1) How to map iDisk as network drive and 2) Outlook contacts not syncing with Me.com

[justanothernerd]

Hey everyone,

I'm sure you all have had some frustrations, so my apologies for adding mine as well.

1) I'm trying to map my iDisk as a network drive. I add https://idisk.mac.com/arandall but when I'm prompted for my login, I type in my username and password and it doesn't work! It said access denied. I tried numerous times, so I'm positive this isn't a typing mistake.

2) My contacts in Outlook aren't available at me.com and they're not on my iPhone either. I already went ahead and set everything up and I did the initial sync from the MobileMe Preferences in the Control Panel. I thought I did everything correctly - is it just a matter of waiting for a little while for everything to get updated? It's not exactly a "push" service, it seems...my contacts seem to be syncing ok from my phone, just not from my PC.

EDIT: MobileMe syncing is working now - it took about 30 mins. Yeesh - hopefully that gets better in the future.

EDIT 2: Just changed a contact on my phone and it took about 20 seconds to appear online. Cute!

Thanks for your help

 

[alphaod]

MobileMe is not the same as Microsoft Exchange, so yes push isn't perfect. Also you will need the MobileMe preferences panel to sync correctly.

 

[d21mike]

1) I'm trying to map my iDisk as a network drive. I add https://idisk.mac.com/arandall but when I'm prompted for my login, I type in my username and password and it doesn't work! It said access denied. I tried numerous times, so I'm positive this isn't a typing mistake.

When you added the network drive did you select "Connect using a different user name"? Also, did you verify that you were using the proper case?

I don't have a problem doing this with my iDisk. However, if I logoff I have to do it again on each login. It does not retain my credentials for a re-connect on login.

 

[justanothernerd]

d21mike, I tried what you suggested and it worked - thanks for the help!

 

[dasikes]

d21mike, I tried what you suggested and it worked - thanks for the help!

Look at that - another problem solved through MacRumors forums