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Hi everyone,
I purchased a MacBook Pro last Saturday with .Mac and so far I love it . I had never even touched a Mac before then.
Anyway, one of the things that made me get the .Mac service was the ability to share files via iDisk's public folder. Unfortunately, most of the people I need to share with run XP. So far I have been unable to get this to work.
I watched the how-to videos on the .mac website. It looked easy (download the iDisk Utility for XP, install and run). It isn't proving to be easy though. I downloaded the software (iDiskUtility_WindowsXP_1.1.zip) and install it on my xp machine. When I launch the software I get an error banner stating "unable to access your host file." After I click ok I get a window that looks different than the one shown in the video.
I get:
Video shows:
Then when I click "Public Folder" under options, the password section greys out so I can't even enter my public folder's password. When I attempt to log into my iDisk instead of the public folder, I receive the error message "iDisk Utility failed to mount your iDisk."
Is there a new version of the utility? Am I doing something wrong? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
EDIT:
I have continued to play around with my iDisk and I am having another problem . I uploaded a file (m4b format) from my XP machine to my iDisk using .Mac’s web interface. The file uploaded fine. When I look at my iDisk using the finder on my MBP, I see the m4b file but it is shown as an empty folder (0 bytes ). If I download it to my desktop, all I get is an empty folder. If I look at my iDisk via the .Mac website on my MBP, the file is 90Mb. I am even able to download the file from the website. What gives?
I purchased a MacBook Pro last Saturday with .Mac and so far I love it . I had never even touched a Mac before then.
Anyway, one of the things that made me get the .Mac service was the ability to share files via iDisk's public folder. Unfortunately, most of the people I need to share with run XP. So far I have been unable to get this to work.
I watched the how-to videos on the .mac website. It looked easy (download the iDisk Utility for XP, install and run). It isn't proving to be easy though. I downloaded the software (iDiskUtility_WindowsXP_1.1.zip) and install it on my xp machine. When I launch the software I get an error banner stating "unable to access your host file." After I click ok I get a window that looks different than the one shown in the video.
I get:
Video shows:
Then when I click "Public Folder" under options, the password section greys out so I can't even enter my public folder's password. When I attempt to log into my iDisk instead of the public folder, I receive the error message "iDisk Utility failed to mount your iDisk."
Is there a new version of the utility? Am I doing something wrong? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
EDIT:
I have continued to play around with my iDisk and I am having another problem . I uploaded a file (m4b format) from my XP machine to my iDisk using .Mac’s web interface. The file uploaded fine. When I look at my iDisk using the finder on my MBP, I see the m4b file but it is shown as an empty folder (0 bytes ). If I download it to my desktop, all I get is an empty folder. If I look at my iDisk via the .Mac website on my MBP, the file is 90Mb. I am even able to download the file from the website. What gives?