Getting to Know iDisk

Figure 1: iDisk is organized into folders.

Details on the other folders are as follows:

• Public: You can share the contents of this folder with anybody in cyberspace who knows your .Mac name and (if you created one) password.

• Sites: Holds the Web pages you spawned through a .Mac feature called HomePage.

• Groups: Here's where to put files for the Little League team, the book club, or the clandestine committee planning to overthrow your company's management. .Mac Groups members can share calendars, photos, files, and so on, and post to group message boards. They also get ad-free email. The iDisk Groups folder has subfolders that are accessible only to group members.

• Shared: This folder appears only if you have a Family Pack .Mac membership. Included are files that can be accessed by the master account holder and subaccounts.

• Backup: Houses the files you've backed up using a .Mac software feature called Backup.

• Software: Includes programs and files available only to .Mac members, plus other software that you can download from Apple. You can't drag your own files to this folder.

• Library: Another read-only folder. It includes files for .Mac Sync, which lets you keep personal data (such as bookmarks, addresses, mailboxes, and calendars) synchronized among all the Macs you own, provided that they're connected to the Net.

If you ever decide not to renew a .Mac account, drag your data back onto your Mac's own hard drive before the account expires.

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