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July 21, 2008

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Free with iTunes 7.7 for Windows, a MobileMe preference pane

Posted Jul. 21, ’08, 5:42 AM PT by Derik DeLong
Category | Windows

MobileMe Windows Lately, I can’t get enough software drama. The installation of Safari if you didn’t uncheck the box in Apple’s Software Update for Windows was a big deal and I imagine this will be yet another point of contention. iTunes 7.7 installations include a MobileMe preference pane.

Regardless of whether you actually have a MobileMe account or not, you get this nifty piece of software. Clearly, this is Apple subverting your choice of synchronization software. Or something. I don’t know what it is, but it’s bad.

Let’s be serious though. With MobileMe’s launch problems, did it really matter? Have any of you actually tried the sync features in Windows? I’m thinking about using it in my Boot Camp partition.


4 Comments

Anon said:

Despicable behavior from a company that should know better.

July 21, 2008 7:13 AM
Tony D said:

Wouldn't MobileMe be needed if you had an iPhone? Isn't Apple just updating what's needed for that seamless experience that a Windowss user would expect from Apple? Maybe they should ask before installing but it is part of the iPhone 2.0, no?

July 21, 2008 9:27 AM
jsk said:

Huh. So Windoze users get better MobileMe support than Apple's own Tiger users?!?

July 21, 2008 12:45 PM
Dave-O said:

@Tony, no. You don't need MobileMe to use an iPhone. iTunes is the point of integration between the two, so it makes sense and the panel is off until you turn it on; but it's a bad move. Not as bad a boogering up my desktop and quick launch bar with Quicktime Player links (does anyone actually launch Quicktime player directly?), but still bad practice. Worse, it seems to install Bonjour, which mucks up the VPN we use at work.

You'd think Apple had learned its lesson.

July 21, 2008 1:26 PM

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