How to set my Document folder to be shared on MM?

So I got this terrible way to share my folders on MobileMe, it is to create a whole new folder on iDisk and then create an alias on my home folder to it, its irritating and not practical since all new and updated documents and files has to be dropped manually to the folder.
I want my original Document folder (that is on the home folder) to be shared and auto sync itself to the MobileMe iDisk without any interference with me.
How to make this possible?

It sounds like you're interested in the "Back to My Mac" feature of MobileMe.
Tutorials, setup instructions, and troubleshooting guides can be found here:
http://www.apple.com/support/mobileme/
To be able to access your real documents folder (not just a sync'd copy of it -- your iDisk wont be used at all) via MobileMe, you need to enable two things on your Mac:
1) In "System Preferences" -> "MobileMe" -> "Back to My Mac", make sure BTMM is "On" (click the "Start" button if it doesn't indicate that it is already running.)
2) In "System Preferences" -> "Sharing" make sure "File Sharing" is enabled. (you can just click the "Open Sharing..." button from the Back to My Mac panel as a shortcut to get there.
You also need to have a router which properly supports NAT-PMP or UPnP. I cannot emphasize the word "properly" enough. There are a lot of junk routers in the world that claim to support UPnP but do not. I've helped many people with this problem and when I debug the router by running utilities designed to test whether UPnP really works, the router fails the test. The vendor partially implemented UPnP has "just enough" for some limited functionality, but it's not enough for the needs of Back to My Mac. If you have this problem, it's not the Mac, it's the router.
On your remote Mac you need to log into MobileMe with the same account you used on your home Mac and also make sure Back to My Mac is enabled. File Sharing only needs to be enabled on the Mac which has the filesystems you want to share out to other computers. You don't, for example, need to enable it on your remote Mac.
LASTLY... if the home computer is allowed to go to sleep, then this might be a problem. If your computer is configured to sleep, go into "System Preferences" -> "Energy Saver" and verify that "Wake for network access" is enabled.
Apple's own Airport Extreme base station routers and Time Capsules are "Back to My Mac" aware. If you are attempting to access a Mac which is sleeping, the router itself will send the special "wake up" packet to your Mac (it's a special packet... not just any network traffic will cause it to wake.)
Most Macs made in the last several years will respond to a "Wake for network access" across wired ethernet. But only Macs made much more recently (within about the last year) support "wake for network access" across a wireless network.
If you do not have an a rather recent version of the Apple Airport Extreme router or Time Capsule then wake on LAN will probably not work and you'll need to make sure your Mac isn't allowed to sleep.
If you do have a recent model Airport base station and you use a physical network cable to connect the Mac to the router then it probably will respond to wake on LAN.
If you are using wireless networking to communicate between your home Mac and an Airport base station then you can verify if wireless will work. Run "System Profiler" (it's in the Utilities folder). In the left column click to highlight "Airport" (it's about halfway down just below "Network") In the panel on the right, near the bottom, check to see if you see "Wake on Wireless: Supported". If so, you're good to work on wireless.
Once everything is setup, your remote Mac will display your home computer in the left margin of the Finder window just as if you were home.
This website has a support category specific to Back to My Mac should you have any issues with it. You'll find it under the "Digitil Life" section you'll find "MobileMe" -> "MobileMe Back to My Mac".

Similar Messages

  • How to create a document folder using ListData.svc

    Hi All,
    I've recently been put on a project where I need to use the REST services (ListData.svc) to retrieve and add documents to the document library. It all has been smooth sailing until I hit the point where I want to save a document in a path that doesn't exist.
    I get an error if I try to save a file where the folder structure doesn't exist. I then went about it a different way trying to create the folder structure first. This also didn't work and I get an error message saying that the entity type is marked with the
    MediaEntry attribute but no save stream was set for the entity. Not too sure what set for the save stream if I'm just adding a folder.
    So my question is can a file be added to a folder structure that doesn't exist where it automatically creates the folders. If not can the service create folders?
    Some sample code I've been using:
    var folder = new SampleDocumentLibraryItem();
    folder.Name = "Sample";
    folder.Title = "Sample";
    folder.ContentType = "Folder";
    folder.Path = "/sample/folder1/folder2";
    spContext.AddToSampleDocumentLibrary(folder);
    spContext.SaveChanges();
    Thanks in advance,
    Damo

