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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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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
ho ho ho said 6:23PM on 6-06-2006
1GB for free?!
c'mon Apple - give away 1GB with every registered Mac!
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gotfrap said 6:27PM on 6-06-2006
yea. what he says, that would be really nice, cause i'm not paying for .mac cause its too overpriced, and i heard its slow. Anyways, I got to check this one out for myself.
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Antenna said 6:33PM on 6-06-2006
i just signed up - its quick and easy.
it works immediatley. thanks to the very simply tutorial in the link i can now browse my free GB from the finder.
all in under 5 minutes.
one word - awesome.
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Thomas said 6:43PM on 6-06-2006
Now this is cool and useful! Thanks for the tip!
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WinnetouKoslowski said 7:03PM on 6-06-2006
This so simple, just like WebDAV. You know, you can easily set up a WebDAV Server ion your own Mac? It`s all built into the Apache Web Server.
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Grio said 7:33PM on 6-06-2006
WinnetouKoslowski:
Perhaps someone can write up a tutorial for that?
=)
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djscott said 7:36PM on 6-06-2006
Simple and cheap are good qualities, but any word (good or bad) on security?
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David said 9:12PM on 6-06-2006
This is cool, and free always makes it better!
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samfish said 9:45PM on 6-06-2006
Uhm...does this not work on 10.3 or something? It doesn't even give me a log in option.
Is anyone else getting an 'error-36' when they try this?!
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Joe Jacobs said 9:58PM on 6-06-2006
If you used Apache on this server, and had domain that linked you to the server, could this be used with iWeb?
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Diego Barros said 10:56PM on 6-06-2006
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!
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ljbad4life said 11:10PM on 6-06-2006
when i look on the site the desktop sync still says coming soon... am I retarded or is everyone else looking somewhere else?
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Mark J said 11:53PM on 6-06-2006
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.
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Vincent said 2:29AM on 6-07-2006
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 :-(
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Vincent said 2:35AM on 6-07-2006
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.
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turnerm5 said 2:41AM on 6-07-2006
Haha, this is the company of some guys from my high school. Glad to see it taking off.
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JN said 11:43AM on 6-07-2006
The webdav thing isn't working for me. Errorcode 50. Weird.
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BobMac said 12:20PM on 6-07-2006
They say that you can't upload any file larger than 10MB unless you pay for an upgrade. That makes it pretty much worthless.
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bufflo said 1:54PM on 6-07-2006
But then again, uploading anything of substantial size (say, 100 MB) on iDisk usually results in a day at the beach...
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