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The blog was instigated by chief executive Steve Jobs and for a few weeks the mysterious David G posted the occasional update on Apple’s efforts to repair the mess following the launch of Mobile Me last month.

David G has now made his “Final Post”.

“This will be the last MobileMe Status posting,” he wrote. “Instead, we have redesigned the <

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MobileMe Support page so it’s clearer and has an enlarged area, now in the upper right hand corner, to report on system status. This is the place to go if you’re experiencing a problem and want to know if it’s related to an issue with our servers.”

There is also a new MobileMe News page on the Apple site.

Apple is clearly feeling quite contrite about the outages, email loss and other problems that MobileMe subscribers had to put up with for several weeks after its launch. Having already provided them with a free 30-day extension to their account, Apple is now providing an extra 60 days free-of-charge.

“We know that MobileMe's launch has not been our finest hour, and we truly appreciate your patience as we turn this around,” it said in an email to subscribers, adding that it still has many improvements to make.