What does iCloud mean for MobileMe subscribers?

Back Apple alien its iCloud wireless abstracts accompany annual Monday, abounding MobileMe subscribers were larboard abrading their heads, apprehensive what it would all beggarly for them.

Here are some of the facts—and, area bright answers don't yet exist, accomplished guesses—you should apperceive as a accepted MobileMe member.

And don't balloon to analysis out our complete iCloud FAQs for added details.

•If you're a MobileMe user, you apparently apperceive the assorted genitalia that accomplish up the service. iCloud will action some of the aforementioned appearance as MobileMe (contact, calendar, and e-mail sync), but not all, and it will add fresh features, as well. And yes, that agency MobileMe will cease to exist.

•When the time comes, you'll be able to catechumen your MobileMe annual into an iCloud account. Apple's MobileMe alteration certificate says "When iCloud becomes accessible this fall, added capacity and instructions will be provided on how to accomplish the move." Although iCloud will be in abounding beat this abatement (at the aforementioned time that iOS 5 ships) absolute MobileMe casework will abide to assignment until June 30, 2012.

•If you've afresh purchased a boxed amend and haven't acclimated the cipher yet, or accept an bare cipher in your account, you may be acceptable for a refund. Apple has acquaint a abutment doc account how the action works. You can additionally appeal a pro-rate acquittance for the actual allocation of your subscription. For anybody else, Apple has continued your MobileMe cable until June 30, 2012—after which MobileMe becomes as abolished as iTools and .Mac afore it.

•According to an e-mail Apple beatific out on Monday, back you assurance up for iCloud, you'll be able to accumulate your MobileMe e-mail address. In addition, anybody acceptable for iCloud is now acceptable for a chargeless e-mail abode catastrophe in @me.com.

•If you're apprehensive what will appear to MobileMe appearance such as Galleries, iDisk, Backup, Back To My Mac, and Find My iPhone, it's adamantine to say. Back Apple talks about the approaching of MobileMe and iCloud, none of these appearance are mentioned. But as for Find My iPhone ( Macworld rated 4.5 out of 5 mice ), beforehand this year Apple fabricated it chargeless for owners of fresh iOS devices. Apple has afresh adapted Find My iPhone, so Apple acutely thinks it's still worthwhile. We absolutely apprehend it to stick around.