Can I save to iDisk from a PC???

[Zim Bargo]

Just signed up to .mac and discovered that one of the features could actually be really useful. At work we have PCs but at home I run a PB 15". Until now if I've need to take documents home that are too large to email I've had to burn them to a disc.

Now, I'm assuming that having made changes at home I can just save this on iDisc and then download this on my PC at work, thus saving a disc. Question can I do this the other way round - save the document from my PC to iDisk and download it at home - if so, how
Thanks

Zim

 

[Zorkon]

Yes, you can.

Now, I'm assuming that having made changes at home I can just save this on iDisc and then download this on my PC at work, thus saving a disc. Question can I do this the other way round - save the document from my PC to iDisk and download it at home - if so, how

.mac's iDisk uses a standard protocol called WebDAV, which is supported on the PC. In fact, Apple publishes a little tool that allows you to do exactly what you want.

A quick Google search (you *did* try Google, right? ) turned up the following:

http://macs.about.com/cs/osxvswindows/a/idisk_xp.htm

 

[sandmann41]

Just signed up to .mac and discovered that one of the features could actually be really useful. At work we have PCs but at home I run a PB 15". Until now if I've need to take documents home that are too large to email I've had to burn them to a disc.

Now, I'm assuming that having made changes at home I can just save this on iDisc and then download this on my PC at work, thus saving a disc. Question can I do this the other way round - save the document from my PC to iDisk and download it at home - if so, how
Thanks

Zim

As long as you have Win XP you can
http://www.mac.com/1/idiskutility_download.html

 

[Zim Bargo]

Thanks for the feedback guys - we are using windows 2000 Professional here - is it possible to do it with that?

 

[lssmit02]

Take a look at these two articles on the Apple website:

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=52384

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=51679

Hope that helps.

[edit: found second knowledge base article]

 

[wrldwzrd89]

Take a look at these two articles on the Apple website:

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=52384

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=51679

Hope that helps.

[edit: found second knowledge base article]

These are the methods I use to connect to my iDisk when I'm working from a Windows machine, and they work pretty well (transfers on Windows are actually FASTER than they are on Mac OS X 10.3.4).

 

[Crikey]

iDisk works great.

For those who don't have .Mac, here's my other favorite alternative to burning discs or using Zip drives:

http://www.iomega.com/na/products/p...&ASSORTMENT<>ast_id=63191&bmUID=1086719619139

It's a USB Flash drive, but tinier and faster than the ones they were selling a year ago.

Cheers,


Crikey