Editing IDisk (section)

{{Short description|Discontinued file hosting service}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2019}}
{{lowercase|title=iDisk}}
[[Image:IDisk 10.5.4.png|thumb|128px|right|The iDisk icon as it appeared in Mac OS X from versions 10.5.4 to 10.5.7.]]

'''iDisk''' is a [[file hosting service]] offered by [[Apple Inc.]] initially to all [[Mac OS 9]] users, and later to [[.Mac]] and [[MobileMe]] subscribers that enabled them to store their digital photos, films and personal files online so they could be accessed remotely. All Mac OS 9 users received a free 20MB iDisk,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Apple Unveils Internet Strategy |url=https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2000/01/05Apple-Unveils-Internet-Strategy/ |access-date=2024-06-26 |website=Apple Newsroom |language=en-US}}</ref> with a 400MB paid subscription option added shortly after the iDisk launch.<ref>''[https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2000/07/19Apple-Unveils-More-Powerful-and-Easier-to-Use-HomePage-iTool/ Apple Unveils More Powerful and Easier-to-Use HomePage iTool]'' (July 19, 2000), which contains a paragraph about the new 400MB subscription option.</ref> With a standard .Mac subscription, users received a 10GB iDisk. With MobileMe, the standard storage was increased to 20GB.

iDisk integrated with [[macOS|Mac OS X]], appearing as a network [[file system|drive]]. [[Mac OS X v10.3|Mac OS X 10.3 (Panther)]] through [[Mac OS X v10.6|10.6 (Snow Leopard)]] could cache updates to an iDisk volume while off-line and synchronize updates later. Any [[WebDAV]] 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 [[iCloud]] beta or download their files.