Easy file transfer may be finally coming to MobileMe

@Boerworz
umm, because all my files I would care to share are already on my iDisk.
umm, because I don't want to have to leave my mac on all the time.
umm, because the idea of an app having access to my local hard drive scares the feces out of me.

So it looks like MobileMe files sharing is finally here:

http://www.apple.com/mobileme/news/2009/02/sharing-large-files-with-idisk.html

The feature is really cool because I don't have to juggle things around on my iDisk to share them. I didn't see the ability to set the maxdownloads though. Kinda sucks as I think that feature would be good to a file so my bandwidth max doesn't get blown out. Also, I would like to be able to set the name of the shared file. Right now it just randomly picks a filename. I'm never going to remember that URL if I'm just out and about and want to point someone to the shared file.

Why not just use the fantastic application Papaya (http://www.lightheadsw.com/papaya) instead? It works flawlessly and has all the functions you need.

Go ahead, share your files, with style!

//Boerworz

Apple really needs to fix the public folder uploading problem. When trying to upload files through a web browser onto your iDisk, the upload status pop-up window does not tell you when the file is done uploading. The spinning wheel just goes forever. Really annoying because I use my iDisk public folder to share files with friends and the only way they can upload stuff to my iDisk is through the public folder in a web browser (not going to give them my pw). They just have to estimate when the file is done uploading.

Come on, at least a progress bar Apple!

What I would like to see prior to a change in how MobileMe works, or at least to go in tandem with these changes, is a major price drop. Yes I have the suite, it's great, but they still need to lower the price down to a more affordable figure.

I'll believe it when I see it - as it is, I have lots of problems just uploading files to iDisk (both via iDisk on my Mac and even via web browser). Often uploading files as small as 20MB will get transferred all the way and then get stuck spinning on "finishing/closing"... Very frustrating...

YOUR STUPID MOBILE SITE FOR THE iPHONE STILL CANT SHOW THE FULL SITE!!!!!

I would apreciate if you could fix this simple yet annoying problem as I miss the advanced features which are in the full site. As when you try to go to the fullsite from the iPhone, it redirects you back to the mobile site.

Now u try and writing all of that in under a minute on the iphone keyboard.

I'm quite sure the "coming soon" has been there pretty much since MobileMe was launched when this very feature was missing. I was looking forward to it and couldn't figure out how to get it to work, but found the "coming soon" message at their site.

So I hope this "soon" is really really soon, as the "soon" back then has been taking many months now.

I've been using Dropbox, even though I have a mobileme account 'cause it's so much easier to use. I had a couple of files lost from my iDisk when I had local syncing on and that made me skittish.

They only give you 2gigs free, but it's cross platform, so I can use it to keep files handy on that awful PC that I'm forced to use at work. http://www.getdropbox.com/

I don't work for them or have shares or anything -- just like to spread the word when I find a good product.

this is already possible.

any file in your sites folder on your iDisk, you can directly link to, or any directory in that directory as well.

for example:

http://homepage.mac.com/USERNAME/filename.whatever

look it up it is all over the place.

I imagine it'll be released at Macworld, hopefully with more enhancements to MobileMe.