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Mount a Box.net account on a Mac


Box.net is an iDisk-like service that allows you to mount an 'internet hard drive' on your desktop (they offer both free and paid accounts). Great for easily and securely backing up, syncing and sharing files between computers. Previously, they apparently only offered a client for PCs, but UNEASYsilence has published a simple tip for logging in and mounting your Box.net account on your Mac OS X desktop - no extra software necessary. Using the simple power of the Go > Connect to Server menu from the Finder, you too can have your very own WebDAV online hard drive. 1 GB is free, while 5 GB is $4.99/month, and 15 go for $9.99/month. Enjoy.

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bufflo

But then again, uploading anything of substantial size (say, 100 MB) on iDisk usually results in a day at the beach...

June 07 2006 at 1:54 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Bob Mc

They say that you can't upload any file larger than 10MB unless you pay for an upgrade. That makes it pretty much worthless.

June 07 2006 at 12:20 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
JN

The webdav thing isn't working for me. Errorcode 50. Weird.

June 07 2006 at 11:43 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
turnerm5

Haha, this is the company of some guys from my high school. Glad to see it taking off.

June 07 2006 at 2:41 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Vincent Noel

From the comments to this post:
http://www.uneasysilence.com/archive/2006/05/6506/
Here is the automator action:
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/automator/makenameswebfriendly.html

You can also modify the action so that it connects automatically to your webdav server and upload the files there. By saving the action as a finder plug-in, you can then upload files through the finder right-click menu.

June 07 2006 at 2:35 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Vincent Noel

There is an automator action to correct the fact that uploads won't appear in your webdav volume if the files have spaces in their names. Not as great as plain drag-n-dropping, though :-(

June 07 2006 at 2:29 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Mark

Wow is all I can say. Let's hope it sticks around. Took less than 2 minutes to sign up and have the Network drive on my desktop.

June 06 2006 at 11:53 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
ljbad4life

when i look on the site the desktop sync still says coming soon... am I retarded or is everyone else looking somewhere else?

June 06 2006 at 11:10 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Diego Barros

I signed up for this service a month or so ago as I decided the $139AUD for .Mac is not worth it. Box.net works great as an iDisk replacement. Especially now with this handy tip!

June 06 2006 at 10:56 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Joe Jacobs

If you used Apache on this server, and had domain that linked you to the server, could this be used with iWeb?

June 06 2006 at 9:58 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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