Swad Posted May 25, 2006 Share Posted May 25, 2006 You remember back in the day when everything on the Internet was free (circa 1994-1998)? My local library offered free internet and email access through telnet – it was glorious. Ah, Web 0.9.23.6 Beta. These days we’ve got the so-called Web 2.0 which is supposed to relive those days with tons of more free stuff, along with gradients sprinkled everywhere and HUGE buttons thrown in. So, in my eternal quest for free stuff, I ran across this "hack" for OS X and immediately fell in love. You can now use box.net (very Web 2.0) just like you use .mac… except box.net gives you a gig of space for free and more space if you invite friends to sign up (with a link like the one I just used... although this post isn't about me getting invitations). All you have to do is sign up, set up a DAV on your Mac, give it your login name (for the secure connection) and you're ready to go. UneasySilence has some screenshots. You can access all your files online, share them with friends, and there’s even a Windows based client for cross-OS sharing. I signed up yesterday and have been very impressed so far... and the price is certainly right. Gotta love free stuff. Especially when it’s storage space! Edit: If you're going to sign up, use one of the invitation links further down in the thread so that others (that need it) can get upgraded to 5 GB. Feel free to post your own code once signed up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogabean Posted May 25, 2006 Share Posted May 25, 2006 wow box.net now offers free 1gb storage? I used to pay 2.99/month with them for 1gb storage for a while. nice. I really liked their service. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabr Posted May 25, 2006 Share Posted May 25, 2006 Wow, this is very good! I just signed up, thanks Mash! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belgrano Posted May 25, 2006 Share Posted May 25, 2006 Nice find, thanks for sharing. I used one of your invitations, you have 3 more to go. Thank you guys for signing up using my link! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B612 Posted May 25, 2006 Share Posted May 25, 2006 That's fantastic, but a bit slow, compared to .mac. Is there a way to automatically synchronize as we used to do with .mac? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swad Posted May 25, 2006 Author Share Posted May 25, 2006 Just so you know, when you get 5 friends it says "you've signed up 5 friends - your account will be upgraded within 24 hours." I've been very impressed with the service thus far, although B512 is right - it would be nice to be able to sync things. They have an API - anyone want to write a plugin? Edit: As far as speeds go, it's maxing out my upload at a poor 55kbps here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogbert75 Posted May 25, 2006 Share Posted May 25, 2006 I have to agree that this looks to have potential...although it does appear to have a 10MB cap on any individual file. This can be somewhat of a pain considering I do have some files that are larger than that size. Perhaps the free referal upgrade can help with that issue as well. Is it ok to stick that link in mine as well, or would it be better served in the referral forum? Thanks PLEASE use my Box.net referral link 5/30 UPDATE: Reached 5... THANKS TO ALL WHO HELPED!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pippin Posted May 25, 2006 Share Posted May 25, 2006 Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colonel Posted May 25, 2006 Share Posted May 25, 2006 This is great! I have a .mac account, but it has almost expired. This will get the job done. Does anyone know how to use it like an iDisk? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pippin Posted May 25, 2006 Share Posted May 25, 2006 Is it your site Mashugly? I just registered and saw you as a friend. Thanks again 1 Gb is very enough for me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swad Posted May 25, 2006 Author Share Posted May 25, 2006 Is it ok to stick that link in mine as well, or would it be better served in the referral forum? It's fine here. I'll edit my post to point people to referral addresses later on in this thread. Does anyone know how to use it like an iDisk? That's what the UneasySilence link is for - it'll keep most of the iDisk functionality. Is it your site Mashugly? I just registered and saw you as a friend. Thanks again 1 Gb is very enough for me! Nope, I just ran across it yesterday and thought I'd pass it along! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandmanfvrga Posted May 25, 2006 Share Posted May 25, 2006 Hey, more storage. I will bite. I mean I got Gmail and I got 2.5 or something gigs there; now add another gig. Not bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyberwolf Posted May 25, 2006 Share Posted May 25, 2006 I looked into using this while retaining .macs feature set and the answer on whether it is possible is... well... kinda. Looks like iCal publishing will work easily but backup and iSync are either sketchy or impossible without having access to tinker with the server. For those of you wishing to tinker and brainstorm here is a starting point: http://www.tnpi.biz/computing/mac/tips/idisk/ http://www.drijf.net/dototto/ http://www.confusticate.com/tech/isync/ Sorry I can't be of more help. I'm greedy so I'm listing my referral link just in case one of you does figure out how to use this with .mac's services (not that it isn't useful on it's own; thanks Mash!) My referral link Three to go. Thanks Corey and Geekshave! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiburon Posted May 25, 2006 Share Posted May 25, 2006 Seems like it doesn't like some filenames. Anyway Is it possible to make it connect on startup? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quixos Posted May 25, 2006 Share Posted May 25, 2006 i would love to have more gigs. sign up! click here! thanks Mashugly, do you see me in your friends list as well? this could get hairy for you. i suggest to anyone using this thread to upgrade, edit your post to reflect that you have reached the limit, so someone else will be given the chance to upgrade space. 0 more to go, thanks people. click here! :) thank you all for helping me out! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Takuro Posted May 25, 2006 Share Posted May 25, 2006 http://forum.osx86project.org/index.php?showtopic=17690 That user managed to get iDisk to work by making .Mac point to a different IP other than idisk.mac.com. The site is in German, but if you manage to make an account, I don't think there's a file size limit. However, the server is really unreliable and doesn't allow for .Mac style syncing or anything... One day we will get the perfect .Mac server clone. One day. *sigh* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silhouette Posted May 25, 2006 Share Posted May 25, 2006 My uploads keep stalling and giving me errors 43, 36, and 2122. I finally got one uploaded and now it only appears online, not in the Finder. Any help would be appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrrjrr Posted May 25, 2006 Share Posted May 25, 2006 I used a quixos referral. Posting my own below for when people work their way down to it. My referral Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sadiekiller Posted May 25, 2006 Share Posted May 25, 2006 I have been looking for a cheap alternative to .Mac, and this is great, it being free. I love that the give you at least 1 GB of storage to start. LINK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visioneer Posted May 26, 2006 Share Posted May 26, 2006 Well, since I've been unable to justify the expense of a .Mac account this seems great. I think SpyMac has been onto this idea for awhile though. I have heard that their services have sort of been unreliable however. There's also a pretty affordable iDisk like solution that came out recently called JungleDisk, price doesn't seem too bad. I'd be up for 5GB of free storage on Box.net. ** EDIT ** Removed my invite code. Thanks for the signups. Enjoying my 5GB of free space. visioneer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
borez Posted May 26, 2006 Share Posted May 26, 2006 Hi all, Great find. What I would suggest to those users who have gotten their 5 referrals to delete their links, so that other users would get a chance of having a free upgrade. Here's My Invite Link! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lunchandamovie Posted May 26, 2006 Share Posted May 26, 2006 Wow, I've heard about box.net Very cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quixos Posted May 26, 2006 Share Posted May 26, 2006 i've edited and commented out the URL in my post. thanks people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colonel Posted May 26, 2006 Share Posted May 26, 2006 Here's my invite. This is a great alternative to .Mac. It's too bad that it doesn't have the synchronization feature like .Mac does. Here's my invite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icebrand Posted May 26, 2006 Share Posted May 26, 2006 my referral link reminds me of the days where myspace was an online storage site instead of a blight upon modern society. good times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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