Uploading Files to MobileMe

Did you know that you can easily upload files to your iDisk with the MobileMe online application? Your iDisk has 20 GB of storage space that you can use for offsite data storage and, with the online MobileMe application, you can easily copy files to your iDisk for safe keeping.

Connect to the Internet, launch your web browser and go to www.me.com/idisk and log into your MobileMe account. The MobileMe iDisk pane will open.




Apple has conveniently provided some labeled folders for your data but, according to MobileMe support, you can use the folders for any data you want. Adding files to one of the folders is easy with the MobileMe application. Just select the folder you want, for example, the Music folder, and click the Upload button on the pane's Toolbar.

A second pane will open, letting you select the files you want to add to the folder. Just click the Choose... button to locate and select the files for uploading.




After you select the files to upload, a progress pane will open and you can monitor the progress of the upload.




If you want to upload a folder to your iDisk using the MobileMe online application, you'll need to first compress the folder and upload it as a zip file. Fortunately, compressing a folder in Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) is easy. Select the folder in the Finder and then select Compress [folder name] from the File menu. Once the folder is compressed, you can upload it the same way you upload files.