iDisk is a

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offered by

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to all Mac OS 9.X users, and later on

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members that enabled them to store their digital photos, films and personal files on-line so they could be accessed remotely. All Mac OS 9.X users received a 50MB iDisk. With a standard MobileMe subscription, users received a 20 GB iDisk. iDisk integrated with

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, appearing as a network

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through v10.6 could cache updates to an iDisk volume while off-line and synchronize updates later. Any

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client could also access an iDisk volume. Apple discontinued iDisk, along with many MobileMe (formerly .Mac and iTools) products in 2012. iDisk users could sign up for the

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beta or download their files.

Folders

*The "Sites" folder of a MobileMe iDisk contained the files created by HomePage, the MobileMe online web authoring tool. *The "Web" folder of a MobileMe iDisk contained the files created by

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, part of the iLife suite. *The "Software" folder of a MobileMe iDisk contained

exclusive software, such as

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Jam Packs. *The "Public" folder of a MobileMe iDisk was used to host downloads. The "Public", "Sites" and "Web" folders were the only ones which could be accessed by people other than the iDisk owner, but the "Public" folder could be made password protected via the MobileMe Preference Pane in

Backup application

Included with iDisk in the

bundle was

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, a software utility that allowed users to

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local files to an iDisk. The software was also used to restore files from the iDisk, or any other drive/location selected in the backup app.

References

External links

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user website from which

users accessed their iDisk online.
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Folders

Backup application

See also

References

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