Connect to Another User 's iDisk If you have another .Mac user's member name and password, you can connect to her iDiskher own personal storage space on Apple's central servers, not her own Macand browse its files just as you would your own. To do this, open the
Go menu in the Finder and choose the
iDisk option. From the submenu that opens, select
Other User's iDisk . A
Connect To iDisk dialog box appears; enter the .Mac user's member name and password, and click
Connect . The user's iDisk appears in the Sidebar of the Finder window as well as on your Desktop, labeled with the user's .Mac member name.
NOTE
Sharing your entire iDisk is advisable only if you completely trust the other person and her ability to control her own computing securityafter all, you're giving away your .Mac password, which means giving away access to your entire .Mac account. Generally this feature is intended for people who have more than one .Mac account, or manage more than one .Mac account in a household or business.
The best way to share files using iDisk is to put them in your iDisk's Public folder, and then allow others to access that folder (which does not require an access password unless you set one). See 52 Share Your iDisk Public Folder with Others .
You can connect to your iDisk using any of several different operating systems, including Windows, by using the downloadable
iDisk Utility (if you're using Windows XP or Mac OS X 10.1 or 10.2). See
52 Share Your iDisk Public Folder with Others for details on how to do this. To access your entire iDisk (or that of any other .Mac member) from another operating system, use the URL
http://idisk.mac.com/< membername > (where
<membername> is the user's .Mac member name) when specifying the server location.
Many applications that are aware of .Mac accountssuch as
Address Book allow you to connect directly to a .Mac user's iDisk. In the user's Address Book card, click the identifier (such as
work or
home ) next to the @mac.com email address and select
Open iDisk from the menu that pops up.