| Your .Mac account comes with 250 MB of online storage that you can divide between your iDisk and your .Mac Mail account. When divvying up storage capacity, however, keep in mind that iDisk also provides storage space to a slew of .Mac services, including Backup, iCal, Sync, .Mac Slides Publisher, HomePage, iPhoto, iMovie, and iCards. In fact, your iDisk comes populated with several folders, some of which already contain files (Figure 3.1). You'll find the folder structure familiar it's similar to the one in Mac OS X's home folder. Here's a look at what each folder is for, and what's in each one (if anything). Backup This folder is used by the Backup software that comes with your .Mac subscription. If you haven't used Backup, this folder will have a single file that explains the purpose of the folder. If you have used Backup, the files you've chosen to back up will be here. The folder is read-only that is, you can view the files and download them to your hard disk, but you can't upload anything into the folder. That's something only Backup can do. Documents This is a convenient place to hold your various documents if you need to access them online. It's also a good place to back up important documents (although Backup does this very well). Library This folder may or may not exist for you, depending on whether you've used an application that interfaces with .Mac. This folder isn't really for your use rather, it's a place where applications that work with .Mac can store their own data. You can browse this folder, but since there's nothing really useful here, it's probably best to just leave well enough alone. Movies You can store movies you want to share in this folder. Movies in this folder are available to HomePage so that you can easily create Web pages with them. Music You can use the Music folder to store music. Pictures This folder (as its name implies) is where you store digital photos and other pictures. Pictures in this folder are made available to HomePage for publishing photo galleries, and to iCards for sending custom iCards. Public The Public folder is meant for sharing files with others. You can put anything in it that you like, and others can download those files at will (depending on how you have your Public folder set up). Sites The Sites folder is where you store Web pages for others to view when they connect to your .Mac Web site. When you use HomePage on .Mac, it creates HTML files and the folders to hold them here as well. Software The Software folder is divided into two parts: Apple Software and Members Only. The contents of these folders consist of downloadable bits of software, all for your use, and they don't count toward your iDisk storage limit. The Apple Software folder has software updates and other Apple-made utilities; the Members Only folder contains special downloads for .Mac members, such as games, third-party utilities, and music. You can download from this folder, but you can't upload to it.
Figure 3.1. Your iDisk comes with several folders already on it. Some of these folders are empty, and some contain files (such as software from Apple and files you may have put there through HomePage, Backup, or Sync). 
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