Do you think that Apple will ever make it possible to access iDisk files on your iPhone for viewing? I'd love to be able to upload Word and Excel documents to iDisk and then view them on my iPhone. I would do this all the time, if I had the ability. I tried uploading some files to my iDisk public directory and they could be downloaded fine on my other PC, but I couldn't do anything with them on my iPhone.
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Accessing iDisk files on iPhone
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Have you tried this:
http://idisk.me.com/userid-Public
I was able to bring it up on my iPhone Browser but it was pretty small. Did not test it anymore but maybe you can get something to work. If so, could not imagine someone would not come up with a App for this.
I think it would be great, I did try to see if I could open a document from my public iDisk like d21mike suggested but got nothing, the file was visible and clickable but it didn't open.
When you think about it, it should be very doable. The problem is the web iDisk interface. If Apple (or someone else) would just come up with an iPhone specific webpage, it should work great.
There seems to be so much promise with .Me, I just hope Apple continues to enhance it. I can't believe they still don't have it so you can access your contacts when sending an email at me.com or have fixed the deleted message problem.
There seems to be so much promise with .Me, I just hope Apple continues to enhance it. I can't believe they still don't have it so you can access your contacts when sending an email at me.com or have fixed the deleted message problem.
i figured it out!
go to your idisk at mac.com (me.com) from your home or work computer
go to the file you'd like to use from your iphone and click share file
select 30 months (i mean... in 3 years the iphone might have an app for this)
e-mail it to yourself.
the songs or documents you want load automatically into quicktime player or in the document viewer for use when u click the icon in the e-mail from your iphone
i have a special e-mail address just for my idisk files with lables inside. that way i can access them over and over for 30 months!
(hopefully now apple won't disable this or something horrible like that. always stifling my ingenuity....) 0_o ~~~~
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go to your idisk at mac.com (me.com) from your home or work computer
go to the file you'd like to use from your iphone and click share file
select 30 months (i mean... in 3 years the iphone might have an app for this)
e-mail it to yourself.
the songs or documents you want load automatically into quicktime player or in the document viewer for use when u click the icon in the e-mail from your iphone
i have a special e-mail address just for my idisk files with lables inside. that way i can access them over and over for 30 months!
(hopefully now apple won't disable this or something horrible like that. always stifling my ingenuity....) 0_o ~~~~
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Unless I'm not understanding the OP's request, there's http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=304673686&mt=8
This used to be called "mobilefiles." I have the mobilefiles version and like it very much. Some comments indicated the new version (called "QuickOffice Files") isn't as good, but is designed to display Office files.
There's also "Mobile Disk." http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=295923448&mt=8
This used to be called "mobilefiles." I have the mobilefiles version and like it very much. Some comments indicated the new version (called "QuickOffice Files") isn't as good, but is designed to display Office files.
There's also "Mobile Disk." http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=295923448&mt=8
There's also this... http://readdle.com/products/onedisk
But it's more expensive than the "Mobile Disk" app.
But it's more expensive than the "Mobile Disk" app.
Sorry, but when you're paying for MobileMe, Apple should offer a free iDisk app, not a paid third party app.
I think this would be great, and the iPhone also needs to be able to print the documents from iDisk to local printers on that network, like a Mac does. In other words, the iPhone needs to have more netbook functionality!
All I want to do is to be able to upload files to my idisk then be able share them to someone if need be. For instance I travel a lot and its really useful to have scans of important docs available for emergencies.
Come on apple!
Come on apple!
Just get Mobile Files or QuickSheet or QuickWord or QuickOffice or OneDisk or ReaddleDocs or Mobile Disk or iStorage or DAV-E or Air Sharing Pro or ezShare or Discover or Disks...
Come on, we're not talking big bucks here. All these apps allow access to your iDisk. Some even allow you to email your files as well.
I understand people saying this should be a built-in Apple app for MobileMe subscribers, but a few extra quid for one of these apps is peanuts.
Come on, we're not talking big bucks here. All these apps allow access to your iDisk. Some even allow you to email your files as well.
I understand people saying this should be a built-in Apple app for MobileMe subscribers, but a few extra quid for one of these apps is peanuts.
The OS 3.0 beta 5 can't presumably? I haven't heard otherwise - but has anyone checked?
Does anyone else find that using these 3rd party apps - with big movies/pdfs, that the phone can crash in the pdf reader/qucktime app?