My wife and I use iWeb via Mobileme for our websites and blogs. Mobileme is being discontinued for iCloud. Can anyone reassure me that I can keep my iWeb websites? I feel iWeb was a good thing that almost got better but has been neglected in the last version of iLife so for the first time didn't upgrade. I am anxious that Apple will just let it slip away. Perhaps not?
iMac, Mac OS X (10.4.11)
I just came here to ask the same exact question! Interested in hearing any replies as well. Thanks!
Right now the only place you can get that answered is HERE. Otherwise, wait a week or two for Apple to clarify what the future holds for MobileMe. You sure won't get an answer here as we're just like you, users.
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Paul.B. wrote:
Can anyone reassure me that I can keep my iWeb websites?
Paul ~ Welcome to the Support Communities. Far from being a "reassurance", there's this from the MobileMe Terms of Service:
"Apple may at any time, under certain circumstances and without prior notice, immediately terminate or suspend all or a portion of your account and/or access to the Service. Cause for such termination shall include, but not be limited to: (...) discontinuance or material modification to the Service or any part thereof."
Yes, you will be able to keep the websites that you have created using iWeb, as long as you don't delete them and you keep the relevant domain.sites files.
iWeb is an application and your use of that application will not be affected, so you can still use it to create websites.
MobileMe is separate, so you may not be able to publish there if it ceases to exist. Just means that your sites will have to be published elsewhere, but you can still use iWeb.
With iWeb and mobile me, Apple has already become a web hosting business. Why they would abandon this I have no idea, since everything is in place and working.
I really don't know why, but I don't have a vested interest myself as I don't use MMe, preferring to upload to another host/server - you get more for your money this way and as my site is for business, I prefer to do it this way.
I do use iWeb though and will continue to do so and iWeb as an app will work regardless of whether MMe is here in the future or not.
I don't have any insider information, but I would have to guess that Apple would keep a web hosting option to its chosen successor to MobileMe. iCould is clearly a Hosted Exchange Server alternative and web hosting would seem to be needed for many small businesses who are using this service as an alternative to web hosting. It also helps push their iLife product line. If you kill webhosting, iWeb becomes a weaker product. That said, I would keep a backup.
I think that as iCloud gets nearer to release date, we will see more options get released. I'm sure that Apple will be willing to sell more storage space, that web hosting will be available, etc. My gut is that probably won't charge for the hosting, but will draw down from your data pool. It just seems like a cleaner way and will actually get more people to take the jump. I wouldn't be surprised to see a Sharepoint type service emerge as well. Only time will tell, but Apple's philosophy is to make all their pieces fit together and work better than than anyone else's. A web hosting component seems to make sense.
I was considering trying out the new Lion OS Server option to see what that is like.
I never tried Snow Leopard Server, but might give Lion a try as you download it directly from the App store. Might be a good alternative, but we'll wait and see.
Also, why would Apple have spent billions of dollars on those new data centers if they did not have something else in the pipeline?
I have to say that I am quite happy to stick with iWeb as a design tool, as although you have to use workarounds for some things, it is relatively simple and you get more control than you seem to with other apps.
Will I still me able to keep my blogs and websites with iWeb after Mobileme is discontinued?
