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Mac OS X Leopard - ARCAism

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CHAPTER 15 .MAC<br />

iDisk<br />

Another feature provided by .<strong>Mac</strong> is your own iDisk, which is an online storage system that is<br />

tightly integrated into <strong>OS</strong> X (and Apple provides iDisk access tools specifically for Microsoft<br />

Windows as well). iDisk allows you to store, back up, and share files that are then accessible<br />

from any other computer connected to the Internet either by using a .<strong>Mac</strong> web interface, by<br />

using the Windows iDisk utility, or by using the <strong>OS</strong> X Finder.<br />

NOTE .<strong>Mac</strong> currently provides 10GB of storage that can consist of any content on your iDisk,<br />

your web pages, and your .<strong>Mac</strong> e-mail. This total storage limit has, since .<strong>Mac</strong>’s start, been<br />

steadily increasing, and it is conceivable that the storage limit will continue to increase in the<br />

future. You can view your current and available storage space on the iDisk tab in the .<strong>Mac</strong><br />

panel of System Preferences.<br />

To share files using iDisk, you simply need to place them in the Public folder on your iDisk<br />

(all other folders are visible only to you on your iDisk). You can configure the access you give to<br />

others from the iDisk tab in the .<strong>Mac</strong> panel of System Preferences. The access can range from a<br />

free-for-all, allowing anyone to freely read and write to your iDisk (not the recommended<br />

option), to setting up a password to grant access to your iDisk to only those with the proper<br />

password.<br />

Data Syncing<br />

One nice feature that .<strong>Mac</strong> provides is the ability to keep user accounts on different <strong>Mac</strong>s in sync<br />

with each other. Additionally, syncing certain data such as bookmarks, your Address Book, and<br />

your calendars will make that information available to you from .<strong>Mac</strong>’s web interface.<br />

You can select the information you want to sync with .<strong>Mac</strong> from the Sync tab in the .<strong>Mac</strong><br />

panel of System Preferences (Figure 15-3).<br />

By setting up multiple accounts on different computers to sync with the same .<strong>Mac</strong> account,<br />

everything will stay in sync from computer to computer.<br />

Back to My <strong>Mac</strong><br />

With a .<strong>Mac</strong> account and <strong>Leopard</strong>, you can now take advantage of the Back to My <strong>Mac</strong> feature.<br />

This allows you to access the files on one of your <strong>Mac</strong>s running <strong>Leopard</strong> (or higher) from any<br />

other <strong>Mac</strong> running <strong>Leopard</strong> on the Internet. To enable this feature, you first must turn it on in<br />

the Back to My <strong>Mac</strong> tab in the .<strong>Mac</strong> panel of System Preferences. After that, your computer’s<br />

files will show up as a shared network resource on other Back to My <strong>Mac</strong>–enabled computers<br />

that share your .<strong>Mac</strong> account information.

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