Yes, interesting! But what is the best file/folder sharing utility?
MobileMe?
Stuart Breden
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On 13/01/2009, at 2:50 AM, Steven Knowles wrote:
In case anyone's interested, Dropbox looks like a nice idea with
some MobileMe similarities, but a couple of weaknesses.
* If you share a folder, it has to be all or nothing, in other words
people who you share your folder with can not only access files
within, but amend them and change them. So no permission structure
as yet.
* If you share a folder with person A, person A can then go and
share it with person B, C and D.
I couldn't see anyway of preventing against these things, but
apparently enhancements are in the works.
Cheers, Steven
Begin forwarded message:
From: Steven <emai...@knowles.net.au>
Date: 12 January 2009 6:14:53 PM
To: "WAMUG Mailing List" <wamug@wamug.org.au>
Subject: Re: How to allow access to a specific folder by a remote
user
Looks interesting Glenn - downloading now. Thanks! Glad I asked.
Could have many other uses than just the problem at hand.
On 12/01/2009, at 4:58 PM, Glenn Nicholas wrote:
getdropbox.com
2009/1/12 Steven Knowles <emai...@knowles.net.au>
I'm sure this is straightforward, but I haven't done this before,
and with time not on my side at the moment would love to avoid a
few hours worth of frustration.
I'm running Leopard 10.5.6.
I currently have a MacBook Pro on which a folder sits, and other
Macs access this folder over the same wireless network. So I have
that bit nutted out. At least I think I do because it seems to
work okay. I have File Sharing switched on, and for the folder in
question is marked as a shared folder.
I now want to allow a remote user access to this same folder (but
no other folders). This remote user is not on the same wireless
network, but does have internet access. What do I need to turn on
or check at my end, and what does the remote user do to access
the folder on my MacBook Pro (also running 10.5.6 on an iMac)? Is
it a separate application that must be launched on the iMac? Or
can it be done via a web browser?
Cheers, Steven
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