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Apple once had a service called MobileMe. It wasn’t exactly a hit, in fact, Apple shut it down. It then released iCloud which has a considerably large user base and is quite popular. MobileMe was shut down last year, those who had paid for the service were offered a complimentary 20GB iCloud upgrade. The upgrade wasn’t going to be offered for life. Apple today started emailing former MobileMe customers who had received the complimentary update, informing them that the update has expired and that they have now been shifted to the standard iCloud account, which offers 5GB of free storage.

This update was offered last year so as to make it easy for former MobileMe users to shift their data to iCloud. The cloud based storage service offers 5GB of free data to all customers. Those who want more can pay for more storage, 5GB is the minimum that is offered to all iCloud users. Apple notes that those who were using less than 5GB of the 20GB they had been given for one year remain unaffected by this change. iCloud Backup, iCloud Mail services and Documents in the Cloud has been frozen for those who were using more than 5GB. They’ll remain frozen until the customers either remove excess data to pay to upgrade their iCloud storage so that it can accommodate the extra data.

Former MobileMe Users Now Being Shifted To Standard iCloud Storage original content from Ubergizmo.

All good things come to an end, and for ex-MobileMe users, that end is fast approaching: Apple’s complimentary 20GB of iCloud storage for former users expires on September 30th — this time for good. The promotion, launched to assuage user sorrow over the death of MobileMe and to entice them to try out iCloud, was only meant to last until September 2012 before receiving a year-long extension. Users who want to keep their storage after the kill-date will need to pony up $40 per year for a 20GB subscription, or risk being bumped down to the free 5GB plan.

Unfortunately, iCloud Backup, Documents in the Cloud and iCloud Mail will stop working if a user’s data goes over that limit, undoubtedly forcing many to shell out for additional storage. Of course, digital hoarders could always opt to do a little housekeeping.

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Some iOS users are reporting what appears to be a bug in Apple’s iCloud online storage service. For users that received an extra 20GB of storage for free after migrating from MobileMe are seeing an expiration date of 2050. The date showed up on users’ accounts yesterday, which also happened to be the last day that users could keep their 20GB.

Apple reminded MobileMe users last week that the 20GB they received for free when the iCloud transition took place would be taken away and would go back to 5GB of storage space, unless users opted for a paid plan that starts at $20 a year for 10GB. However, users are seeing that they still have their 20GB of extra storage in their account, but with an expiration date of “9/30/50″.

However, the expiration date is showing up on iOS devices as well as Macs in System Preferences, so it’s definitely not a bug that’s isolated to just one platform — it’s showing up everywhere. Even though it would be amazing to keep 20GB of storage for another 38 years, we think it’s only just a bug in Apple’s iCloud subscription database.

Apple also seemed to have issues with iTunes yesterday as well, which was also the same day that the company officially shut down its music-centric social network Ping. It could be that Apple’s servers are just having some issues whenever they’re shutting down something specific and making changes, but we’re interested to see how Apple responds to the expiration date bug.

[via The Mac Observer]

Apple iCloud bug mentions 2050 as expiration date for storage upgrades is written by Craig Lloyd & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Previous MobileMe customers were on the receiving end of a rather sweet deal when Apple shut down the MobileMe cloud storage service at the end of June, instead relying on iCloud instead, resulting in 20GB of free, extra iCloud data storage during the transitional period whereas others needed to fork out an annual fee of $42 to enjoy that amount of storage. Just like how all good things need to come to an end, so too, is that sweet, promised deal.

Apple has already started to email former MobileMe customers that their free 20GB of additional iCloud storage will no longer be valid at the end of this month (Sunday, September 30th), and those who exceed the free 5GB limit by then will need to fork out more for the additional storage, as well as “backups to iCloud will stop, and apps will no longer be able to save documents to iCloud.” You would do well to check out what are some of the files you have in iCloud that you no longer need in order to remain within the 5GB free storage limit, unless you do not mind paying more for the extra storage, of course.

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