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Setting up MobileMe on your Mac
Created: 07/11/2008
Video description: MobileMe is the new .Mac. Tom Merritt shows you how to set it up on your Mac so it can sync with your iPhone over the air.

Setting up MobileMe on your Mac Video Transcript

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>> Hi I'm Tom Merritt from CNET.com with a Quick Tip for setting up MobileMe on your Mac. MobileMe is the name for the old Dot Mac and what it can do now that it's got the new name, is sync you calendar, your contacts, and your E-mail from the cloud to your devices like you iPhone with the new 2.0 firm ware. Here's how to make sure it's setup correctly on your laptop. Make sure the information you want synced for MobileMe is selected and then sync your iPhone. Then go to system preferences, mine still says Dot Mac, yours might say MobileMe. Select Sync and make sure that the information you want synced for MobileMe to your iPhone is selected. That's it for the computer. Look for other Quick Tip on how to setup MobileMe on the iPhone to complete the series. That's it for this Quick Tip. I'm Tom Merritt. CNET.com [ Music ]

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