Wednesday , October 12 , 2011 was D - Day ( Download Day ) for Apple users . I believe it will go down in history as the day Apple released more software than it has done in any individual sidereal day before .
From iOS 5 to Cards . From Mac OS X 10.7.2 to iPhoto 9.2 . And everything in between . Plus , do n’t forget the Apple TV Update and iCloud go live . Apple also published newiOS 5 versions of its user guidesand aslew of livelihood article . It will be years before I have time to give even a abbreviated look to everything that ’s new .
From a troubleshooting perspective , iCloud seems to be a likely first stop . Certainly , iCloud has been the subject area of the Lion ’s ploughshare ( could n’t resist the pun ) of Apple ’s latest support articles .
If you need assistance with iCloud , Macworldmay already have you covered . I would commence with Getting started with iCloud , Apple ’s unexampled sync service . It goes over all the staple and provides connexion to additional more detailed articles on topics such as syncing and backing up .
• If you go to the iCloud System Preferences pane on a Mac ( ply OS X 10.7.2 ) , you may see the following screen :
There is no option to create a unexampled Apple ID or access via a separate accounting . To convert this , go to the MobileMe System Preferences pane and leave . Return to the iCloud System Preferences pane . It should now look like this :
At this point , you may make a new Apple ID ( if needed ) and access via your disjoined account .
• After logging into iCloud successfully , suppose you require to go back and access to MobileMe . You guessed it : You wo n’t be able to do so without first logging out of iCloud . If you do n’t , you will get the follow content in the MobileMe Lucy in the sky with diamonds :
The message is in reality misleading . You do n’t need to move your news report to iCloud or move out your iCloud account to sign up into MobileMe — unless by “ off , ” Apple means “ exit . ” True , when you do lumber out of iCloud , you lose access code to iCloud - synchronise data ( such as calendars and documents ) that are not also stash away locally .
Additionally , unlike what is imply by the subject matter , you wo n’t be able to lumber in to MobileMe and iCloud at the same time , even if you do transmigrate . At least in my testing , you could only lumber in to one Robert William Service at a time — no matter what .
• Even though you ca n’t lumber in to both accounts at the same time on your Mac , it appears your Mac can still sync both service at the same time — if you are presently logged into iCloud . To see this , go to the Mail Contacts & Calendars System Preferences pane in Lion . Both iCloud and MobileMe are lean , even though you are not presently enter to MobileMe .
• Going beyond separate accounts : If you later settle to migrate from MobileMe to iCloud , any other MobileMe users with whom you share a calendar should migrate at the same metre . Unless the other somebody migrate , Apple saysyou will “ no longer be able to see that calendar . ”
speak of calendar , if you use BusyCal , see to it outUpgrading BusyCal to iCloudfor guidelines on how to verify that BusyCal works with your iCloud information after you transmigrate .
In other news…
Two other unrelated point of interest I spot while scouring Apple ’s late support clause :
MacBook Pro ( 15 - inch , Mid 2010 ) fatal screen : orchard apple tree put forward : “ Apple has determined that a diminished turn of MacBook Pro ( 15 - in , Mid 2010 ) computers may intermittently hold on expose video on the build - in display or on an outside display link to the MacBook Pro . ” Apple is working on a root .
iOS support troubleshooting : Apple ’s latest clause ontroubleshooting problems with backing up an iOS gadget in iTunesoffers a new peak I had not seen before : Reset the Lockdown folder . study the article for full detail . Briefly , go to / var / db / lockdownand delete all the files in the folder ( not the folder itself ) .