Thread: Apple iDisk

At what point did we go back to calling 160MB large ?

this is an online service, yes?

frequent disconnects during large file transfers can be caused by many things

Normally this is due to buggy drivers for your NIC
but equally, it could be some ISP restriction that you're triggering or a problem at the receiving end

I've seen quite a few problems with newer Windows versions and network resetting
The driver has some resource leak somewhere, and large sustained transfers will overload the driver causing the connection to drop & re-establish
Can often be seen visually with the network icon in the system tray

Originally Posted by Marvo

At what point did we go back to calling 160MB large ?

Constructive, thanks lol

Originally Posted by Ynot

this is an online service, yes?

frequent disconnects during large file transfers can be caused by many things

Normally this is due to buggy drivers for your NIC
but equally, it could be some ISP restriction that you're triggering or a problem at the receiving end

I've seen quite a few problems with newer Windows versions and network resetting
The driver has some resource leak somewhere, and large sustained transfers will overload the driver causing the connection to drop & re-establish
Can often be seen visually with the network icon in the system tray

Yes an online service. That's a bit shitty then

what you could do is split the file up into little bits
(rar, tar.gz, or any other compression format that allows file spanning)

hopefully, you can do it piece-meal and get the whole thing uploaded in stages

I have no idea what this iDisk thing provides, but if you get a shell, you could even uncompress it remotely after you've up'ed the bits

It's a music file, one long file, so cannot split it.

Can you compress it? Right click -> Compress.

Open your activity monitor while you are uploading it, see if the network drops out a few times. If so, then it's your router. If you tried it on a Tuesday, you may have run into an Apple update, they do that on Tuesdays.

Originally Posted by Adam

It's a music file, one long file, so cannot split it.

Assuming that you're using Windows and have WinRar installed;

The Title: Apple iDisk.

You can't use an iDisk with Windows

Oh, I just assumed that it was some kind of backup FTP service thing.

This could still work in OSX, though I don't know how to. I think you have to use the terminal.

No, it's just a regular disk, it just gets accessed through the cloud, it's a custom Apple interface, similar to FTP, but not quiet. gzip and tarballs can be split up, you could split them up, and then recombine them on your idisk.

he just ASS out of U and ME d it.
Why is a music file that large? Have you considered any alternatives?

Probably something saved as .WAV or .FLAC.

Ninja, that doesn't make much sense to me. Isn't iDisk an internet service?

Apparently it is.

iDisk is an internet service Ninja, comes with the MobileMe suit including calendar, email, gallery etc.

The music file is MP3 a 120 minute continuous music mix.

I was doing it on the weekend, no Tuesday update to contend with.

I am on Vista, using the iDisk online.

I will try compressing tonight, and I know how to do that lol

Thanks for the replies.

Ok, if you're on Vista and have WinRar, it's easy as cake. If anything you can just download WinRar.

Originally Posted by ninja9578

No, it's just a regular disk, it just gets accessed through the cloud

When did I say it wasn't an internet service?

120 minutes shouldn't be that big. What format are you using? Even the Apple Lossless format shouldn't take up that much room. If you're using Apple Lossless, then going through winrar won't do you any good, it's already compressed as hell. Perhaps convert the file to high quality ACC? 256k ACC is nearly indistinguishable from lossless content, but takes up much less room.

Originally Posted by ninja9578

The Title: Apple iDisk.

You can't use an iDisk with Windows

Originally Posted by ninja9578

When did I say it wasn't an internet service?

120 minutes shouldn't be that big. What format are you using? Even the Apple Lossless format shouldn't take up that much room. If you're using Apple Lossless, then going through winrar won't do you any good, it's already compressed as hell. Perhaps convert the file to high quality ACC? 256k ACC is nearly indistinguishable from lossless content, but takes up much less room.

Technically, you didn't. But it's used on windows via the internet. So I can use it on Windows.

It's a very high quality MP3 format file, hence the file size. Unsure on the exact quality as it's currently at home (and not on my iDisk) so cannot give full details lol.

What exactly is the difference between this iDisk and plain old FTP?
seems a bit redundant

Also, can we stop with this whole "cloud" thing....
It's called the Internet - we don't need another name for it

WebDAV is easier to use before it's build into the core operating system, so you can use it directly through Finder instead of waiting for one of those insanely slow FTP apps. (FTP itself isn't slow, the damn apps are.) That's why OSX uses it, for Windows where WebDAV isn't built into the core, I don't see a difference, but then again, it was not designed for that Also, every single user has their own disk, so it's more secure.

Why don't you like the term cloud?

MP3? Welcome to the 21st century Use ACC, it gets about 2:1 compression over MP3. A 128k AAC has better quality than a 256k MP3. Find out what bitrate your MP3 is in, then convert it to an ACC version at half that rate.

well, ease of use is a strange term

The File Transfer Protocol was designed to transfer files between hosts on slow / dodgy connections

WebDav is a hack on top of HTTP

I would think the upload / download resuming that FTP provides would make using remote services easier for the OP

WebDAV allows pausing and resuming of transfers. I don't know why Apple included it in their core, but I'm sure there was a good reason.

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