Apple headache

[elkbowhunter]

Anyone out there get a headache with having to deal with all the advanced techo gizmos, programs? I just found out that in 2012 what I have now is going away and being replaced with a complicated backup system. I have to switch from moble me to THE CLOUD and trying to figure what the heck it does and what and why it is going away and what is staying as far as features and backups, hardrives and ram and memory stabilization. I spent an hour at the APPLE store today and I am still clueless. The genious spoke a different language. Its come to the point now that my head is hurting and I still dont get it....I want to get back in my time machine and go back to 1850. Anyone else want to head back to a no techno world....The hunting pressure was sure less back then too.... haha

[TransPecos]

I get my kids to set them up for me.

[Deb]

Good luck. I just got my first iphone (first cell phone ever) and it is driving me crazy.

[Death Whisper]

Here's the simple rundown from what has been announced, at least the way I understand it:

If you use Gallery, iDisk, or iWeb features of MobileMe you will need to find another solution as those features aren't moving to iCloud. (Personally, I bet Gallery gets brought on-board into Photostream's features somehow but just a guess.)

With iCloud you can enable backup and restore of your iPhone, iPad, iTouch to your iCloud account instead of your PC/Mac, meaning no need to hook to a computer. Your Mac can also backup your documents but I don't know about PCs as I don't have one at home. You get 5 Gigs of space for free, and your music, books, apps and photos don't count against you IIRC.

Also, all your purchased music, books and apps will automagically appear on any device associated with your iCloud/iTunes account. For stuff not purchased through the iTunes Store, i.e. ripped CD's, you would need to sync with the host computer as in the past. If you pay for iTunes Match ($25/yr.) your music library will be scanned and you will be given rights to an iCloud version that will transfer to all iOS and MacOS devices.

Once caveat of Photostream is when turned on it makes EVERY photo taken in the last 30 days appear on ALL devices associated with your iCloud/iTunes account and you reportedly cannot delete photos from the "stream". This could be an issue with a couple who share an iTunes account between phones or iPads and the husband decides to take Brett Favre type pics to send to someone else!

Guess that wasn't so simple after all... Here's Apple's iCloud page.

[elkbowhunter]

Thanks Death Whisper

[Atfulldraw]

And "time machine" is now a backup program, so you can't go back to 1850, but rather only to your most recent backup

Good luck--apple is trying to make it seamless and easy, but they seemed to have confused a bunch of people in the process