Dropbox?

cake

A friend of mine, on a PC by the way, is editing a video of Hurricane Frances and the effects on his house.

I told him that I'd host it for him via .Mac.



What's the easiest way for him to get me the file.

It's going to be large, so email won't work.



How does the dropbox work in OS X? Is that only for people on your network or can it be used across the internet?



Any help and/or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

magicfingers

use the 'idisk utility" to enable public folder access. there is an idisk utility for XP also which will make it easy for your friend to give you the file.

neutrino23

If the computer is nearby it might be faster to burn a CD or use a USB thumb drive to transfer the files. If you must go over the internet use your public folder on your .Mac account



From Apple's .Mac support page:

Quote:

Connecting to your iDisk Public folder using Windows



If you're using your iDisk to share files with Windows users, they need the following information to see and copy files in your Public folder.



Windows users can open your iDisk using Microsoft Windows XP, Windows 2000, or Windows 98.



To access your Public folder, the Windows user needs to know your member name and Public folder password (if your Public folder is password-protected).





To open someone's Public folder using Windows:



If you're using Windows XP, use iDisk Utility for Windows to open someone's Public folder. To download iDisk Utility for Windows, go to www.mac.com, and click "iDisk Utility for Windows XP."



If you're using Windows 2000, open My Computer, choose Map Network Drive from the Tools menu, then click "Web folder or FTP site." Enter the following as the location to add: http://idisk.mac.com/membername-Public? (where "membername" is the other person's .Mac member name).



If you're using Windows 98, open My Computer, double-click the Web Folders icon, then double-click Add Web Folder. Enter the following as the location to add: http://idisk.mac.com/membername-Public? (where "membername" is the other person's .Mac member name).

cake

Thanks for the suggestions MagicFingers and neutrino23.



Being a Windows user he's reluctlant to download software that he's not familiar with ( ), but I told him how he can manually add my Public Folder to his Network Places.



Again, thank you both.