On or near 1/20/2001 9:12 PM, George Clark at [EMAIL PROTECTED] observed:
> A recurring question around here is how to keep Entourage data files synched
> between desktop Macs and PowerBooks/iBooks. It's been suggested that you use
> removable media for this. Here's another alternative that I think will work:
>
<snip>
> To use Entourage while traveling you'd need to connect to the Internet and
> mount your iDisk before launching the app, but you'd then be accessing the
> data files on your iDisk (I think). When you get home, simply copy the MUD
> folder (or at least the data files) back to your desktop's hard drive.
>
<snip>
> I also realize that this "solution" could be somewhat problematic with a
> slow connection.
I access my iDisk via a dial-up line while at home, and also while on the
road. My experience, even with things like uploading scripts (which are not
much larger than mail messages, typically), is that the iDisk is
<unbearably> slow, sometimes taking a minute or more to copy a 20 or 30K
file. I don't think this solution would be workable unless you have access
via some high-speed connection like DSL, cable, or a T1 line. And even then,
from what I can see, the slow-down is quite often not in the connection, but
in the response from mac.com. It's one of the reasons I tend to
procrastinate about updating the scripts on my web site.
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