Why can't there be a simple program to setup remote file sharing?

If someone wants to take a crack at getting my Time Capsule available remotely (off network over internet), I would appreciate it.
I am a graphic designer and use the other side of my brain. DNS, static IP, MAC address etc is very confusing.
I purchased a neat little app called Connect360 for Mac that automatically configures music/video sharing to Xbox360 from MacBook Pro. Evrything is automatic. Brilliant. If someone could do that to configure internet file sharing, it would be worth $$$$$$.
Thanks

You cannot do a simple program with the multiplicity of internet connections, modem type, ISP types, authentication types. Also you notice that Apple decided everything should now happen from the cloud, so cancelled the mobileme service which did offer easier setup for something that is far more limited, at least for now.
Also please note there are fridge mechanics who fix fridges and car mechanics who fix cars. Photographers who make a living taking better photos than I can, and computer technicians who do network setups. If you don't fix your car or the washing machine.. why do you need to fix your internet networking?? Pay someone to do it.. but Steve said computers are easy and you got a false impression that everything should just plug together and work.. well it doesn't. Find a tame Computer tech and let him/her carry that part of your business. Spend your time doing what earns you money instead of in frustration at fixing the fridge. (Being symbolic of the computer network).
It is rather like when I (a computer technician) dabble in graphic design.. I do, and you laugh at the results.. !!
Please note I no longer work in that field because the pay is miserable, the customers ring up day and night and scream at you that the network is down and it is all your fault, and want you to spend an hour on the phone helping them. No service fee of course. You should on the basis of a single job, help connect their computer to the printer over the phone for an hour, rather than pay you a service call. Since computers are easy and you should just donate your time and life really to helping them do what Steve and Bill said was so easy.

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