    Hi All,
    Finally managed to figure this one out. For anyone who needs source on how to create a document folder. Some sample source is below...
    var folder = new DocumentLibraryItem();
    folder.Name = "Folder Name";
    folder.Title = "Folder Name";
    folder.ContentType = "Folder";
    folder.Path = path;
    spContext.AddtoDocumentLibrary(folder);
    spContext.SetSaveStream(folder, stream, false, folder.ContentType, folder.Path + folder.Name + "|0x0120009BCC19899CEBC6468FF4EEAC7B8CF4F5"
    spContext.SaveChanges();
    So the important differences in the code above. The content type of the object and stream MUST be set to "Folder". I'm not sure why but you still need to set the save stream to be a valid stream even though you're only adding a folder. So just keep the stream
    open and then pass "true" to close it when you actually save the file. The other important element as noted from the URL's in the previous comments is you need to add a "|" + Content Type ID of a folder. You'll be able to get this ID by visiting the rest service
    for an existing document library and view source to see the actual content type id for a folder.
    Thanks everyone for your help,
    Damo

  • How to set up 3 fold folder

    How to set up 3 fold folder, I want 3 pages next ot each other, and one page has a different size.

    Create a new document
    On Page panel uncheck allow document pages to shuffle
    Then drag the pages 2 & 3 to the next of page one

  • T.code KO88: how to set the document date?

    Hi All,
    could anyone tell me how to set the document date in the t.code KO88?
    Thanks
    Gandalf

    Hi,
    Normally, the system define  the posting date based the date when document entered into Financial Accounting or cost accounting. Based on posting date,system will define the posting period and fiscal year.
    Posting date can be different from Entry date ( the date date entered into SAP system), where no influence from user, and it can also different from Document date. Document date is the of original document was created.
    Hope this will give you clearer overview of dates which are used in system.
    Regards,
    Irhasni

  • How to set the deployment folder for the server

    Hello All,
    I'm a new bee to this SJWS. I'm using SJWS 7.U4.
    When i build my web application, it is creating the war file in some location; lets say xxx. I dont want to deploy every time (manually update the war file and then click on deployment pending). So how can i set the deploy folder's path to the xxx so that just the build and restart of the server is sufficient and the server picks the latest war. Please guide me. I think this type of configuration options are provided in many of the web servers.
    Thanks
    Deepak

    Look at auto deploy functionality [http://blogs.sun.com/amit/entry/auto_deploying_a_web_application]

  • How do I move Documents folder?

    I am trying to free space on my old Macbook Pro.  My friend created a partition where I am moving most of my files to, including my pictures, downloads and Dropbox.
    I would like to move my Documents folder too as there is plenty of space remaining in the partition.
    Is there a simple way to do this?  A drag and drop simply copies the files but I want to move the default location if possible.
    Many thanks

    Tim Luck wrote:
    I have Word 2008
    Will the issue you have both raised affect my computer if I move the Documents Folder?
    I don't think so. AFAICT, Office 2008 has no problems with symbolic links under SL. Regarding the MUD folder, if you quit all Office apps and move it to <~/Library/Preferences>, it should stay there. See this hint
    <http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20060228051625893>
    If this were my machine, I shouldn't try to move a subfolder of Home -- either move it all, or store my documents in a different folder from <~/Documents> (you can put a symlink to this folder in Documents; if you give the link a name beginning with a blank space, it will always be listed first in Open or Save dialogues). But if disk space constraints don't allow you to do this, and you have to move Documents, I don't see any other solution than the one suggested by Matt Clifton.

  • How to set default pdf folder for Adobe 8.1.4

    Every time I want to open or save a file in Adobe I have to navigate through the computer to the folder I use for pdf files. Can I set a default folder somehow so Adobe always looks there first?
    Thanks,
    Richard

    > Can I set a default folder somehow so Adobe always looks there first?
    No.

  • How to set "Allow external users who accept sharing invitations and sign in as authenticated users" programmatically?

