[X-Newbies] Re: Re: iDisk problems.

[Richard ramsowr]

You can always call Apple direct  - they wyl look the
acount up and then do what ever is necessary to get
you and yorr .mac back together again - Apple good
about that kind of thing

ric

--- Brian Durant <globetrotterdk at gmail.com> wrote:

> Sigh. Nope, I followed your instructions to the
> letter, but the .Mac
> account is still registering the old "temporary" and
> redirects to:
> 
> http://homepage.mac.com/1/homepage404ErrorPage.html
> 
> "We're sorry, but we can't find the HomePage you've
> requested." #€%*
> 
> BTW, the exported site works fine on the HD.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Brian
> 
> On 11/13/05, Charles Martin <chasm at mac.com> wrote:
> > > From: Brian Durant <globetrotterdk at gmail.com>
> > >
> > > I have syncing on and set to automatic.
> >
> > Thanks for the much clearer explanation of what's
> going on. Hopefully
> > this will help.
> >
> > 1. Turn off syncing.
> >
> > 2. Restart or log out/in in order to make certain
> that the change is
> > in effect, and that your iDisk does NOT rely on
> the "local" (ie your
> > HD) copy of the iDisk contents.
> >
> > 3. Mount your iDisk. (from the "Go" menu in the
> Finder toolbar).
> >
> > 4. Open your "Sites" folder and trash the
> contents. You will get a
> > warning about this. WAIT (because it will not
> happen instantly like
> > it did with your local/sync iDisk) for this
> process to finish.
> >
> > 5. Once the Sites folder is empty, dismount the
> iDisk by dragging it
> > to the trash (as you would any other removable
> disk).
> >
> > 6. Now go back to the "Go" folder and RE-MOUNT the
> iDisk. Open the
> > Sites folder and check to see that there are ZERO
> items.
> >
> > 7. Now go into RapidWeaver, set your site the way
> you want it, and
> > "export" or "publish" it to the desktop.
> >
> > 8. Now copy your "new" site pages into the Sites
> folder. This will
> > take a LONG time compared to when you had syncing
> on. Be patient.
> >
> > That should solve the problem.
> >
> >
> > _Chas_
> >
> > Claiming that the Macintosh is inferior to Windows
> because most
> > people use Windows is like saying that all other
> restaurants are
> > inferior to McDonald's.
> >
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