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alime
September 28th, 2005, 05:21 PM
http://www.apple.com/dotmac/
Is there a way to sync files, backup files, save calendar so on.
1. Has anyone doing this for other people. (paid/inpaid)
2. Can I Do it myself
Is there a way i could build a server like this?
+ make is easy to have my family log in(from all over the United States.
+ build into the OS so i can be on one of my ubuntu PC and sync up files with all of them.
any ideas?
"A"
somuchfortheafter
September 28th, 2005, 05:22 PM
hmm seems possible with a script with ftp and rsync?
Kvark
September 28th, 2005, 05:46 PM
Perhaps you could leave a PC online at all times and log in to it remotely over the net.

Or find an online file storage service to dump files on. But if you put personal files on someone elses server then you should encrypt the files. Otherwise they (the guys at the online file storage) can read your files if they want to.
UbuWu
September 28th, 2005, 06:04 PM
Maybe for the Dapper Drake: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SetupSnapshots
zenwhen
September 28th, 2005, 06:58 PM
It would be nice if such a thing existed, but the bandwidth that it would require would require the big bucks that a comercial company like Apple has. You could look into setting up your own webdav server, though.

http://www.webdav.org/
majikstreet
September 28th, 2005, 07:12 PM
If you have your own server you can just use rsync for something like that (backup).

I can't see paying for it though... (Then again I like EVERYTHING free!
az
September 28th, 2005, 08:39 PM
I forget the name.

Novell is working on something like that. The folder thing. Mono... I wish I could remember....


It's not Hula, but it can tie into it. It is like a shared folder on streoids....

I need to upgrade some brain cells. Memtest69.
primeirocrime
September 28th, 2005, 10:53 PM
I think I saw that to... hum iFolder? I think it's on the foresight linux dist, or maybe I got a glimpse of it in new mono apps somewhare... can I have an upgrade too?

http://www.novell.com/products/ifolder/

http://www.ifolder.com/index.php/Project_Roadmap

seems nice, watch the novell demo.

and I found this in the ubuntu wiki

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/iFolderHowto
cactus
September 29th, 2005, 03:32 AM
the .mac thing is just WebDav.
It isn't too hard to setup your own local .mac stuff with osX. It is easy with linux too, although not as integrated.

cadaver is a nice cli webdav interface too.
Jedeye
January 18th, 2006, 08:45 AM
It seems that some members are working on it, I saw this the other day https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Ubuntu%2eMac

Not sure how far off it is, but it would be nice to have.
UbuWu
January 19th, 2006, 10:17 AM
It seems that some members are working on it, I saw this the other day https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Ubuntu%2eMac

Not sure how far off it is, but it would be nice to have.

Nobody is working on it, that spec is all there is at the moment.