    Sharepoint 2013 online/office 365.
    I am creating site collection programmatically using sharepoint Auto hosted app.
    Now i want to set "Allow external users who accept sharing invitations and sign in as authenticated users" programmatically after site collection creation.
    Is it possible through code? If yes please let me know how to do it?
    Najitha Sidhik

    For SharePoint 2013 Online, check below links:
    http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/office365-sharepoint-online-small-business-help/manage-sharing-with-external-users-HA102849862.aspx
    http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/office365-sharepoint-online-enterprise-help/manage-external-sharing-for-your-sharepoint-online-environment-HA102849864.aspx
    https://www.nothingbutsharepoint.com/sites/eusp/Pages/SharePoint-Online-2013-Sharing-with-External-Users.aspx
    http://blogs.office.com/2013/11/21/sharepoint-online-improves-external-sharing/
    Please ensure that you mark a question as Answered once you receive a satisfactory response.

  • How to set up iOS calendar app with shared Google Calendar data

    At work (in our small office) I've been given access to the shared Google Calendar that has our work schedule. It was set up using this page (click on Share an existing calendar):
    https://support.google.com/calendar/answer/37082
    The question I have is how to set it up to work with iOS calendar app on my iPhone?

    "currently there is no shared group calendar support."
    Well, not really. You hinted at it with: "set up a group wiki."
    Go into Workgroup Manager and set up an Open Directory group. Add people to it.
    Each client must then go into iCal --> Preferences --> Accounts and add an account. The name and password entered must be the same as that added to the group, Kerberos must be unchecked, and the account URL will be like (fill in the blanks properly):
    http://<your domain name here>:8008/principals/groups/<your group name here>/
    Now each properly logged in user of that group can make changes to the shared group calendar, without any "hacks" like making dummy users and delegation.
    However, I am getting a notifier: "Request Error: Accesss to <event name> in <your group name here> in account <your group name here> is not permitted." But that seems to be a lie, since multiple members of the group can make changes and others can see the changes.
    Oh yea, make sure you have a functioning DNS with valid reverse lookup.
    Message was edited by: Bytesmiths

  • How to set up KM folder with Anonymous access.

    Experts,
    I would like to setup a KM folder with anonymous access where any document on that folder can be viewed by anonymous users by clicking on a link specific to that document. For example: http://server/irj/go/km/docs/documents/TechDocs/file_name.html
    Please note that this document will not be rendered through an iView, so setting up an anonymous role will not work in this case.
    Can anyone tell if this will be doable and the steps to do it?
    Thanks in advance for your help.
    Regards,
    Abu

    Hi Abu,
    > How can I just give access to a specific folder under /irj/go/km/docs?
    You have to differentiate between anonymous access to the iView behind /irj/go/km/docs (PCD auth scheme) and the permissions on KM folders (KM permissions). If you want to restrict the access, on the folders which should not be accessible for anonymous access, remove the group "Everyone" from the permissions (via details / settings / permissions). For details see http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/1b/12c49eb27011d5993800508b6b8b11/frameset.htm
    Hope it helps
    Detlev

  • How to set a default folder in Advance Search

    We have enabled the Search Scope Selection option for the default search iView in the Tool Area.  Therefore, when a user clicks the Advance Search link in the Tool Area, they can choose the index they wish to search or they can select a folder by browsing the KM folder structure.  When they click on the browse button, their initial folder is /root.  We would like to set the default browse folder to a lower-level folder, like /documents.
    Does anyone know the best way to set the initial search folder for the default search iView?

    Hi Andrew
    The short answer is that I dont think you can change the default "browse folder". It will let the end users browse whatever folders they have the permission to view. But you can solve your problem in some other ways, like:
    1) Remove any permissions regarding the root folder for the end users. In this way they will not be able to browse it through the search component. Configure permissions for all other folders you dont want end users to access.
    2) Create a range of meaningful indexes and only let the user search the indexes (with a meaningful name), not the folders. If you like, you can hide the folder search option by adding &EnableSearchFromFolder=False to the KM search parameters (search the forum for more info).
    3) Give the users access to a simple KM navigation iview with a customized layoutset that only lets the end user browse the documents repository and contains a link to the UI command "search_from_here" which will "Opens a dialog box for searching within the current folder or subfolders" (taken from the description of the ui command).
    Best regards,
    Martin Søgaard

  • How to set permissions for folder?

