December 14th, 2008
Deal breaker: no subscribed calendars in MobileMe
One of my favorite features of MobileMe (and DotMac before it) is subscribed calendars. This feature allows my wife and I to maintain separate calendars which we share with each other by subscribing to each others calendar. It’s great way to keep schedules in order and to prevent double booking events – but it doesn’t work with MobileMe.
I initially avoided MobileMe’s iPhone syncing after following the rash of problems the service was experiencing. After growing tired of syncing my iPhone with Apple’s stupid, proprietary 30-pin cable, I finally switched to to MobileMe syncing last month. It worked quite well and I was excited about it – until I noticed that my wife’s calendar wasn’t syncing.
It turns out that I forgot that Apple dropped subscribed calendar support in MobileMe back in August, making it a deal breaker for me. Knowledgebase Article TS1213 states:
When syncing subscription calendars between a Mac and an iPhone/iPod touch wirelessly via MobileMe Sync: Subscription calendars do not appear in your iPhone/iPod touch.
So now I’m back to syncing an advanced wireless devices with three built-in radios with a $19 cable.
Jason D. O'Grady is the editor of PowerPage.org, which has been publishing daily mobile technology news since December 1995. For disclosures on Jason's industry affiliations, click here or to view Jason's full profile click here.
Subscribe to The Apple Core via Email alerts or RSS.
