Mounting MobileMe iDisk on Windows XP

One of the discussions on the Apple MobileMe iDisk forum is how to get iDisk mounted as a drive on Windows XP. While Apple has provided instructions on how to do this on Vista nothing was said about XP. The solution that worked for me was similar to the one that Apple provided for Vista and involves using the "Add Network Place" wizard.

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If you’re using Windows XP, open the Explorer, click Computer, and then click “Map network drive” in the toolbar. Update: Apple has updated the MobileMe client for Windows. The instructions for Vista seem to work for Windows XP as well. Follow the instructions as above, enter http://idisk.me.com/[username] in the folder field, and click “Connect using a different user name.” Enter your MobileMe member name and password, and then click OK. That's it. You are done. No need to read the rest of this. Then click the link that says "Sign up for online storage or connect to a network server" to launch the "Add Network Place" wizard. Then Click OK.

Click to choose a network location and click next.

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Then type http://idisk.me.com/[username] in the folder field, and click next.

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Enter your MobileMe member name and password, and then click OK. This mounts your iDisk on your desktop, so you can work with it as you would any other hard disk.

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MobileMe ate my contact list.

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After composing an email in Gmail yesterday, I went to the address bar and started typing in my wife's name.   Normally Gmail would present me with a drop down of choices, but in this case, I was present with only her MSN account email.   Strange?  Until I read this on the MobileMe status blog.

Yesterday (Monday) morning a syncing bug was discovered which caused contact and calendar data not to sync properly over-the-air with iPhones and iPod touch. For some users this caused their contact and calendar data to disappear from their devices, but not from their computers or the MobileMe cloud.-- MobleMe Status Blog

MobileMe and Time Capsule


 

MobileMe and Time Capsule, originally uploaded by Khürt on 26th July, 2008.

I have a Time Capsule with NAT turned on. The wireless network is configured for WDS between the Time Capsule, and Airport Extreme Base Station and an AirPort Express.

I connected the MacBook directly to the Time Machine and still get the same error.