    Dear all,
    How can iset permissions for a particular folder?
    I am creating new folders for new users  who access the program. 
    Is there any way yo set permissions so that no one is able to edit the name of the folder ?
    Thanks,
    Ritesh

    Hi Ritesh,
    Thanks for the post and I hope your well today.
    You can programmatically change the Read Only and Hidden Status of a file
    in labview using the DOS prompt from LabVIEW - called
    System.Execvi.
    Here are some links regarding the DOS commands you can use,
    http://www.ss64.com/nt/subinacl.html
    http://www.ss64.com/nt/cacls.html 
    So I beleive you could find a DOS command which could alter the editting properties of the name..
    Another way to prevent the user altering the file would be to change
    the user permission's in windows.. but it could affected the code and
    most IT departments would not allow this.
    Hope this helps,
    Kind Regards
    James Hillman
    Applications Engineer 2008 to 2009 National Instruments UK & Ireland
    Loughborough University UK - 2006 to 2011
    Remember Kudos those who help!

  • How to move the Documents folder to another HD

    I'll be installing a second HD by removing the DVD and want to move some folders to that drive.
    I would like to move Downloads and Documents folders.
    Thanks in advance,
    JoaoBra

    Thanks Arthur for your reply.
    My english is not that good, so I'll try to explain what I'm affraid of.
    If doing so, all the programs will recognize as the "System known" folder?
    I mean: If I click to save a text document, will the system recognize as the correct (default) folder?
    Tia,
    JoaoBra

  • Pages 5.0: How to set up document endnotes?

    This is something that could previously be found in Inspector under document setup or whatever, but obviously with inspector being phased out, it's moved. I hope it hasn't been replaced, as document endnotes were something I depend on a lot for Chicago style citations. Any idea of where it can be?
    Thanks!

    I would assume that has something to do with compatibility issues between Pages '09 and Pages 5.0. Toying around with the toolbar on the right hand side while the cursor is on a footnote might help.
    For anyone else who may have had my particular issue, I have actually managed to figure out how to achieve document endnotes. First, you click Insert > Footnote, and once the footnote appears, look on the right hand side toolbar and you'll see the second button on the right says "footnotes." Click on that, and the first option lets you choose between regular footnotes or document endnotes.
    Hope this helps!

  • How to set up Automator Folder Actions?

    I have set up and sucessfully tested a workflow which sends any file found in a particular folder to the "paperless" app, then moves all files to a different folder called "Archived attachments".
    HOWEVER as a folder action,  nothing happens when a file is put into the folder. The file just sits there in the folder.
    To create a folder action I opened  "new folder action" in Automator, then dragged and dropped the working workflow file into the workspace, then set "Folder Action recieves files and folders added to" the appropriate folder, let's call it "Attachments".
    Just to complicate things, the files are placed into the "Attachments" folder using an applescript that captures all pdf mail attachments. This applescript works succesfully.
    So, where could I be going wrong?
    The working workflow "Attachments.workflow" consists of:
    Get Specificed Finder Items
    Make Sequential
    Get Folder Contents
    Open Finder Items
    Get Folder Contwents
    Label Finder Items
    Get Folder Contents
    New Dated Folder
    The erronious Folder Action consists of:
    Run Workflow (Attachments)
    In folder actions setup:
    "Enable Folder Actions" is ticked
    "PDF Attachments" folder is ticked
    "Attachments_folder.workflow" script is on.

    I'm confused. You showed two Automator actions with the same name, one was a folder action one wasn't.
    Are you sure the correct Automator action (the one that is a folder action) is attached to the folder?
    If when the Folders Action setup window is opened and you select Articles_Folder.workflow and then edit script are you getting the right workflow?
    Assuming you do I would start off very simply. Try this:
    It will label green screen shot image files saved to the Desktop.
    See if this works for you.

Maybe you are looking for