IDisk in Tiger 10.4.2

I can not get the iDisk to work...when i click on the iDisk icon that opens a finder window with the folders in iDisk...it continuely triesto sync and never goes online to view the content of the folders. However I know the password is correctly setup because the new Backup 3.0 is able to sync items to iDisk directly.
Is iDisk working in 10.4.2 or is there a trick to get the sync working and view the contents of iDisk in the finder....

I thought iDisk and Panther were pretty bad, until Tiger came along. I couldn't believe it could get worse, but it did. I've given up not only on auto sync, but even on manual sync (which is what I used in Panther). So I've eliminated the local copy of the iDisk. I keep a copy of what is on the iDisk, but not the "syncable" image, just my own folders and files that are on it. Also, I no longer even bother to try mounting the iDisk in the Finder--it takes many minutes, during which time the Finder is completely useless. I've seen it take up to 15 or 20 minutes to mount! As I said, I do have my files and folders in their own iDisk folder. When I want to make changes I do them there, then use Goliath to move the added or altered items from my hard drive to the iDisk.
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