Editing IDisk

{{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.

==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 [[iWeb]], part of the [[iLife]] suite.
*The "Software" folder of a MobileMe iDisk contained [[MobileMe]] exclusive software, such as [[GarageBand]] 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 [[macOS|Mac OS X]].

==Backup application==
Included with iDisk in the [[MobileMe]] bundle was [[Backup (backup software)|Backup]], a software utility that allowed users to [[Backup|back up]] 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.

==See also==
*[[Apple Inc.]]
*[[macOS]]
*[[MobileMe]]
*[[iCloud]]
*[[WebDAV]]
*[[File hosting service]]
*[[Google Drive]]
*[[Dropbox (service)|Dropbox]]
*[[OneDrive]] (previously SkyDrive)

== References ==
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==External links==
*[http://www.me.com Me.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120720163829/http://www.me.com/ |date=July 20, 2012 }} – [[Apple Inc.|Apple]] user website from which [[MobileMe]] users accessed their iDisk online.
*[http://unix.stackexchange.com/q/25015/4319#25046 How to copy someone's else folders from public.me.com with a ''wget''-like tool?]

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