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Matt OS X · Dec 13, 2003, 06:50 AM

I have several Quicktime movies that I would like to be put in my idisk's 'movie' folder for me to share with my friends on internet.

Everytime when I put it in my idisk's movie folder and it never complete the trasferring or it take FOREVERRR to finish the transferring.

How can I have this completed? Is there something that I forgot to do?

Thanks!

gorickey · Dec 13, 2003, 09:44 AM

How big are your QT files?

Matt OS X · Dec 13, 2003, 06:05 PM

Originally posted by gorickey:
How big are your QT files?

I'm not sure how big. but like.. 30 to 40 seconds worth of QT. IF it's too much of MB , is there any solution?

Thnks

Matt OS X · Dec 14, 2003, 10:39 AM

Anyone????

Diggory Laycock · Dec 14, 2003, 10:48 AM

iDisk uses WebDAV - The Finder seems to be a bit confused about webDAV transfers - for me at least - it claims the whole file is transferred very quickly - then spends a long time "Finishing up" (or something like that.) This is when the actual transfer happens and can take a long time. Alas the progress bar becomes indeterminate - so you can't tell how long there is to go.

You just have to leave it until the copy window closes itself.

macintologist · Dec 14, 2003, 03:21 PM

This was an issue in Jaguar, and still in Panther. Pathetic...

Again, Apple doesn't seem to know what a 56k modem is and they are under the illusion that everyone has 300k/sec upload capability.

I wish that the iDisk was as flexible as KDX in terms of file transfer. KDX will properly upload any type or size of file from any connection to any type of KDX server. And if you don't set iDisk to sync with your hard drive, browsing an iDisk is patetically and unacceptably slow. They should have an option of an iDisk Browser app which leaves out all that extra information such as icons and such. Browsing KDX servers over a modem is completely usable.

Edit: On top of the iDisk being slow, it also ties up the Finder! Again, a widley known issue in Jaguar/Puma is still existing in Panther. I was so shocked to learn that the Finder still hangs when you're loading an iDisk folder in Panther. I thought the "brand new Finder" would fix that. Completely unacceptable.