MobileMe Family Pack questions
So, I was wondering if I were to buy the MobileMe Family Pack, would it allow me and my wife to share a calendar? So when we both buy the new 3g Iphone, we would have different email addresses but the same calendar, so if she made an entry into the calendar it would get pushed out to my phone as well?? would it work like that??
I hope so!! that would be really nice!!
I hope so!! that would be really nice!!
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You may also be able to play with file locations so you both read off the same calendar file but there are issues with that too.
... to share a calendar you are going to likely need to go through CalDAV.
Does anyone else wonder what's up with Apple that they would provide such a nice calender server and then NOT USE IT so that people can share editable calendars? This was the one thing I was hoping MobileMe would fix.
Why shouldn't I now just switch to using Google and SpanningSync for all my calendars, posting my pictures, and all that stuff? Really frustrating....
/mike
we will keep a single account till it doesn't work.
this mobleme is a life saver....MINE
Susan
My wife and I have a similar requirement. We bought the family pack and created a family log in. That log in is for the calendars that we use. We then each have our own individual mail logins through MobileMe. Once we had our Mac's running with the calendars and syncing with the server, we went to our 3g phones. We set the first MobileMe with our individual accounts and only enabled email and contacts. Then we each set up a second MobileMe account on the iPhones with the family account and enabled only calendars. This has proved very effective.
1) In order to easily share Contacts and Calendars, you can set up all iPhones on a single account. Great if you don't care to use the "Find My Phone" or "Remote Wipe" service on any but the first user set up on this account.
2) If you each use a separate account, you can easily use all services, but you cannot share any data at all.
Therefore, I now have to edit each shared contact and calendar 3 times(again), unless I don't ever plan on losing any of the three phones. Once again, Apple has a great idea with limitations that render it almost pointless.
After speaking to a MobileMe Chat Rep., all my worst fears of MobileMe turned out to be true.
Unfortunately, none of that is true:
* You can find multiple phones, even on a single account.
* A family pack can share as little or as much as you prefer.
You can read the posts above for the various ways to share data using MobileMe. I've used them successfully for a long time.
Not sure who you talked to, but...
My wife and I have a similar requirement. We bought the family pack and created a family log in. That log in is for the calendars that we use. We then each have our own individual mail logins through MobileMe. Once we had our Mac's running with the calendars and syncing with the server, we went to our 3g phones. We set the first MobileMe with our individual accounts and only enabled email and contacts. Then we each set up a second MobileMe account on the iPhones with the family account and enabled only calendars. This has proved very effective.
Unfortunately, none of that is true:
* You can find multiple phones, even on a single account.
* A family pack can share as little or as much as you prefer.
You can read the posts above for the various ways to share data using MobileMe. I've used them successfully for a long time.
Not sure who you talked to, but...
When you say, in a family pack you can share as little or as much as you prefer, do you mean you can have a shared calendar that all members can see, and then certain other things that only get synced on an individual basis?
Is there a website that has a "how to" for the family pack setup? I want to be able to share somethings on my calendar with my secretary, but not everything.