MobileMe: Service Updates as of September 10, 2009

Improvements available with iPhone OS 3.1:

Find My iPhone

• Ability to remotely set a passcode lock for an iPhone/iPod touch.
• When selecting the "play a sound" option with Display a Message, the sound is played at the loudest volume, not at the volume of the ringer. 
• When enabling Find My iPhone, if Fetch New Data is set to Manual, users are warned that Find My iPhone will not work.

Calendar and Bookmark Sync

• Subscribed calendars in iCal now automatically sync with iPhone and iPod touch. Learn more.
• When setting up a MobileMe account on an iPhone or iPod touch, Bookmarks can now be merged with existing Bookmarks on the device.

MobileMe Gallery

• Resolves an issue that prevented some MobileMe members from publishing pictures or movies to their MobileMe Gallery from an iPhone or iPod touch due to entering a username with uppercase characters.

Improvements available with Mac OS X Snow Leopard:

Mac Sync

• Reduces the frequency of data change alerts.
• The data change threshold for a sync alert can be set in the Sync tab of the MobileMe System Preference.

MobileMe iDisk

• The Sync menu extra spins whenever an iDisk sync is occurring.  
• A new option in the iDisk tab in the MobileMe System Preference allows for automatic conflict resolution, always keeping the most recent version of the file. 
• The Conflict Resolver includes Quicklook support allowing users to review the contents of many file types and determine which version to keep. 
• Improves automatic sync reliability.

Back to My Mac

• With a compatible Airport or Time Capsule, you can connect to a sleeping Mac running Mac OS X Snow Leopard (must select the option to "Wake for network access" in the Energy Saver System Preference). Learn more.

MobileMe Gallery

• Movies created or opened in QuickTime Player can be published directly to your MobileMe Gallery. 

Improvements available with MobileMe Control Panel 1.5 (for Windows)

• An existing MobileMe calendar can be made the default Outlook calendar. Learn more.
• Resolves several issues that may have resulted in incorrect ordering of bookmarks when syncing between Internet Explorer and Safari.
• Support for Microsoft Windows 7.