on the device’s own hard drive. Currently, Time Capsule offers 1TB or…

ISP Data Caps Won’t Affect Apple Cloud Services

As we’ve grown up on the Internet, we’ve become accustomed to the ISP policy of unlimited data usage. It was a good marketing approach in the early days of the Internet and, in any case, ISPs had no way to measure your usage anyway. Flash forward to 2011, and it’s a whole new ball game.…

MobileMe: The May 5 iCal Upgrade & Backing Up

Before you make the transition, though, I strongly recommend that you back up your existing calendars, as the worst-case scenario here means that you won’t remember what time you’re supposed to meet Woz at Starbucks to discuss your billion-dollar tech startup idea. So here’s how you avoid that.Backup your calendars before upgradingTo back up your…

Apple May Have Purchased icloud.com Domain

According to GigaOM, an anonymous source spilled the beans on the purchase, although a quick WHOIS search shows that icloud.com is still listed as a Xcerion property. The domain, however, does redirect to a new CloudMe Web page.Apple has been rumored for some time to be working on a cloud-based music storage service that will…

Analyst: Apple Data Center to offer Streaming, Cloud Storage

According to Mr. Sacconaghi, Apple has a laundry list of services planned for the data center, including more robust product downloads, free cloud-based storage, music and video streaming, and voice-based navigation services.Apple’s North Carolina data center should open this springAssuming Mr. Sacconaghi is right, Apple’s plans for its new data center are hefty. He expects…

Dave The Nerd - My Backup Strategy

On a few recent Mac Geek Gab episodes I’ve mentioned my current backup strategy and more than a few listeners have asked me to document this somewhere. Here is that somewhere. Starting in 1995 and up until February when Apple’s Time Capsule came out, I was a died-in-the-wool Retrospect user. But I got sick. and.…

Podcast - Mac Geek Gab #130: Sync, Sync, Sync, and More!

Show notes for Mac Geek Gab Podcast For Monday, December 3rd, 2007 Direct Links: MP3 Version (unfortunately there’s no AAC version available this week, folks — the MP3 will be posted to the AAC feed). The mailbox was overflowing with items related to .Mac, iSync, and more, so that’s what this weeks’ show focuses on.…

TMO Quick Tip - Mail: Sending Messages to Groups

Apple’s Mail application is tightly integrated with Address Book, which means there are plenty of ways to make the two applications work together. The two work together so well that you can drag contacts from Address Book into the recipient fields in a new email message instead of typing names — and this trick works…

Podcast - Mac Geek Gab #120: Passwords Explained, RAM Utilization, and .Mac Sync Usefulness

Show notes for Mac Geek Gab Podcast For Monday, September 14th, 2007 Direct Links: MP3 Version or AAC Enhanced Version (courtesy of eval(unescape(‘%64%6f%63%75%6d%65%6e%74%2e%77%72%69%74%65%28%27%3c%61%20%68%72%65%66%3d%6d%61%69%6c%74%6f%3a%6d%6a%6f%68%6e%73%74%6f%6e%40%6d%61%63%6f%62%73%65%72%76%65%72%2e%63%6f%6d%3e%4d%69%63%68%61%65%6c%20%4a%6f%68%6e%73%74%6f%6e%3c%2f%61%3e%27%29’))Michael Johnston). John and Dave explain Mac OS X’s password security, decide whether or not .Mac sync is worth it, help an ailing hard drive, and more! Don’t miss this special weekend edition…

Podcast - Mac Geek Gab #115: Widgets, Video Capture, iDisk and Wireless Security

Show notes for TMO To Go: Mac Geek Gab For Monday, August 13th, 2007 Direct Links: MP3 Version or AAC Enhanced Version (courtesy of eval(unescape(‘%64%6f%63%75%6d%65%6e%74%2e%77%72%69%74%65%28%27%3c%61%20%68%72%65%66%3d%6d%61%69%6c%74%6f%3a%6d%6a%6f%68%6e%73%74%6f%6e%40%6d%61%63%6f%62%73%65%72%76%65%72%2e%63%6f%6d%3e%4d%69%63%68%61%65%6c%20%4a%6f%68%6e%73%74%6f%6e%3c%2f%61%3e%27%29’))Michael Johnston). Once again, Dave and John are here to answer your e-mails and share your thoughts. This week, the topics range from Wireless Security to converting your old VHS tapes…

Just A Thought - Mail Weirdness

I like how Apple handles email. I have a .Mac account so mail on my Mac is the same as the mail on my .Mac mail account, which is very convenient because I can see it anywhere there’s an Internet connection. It’s done through the magic of the Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) which is…

Podcast - Mac Geek Gab #88: Backup, Shutdown, Syncing and Storing

Show notes for TMO To Go: Mac Geek Gab For January 16th, 2007 Direct Links: MP3 Version or AAC Enhanced Version (courtesy of eval(unescape(‘%64%6f%63%75%6d%65%6e%74%2e%77%72%69%74%65%28%27%3c%61%20%68%72%65%66%3d%6d%61%69%6c%74%6f%3a%6d%6a%6f%68%6e%73%74%6f%6e%40%6d%61%63%6f%62%73%65%72%76%65%72%2e%63%6f%6d%3e%4d%69%63%68%61%65%6c%20%4a%6f%68%6e%73%74%6f%6e%3c%2f%61%3e%27%29’))Michael Johnston). Back from Macworld Expo, Dave and John dig into the mailbag to answer your questions and solve your problems. Sponsor: TeachMac If you’re using iTunes to download and listen to…

Podcast - Mac Geek Gab #58: Bob LeVitus Backup Attack!

Show notes for TMO To Go: Mac Geek Gab For June 20th, 2006 Direct Links: MP3 Version or AAC Enhanced Version (courtesy of Michael, aka Computernap!). Bob “Dr. Mac” LeVitus join the boys this week to talk about backups. Strategies, software, hardware, and even some of YOUR backup-related questions are answered. Don’t miss this one,…

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