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Mac OS X Panther in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition
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Mac OS X Panther in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition

by Chuck Toporek, Chris Stone, Jason McIntosh
June 2004
Intermediate to advanced
1056 pages
39h 58m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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.Mac

Synopsis

Set up a .Mac account?

System Preference.Mac.MacSign Up (you must be connected to the Internet to set up a .Mac account)

Find out how much space I have available on my iDisk?

System Preferences.MaciDisk

Require a password from others before they can access my iDisk’s Public folder?

System Preferences.MaciDiskYour Public Folderclick on the checkbox next to “Use a Password to Protect your Public Folder,” and then click on the Set Password button to set a password

Create a local copy of my iDisk?

System Preferences.MaciDiskclick on the checkbox next to “Create local copy of your iDisk”select one of the radio buttons to Automatically or Manually synchronize your local iDisk with the online iDisk

Quickly access my .Mac email from Safari?

Enter the URL http://webmail.mac.com, and log in using your .Mac member name and password.

Mount my iDisk?

Click on the iDisk icon in the Finder’s Sidebar.

FinderGoiDiskMy iDisk

Use the keyboard shortcut Shift--I.

Mount another .Mac member’s iDisk?

FinderGoiDiskOther User’s iDisk

Mount another .Mac member’s iDisk Public folder?

FinderGoiDiskOther User’s Public Folder

Unmount my iDisk?

Drag the iDisk icon from the Desktop to the Trash.

FinderiDiskAction menuEject "dotMac_MemberName"

Unmount another user’s iDisk Public folder?

Drag the iDisk icon from the Desktop to the Trash.

Click on the eject icon next to the iDisk name in the Finder’s ...

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