Hi,
Minor correction. In Leopard, the Windows File Sharing has been
moved to just File Sharing. There's a a new option button that
provides check box items that will enable smb and ftp protocols.
As for what can .Mac do? I use it for my work/home drive so I can
work on files from home and work. I use it as my main email address.
Can't get cooler than @mac.com, I use the web server to share my
photos with friends. I don't do any isynch though. To be truthful,
.Mac is overpriced, but I'm addicted to my @mac.com email address, so
I keep it. If you do, be certain to buy it from Amazon.com where it
will only cost $69 per year. Granted, you'll need help with the
redemption code.
Best,
Scott
If you only need to move files between your Mac and other Windows
machines on your local network you can skip the iDisk stuff and just
share directly. You have a fileserver built into your Mac which your
Windows machines can connect to. That will make your user folder on
your Mac show up as another drive on your Windows box. Take a poke
at Preferences->Sharing->Windows Sharing to turn the service on.
CB
vashaun jones wrote:
Are their any other accessible things it can do besides the web
page creation tool. Basically what I'm trying to figure out is did
I make a mistake by getting it if all I have is one Mac and the
rest are Windows machines.
On Mar 26, 2008, at 1:31 AM, Tim Kilburn wrote:
Hi Vashaun,
You said: So basically I can use a Windows machine and download
the items that's on my I Disc. Is this correct? Have you tried it?
TK: Yes you sure can. I believe that there was some sort of
utility in the Software folder on the iDisk that you could use
with Windows but I didn't bother with that myself. I simply used
the Add Network Place option, entered my username and password and
voila, it was there. I think that the path was
idisk.mac.com/.mac-membername but I could be mistaken as it was
quite a while ago that I used the iDisk on a PC.
HTH.
Later...
Tim Kilburn
& Carter the Canine
Fort McMurray, AB Canada
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--Scott
