[X-Apps] iDisk

[Norman Cohen]

 From iDisk help:

To open someone's Public folder:

If you're using Windows XP, choose My Network Places in the Start menu, 
then choose "Add a network place" in the Network Tasks list. In the Add 
Network Place Wizard, enter the following as the location to add: 
http://idisk.mac.com/membername-Public? (where "membername" is the 
other person's .Mac member name).

If you're using Windows 2000, open My Computer, choose Map Network 
Drive from the Tools menu, then click "Web folder or FTP site." Enter 
the following as the location to add: 
http://idisk.mac.com/membername-Public? (where "membername" is the 
other person's .Mac member name).

If you're using Windows 98, open My Computer, double-click the Web 
Folders icon, then double-click Add Web Folder. Enter the following as 
the location to add: http://idisk.mac.com/membername-Public? (where 
"membername" is the other person's .Mac member name).

And more help

Letting someone add or remove files from your Public folder

If you're using Mac OS X, you can allow other users to add or remove 
files from your Public folder by assigning read-write access to your 
folder. Assigning read-write access to your Public folder doesn't 
affect the other folders on your iDisk.


To assign read-write access to your Public folder:

If you're using Mac OS X version 10.2, open System Preferences and 
click Internet. Click the iDisk tab, click the Read-Write button, then 
click Apply Now.

If you're using a version of Mac OS X earlier than version 10.2, use 
iDisk Utility to assign the Public folder read-write access privileges. 
To learn more about iDisk Utility, see the .Mac Help topic "Using iDisk 
Utility."



Your available iDisk storage changes each time someone adds or removes 
a file from your Public folder.

IMPORTANT: Only users who connect to your Public folder using WebDAV 
can add or remove files from your Public folder. AFP connections from 
Mac OS 9 (using the Chooser or Network Browser) are not supported.


On Monday, February 24, 2003, at 05:16  PM, hart at nasw.org wrote:

> So I'm a bit mad. I have a .Mac account. And a business associate 
> wanted to send me a 32 MB file, part of a job I'm getting paid for. 
> This is a Mac-savvy person, running OS X. I said "Just put it in my 
> public folder. He couldn't do it. I sent him iDisk utility and he 
> still couldn't access my public folder.
>
> So I got intrigued. I went to Apple's site and for the life of me I 
> can't see any way--obvious or subtle--to put a file on a .Mac user's 
> public folder. Shouldn't this be a big, bright button? What am I 
> missing here? Why should I have to set this person up as an ftp user 
> with my hosted site to get a miserable 32 MB file? Grr.
>
> Stephen Hart
> http://eugraph.com
>
>
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