Comments on: MobileMe Gains File Sharing

By: DigMo

DigMo — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 23:27:15 +0000

You can have a public folder shared with a password but that feature have been there for a while and there is no time limit offered.

As far as I can see the featured described above just works on single files. I am finding it handy especially for larger files. If MobileMe sorted out server sided mail rules I’d love it heart and soul

By: David McDonald

David McDonald — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 21:10:05 +0000

I’ve been a .Mac user for a few years, the new services are an improvement but there’s a lot of competition for such services now (I’m another Dropbox fan).
I’ve used the new sharing service but does anyone know if it’s possible to share a folder, not just one file?

Dropbox doesn’t do this either unless both parties are Dropbox members.

By: Patrick Malley

Patrick Malley — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 11:23:24 +0000

Unfortunately, being in the US doesn’t help the situation very much. iDisk is as useless to me as it is to Brian. Services like Dropbox just highlight what iDisk could be but clearly isn’t.

By: DigMo

DigMo — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 10:41:37 +0000

@Brian, I agree that in the UK the service does seem problematic at times when using iDisk. I find syncing files over 25MB can cause real problems when working on two computers. Given this sharing feature is designed for such larger files I expect we will see better performance in this area.

By: Brian Smith

Brian Smith — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 08:30:04 +0000

This year I bit the bullet and paid for the Family Pack MobileMe membership. As Patrick mentions there are services like Back to my Mac that are great, and the email, I suppose, functions well enough.

I’ve not *really* used iDisk much, partly because how clunky it is; It’s slow (based in the UK, this has been an issue for a long time) and doesn’t feel as slick nowadays as something along the lines of ‘DropBox’ that I’ve started using. This sits running in the background and copies any file I add or amend direct from my HD to the server and I can instantly access it from any of my Macs and even the PCs I use at work. It’s free too, but limited to 2GB, and to me it epitomises what the ‘cloud computing’ experience really should be – none of the above faffing around with selecting and uploading files, emailing, etc.

Now, if MobileMe switched to something like that….

By: Patrick Malley

Patrick Malley — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 19:30:11 +0000

I pay the Apple Tax every year, but think I’m done next time around. The service is flaky and has caused me more headache than good. For example, a sync issue erased my entire address book a year ago, my bookmarks will occasionally just stop syncing, and syncing Mail has never quite worked effectively.

I’ve slowly stopped using a lot of MobileMe services just because they don’t work as they should.

Even the MobileMe gallery, which I’ve been using for family photos for the past year isn’t worth the money considering the great user interface of Flickr.com.

The only service I will miss is Back to my Mac, which allows me to connect with my iMac at home while on the road without fail.

In short, it should be free as an added value of owning a Mac.