Posted by Gary Rosenzweig on 11/25/09.
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If you use MobileMe, then you have an iDisk. It is a virtual hard drive on the Internet that you can use to store files and share them with others. Learn the basics of using your iDisk.
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Hi, this is Gary with MacMost Now. On today’s episode lets take a quick look at iDisk.
So iDisk is part of the MobileMe service. It’s a virtual disk drive stored on the internet. You could access it from your Mac and you could also have others retrieve files from it. In the book, the MacMost.com Guide To Switching To The Mac, I give the basics for using an iDisk. Lets take a look.
Apple realizes that sharing files over the internet is difficult because of router and IP address issues. That’s why built into the very core of their MobileMe service is a file sharing device called iDisk. If you have MobileMe you have an iDisk. To connect to it go to ‘Go’ and ‘iDisk’ in the finder. You have three options: ‘My iDisk’, ‘Other User’s iDisk’ and ‘Other User’s Public Folder. The first is to connect to your own iDisk as you might expect. The second is to connect to someone else’s iDisk if you have their password. The last is to connect to the public folder of another person’s iDisk.
You can also use the other user’s iDisk option to connect to your iDisk when using another machine – say when you’re traveling – it could come in handy.
So if you want to share files with another Mac user and you have MobileMe, just put the files in your public folder on your iDisk, and then instruct them on how to find it, using of course ‘Go’, ‘iDisk’ and ‘Other user’s iDisk.
Use the system preferences MobileMe settings to set up how your iDisk works. Wit the ‘Set password’ button you can set a password for you public folder. Then you’ll have a password protected public directory on the internet that you can use to share files easily.
iDisk even works with Windows. If you give out your public.me.com/username web address to anyone they can access your public folder from a web browser.
So if you use MobileMe, iDisk is a great way for you to store files remotely or share them with others. Hope you found this useful. Til next time this is Gary Rosenzweig with MacMost Now.
Hi, this is Gary with MacMost Now. On today’s episode lets take a quick look at iDisk.
So iDisk is part of the MobileMe service. It’s a virtual disk drive stored on the internet. You could access it from your Mac and you could also have others retrieve files from it. In the book, the MacMost.com Guide To Switching To The Mac, I give the basics for using an iDisk. Lets take a look.
Apple realizes that sharing files over the internet is difficult because of router and IP address issues. That’s why built into the very core of their MobileMe service is a file sharing device called iDisk. If you have MobileMe you have an iDisk. To connect to it go to ‘Go’ and ‘iDisk’ in the finder. You have three options: ‘My iDisk’, ‘Other User’s iDisk’ and ‘Other User’s Public Folder. The first is to connect to your own iDisk as you might expect. The second is to connect to someone else’s iDisk if you have their password. The last is to connect to the public folder of another person’s iDisk.
You can also use the other user’s iDisk option to connect to your iDisk when using another machine – say when you’re traveling – it could come in handy.
So if you want to share files with another Mac user and you have MobileMe, just put the files in your public folder on your iDisk, and then instruct them on how to find it, using of course ‘Go’, ‘iDisk’ and ‘Other user’s iDisk.
Use the system preferences MobileMe settings to set up how your iDisk works. Wit the ‘Set password’ button you can set a password for you public folder. Then you’ll have a password protected public directory on the internet that you can use to share files easily.
iDisk even works with Windows. If you give out your public.me.com/username web address to anyone they can access your public folder from a web browser.
So if you use MobileMe, iDisk is a great way for you to store files remotely or share them with others. Hope you found this useful. Til next time this is Gary Rosenzweig with MacMost Now.
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