How iCloud Helped Ruin Christmas

Question

This is just one description of why I do not like iCloud (and it appears that I am not alone).
I used Snow Leopard for a while before updating to Lion (to be compatile with iOS 5). Had I known how much trouble this would cause and how much functionality I lost I would never have bothered to upgrade (to iOS 5 or Lion).
The story goes like this:
I updated from Snow Leopard to Lion on my laptop first to test some software. The transition was fairly smooth but I did lose a couple of programs (they call them Apps now, sorry to confuse you younger folks).
My brother moved, so I updated his contact information in Contacts on my desktop (still running Snow Leopard and the ever faithful and error free MobileMe).
I then upgraded my iPhone to iOS 5 and discovered the inability to synch with MobileMe. I do most of my 'work' on the desktop and the laptop is around in case I need it, but it is mostly for 'play' so I noticed that things were out of synch between the two computers but it was not a problem, yet.
I then chose to stick with the new rather than go back to the old and upgraded the desktop computer to Lion hoping that the transition would work smoothly. In the process of 'upgrading' the desktop computer to Lion the correctly updated Contacts were lost to the ether and the old and incorrect address for my brother was retained. I did not discover this until AFTER...
I mailed a package full of christmas presents to my brother (and his wife and my niece and nepphew). The package was delivered to the address on the package, rather than be forwarded to the new address by the USPS. It appears now that the package is lost and despite paying for insurance, the post office may not pay for it since it was delivered to the address on the box.
So, because iCloud was unable and unwilling to synch 'properly' with MobileMe I lost money and my brother's family had a less than perfect Christmas. The USPS is partly at fault for not forwarding the package properly. My part of this disaster were not checking the address on the box and not realizing sooner how many problems there are with Lion/iCloud (I still cannot get my bookmarks to synch and have had them all deleted several times, I miss the scroll arrows several times a day, I even miss the folder colors of the Snow Leopard interface - all documented in several other postings).
I have submitted negative feedback to Apple for all of these issues. If you agree that Lion/iCloud are a(nother) step backward in useability please feel fre to like this post - Maybe we can get some of these types of problems resolved. I am simply at a loss to understand why iCloud is so hostile towards MobileMe and still so darn useless.

Answer 1

Martin Gallo wrote:
This is just one description of why I do not like iCloud (and it appears that I am not alone).
I used Snow Leopard for a while before updating to Lion (to be compatile with iOS 5). Had I known how much trouble this would cause and how much functionality I lost I would never have bothered to upgrade (to iOS 5 or Lion).
The story goes like this:
I updated from Snow Leopard to Lion on my laptop first to test some software. The transition was fairly smooth but I did lose a couple of programs (they call them Apps now, sorry to confuse you younger folks).
My brother moved, so I updated his contact information in Contacts on my desktop (still running Snow Leopard and the ever faithful and error free MobileMe).
I then upgraded my iPhone to iOS 5 and discovered the inability to synch with MobileMe. I do most of my 'work' on the desktop and the laptop is around in case I need it, but it is mostly for 'play' so I noticed that things were out of synch between the two computers but it was not a problem, yet.
I then chose to stick with the new rather than go back to the old and upgraded the desktop computer to Lion hoping that the transition would work smoothly. In the process of 'upgrading' the desktop computer to Lion the correctly updated Contacts were lost to the ether and the old and incorrect address for my brother was retained. I did not discover this until AFTER...
I mailed a package full of christmas presents to my brother (and his wife and my niece and nepphew). The package was delivered to the address on the package, rather than be forwarded to the new address by the USPS. It appears now that the package is lost and despite paying for insurance, the post office may not pay for it since it was delivered to the address on the box.
So, because iCloud was unable and unwilling to synch 'properly' with MobileMe I lost money and my brother's family had a less than perfect Christmas. The USPS is partly at fault for not forwarding the package properly. My part of this disaster were not checking the address on the box and not realizing sooner how many problems there are with Lion/iCloud (I still cannot get my bookmarks to synch and have had them all deleted several times, I miss the scroll arrows several times a day, I even miss the folder colors of the Snow Leopard interface - all documented in several other postings).
I have submitted negative feedback to Apple for all of these issues. If you agree that Lion/iCloud are a(nother) step backward in useability please feel fre to like this post - Maybe we can get some of these types of problems resolved. I am simply at a loss to understand why iCloud is so hostile towards MobileMe and still so darn useless.
iCloud does not 'sync' with Mobile Me, it replaces it. I guess you did not read the documentation carefully enough but you could use MM or iCloud, not both (for core services such as Mail,Contacts and Calendars)
If you have transitioned your MM account (at www.mobileme.com/move) you can now only use iCloud.