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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.


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somekool

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but it ain't like .mac ? is it ? can I sync my address book using this ?

 

can I also share my addressbook with others ?

Colonel

Posted

Here is my referal link.

If you use it, I'll give you a free download of Colonels Paint. ;)

A Nonny Moose

Posted

but it ain't like .mac ? is it ? can I sync my address book using this ?

 

can I also share my addressbook with others ?

 

You can sync your address book with this, but it isn't easy like .Mac is. It just takes physically moving those address book cards to a folder and then importing them onto the other Mac.

 

Also, you can share your address book with other box users by making it a public folder. Again, it isn't as easy as .Mac, but it's a workable solution.

Sam_lew

Posted

It's sound good!

domino

Posted

Well this is just one of the more usefull post I have read. ;) I'm having ill thoughts about what I can use this tool for. :)

 

Thanks!

Arez

Posted

box.net

 

I'd appreciate if some people could use my link as well please. Thanks.

Suzuka

Posted

refer_blue_small.gif - my link, I dubt anyone will click on it
Panja

Posted

Super!

Thanks mate, I just signed up.

 

My invite :P

bwhsh8r

Posted

Thank you all for the great link and the invites. I cant beleve that they give you a whole GB of storage! Useful and great... thanks again!

 

 

bwhsh8r

Baliw

Posted

and if 1 Gb. of storage is not enough for you, then try 25 Gb. of storage space from Streamload.

mhp

Posted

I just signed up under Panja.

 

Thanks for the link OP, should prove to be useful

 

My Link, Thanks

bwhsh8r

Posted

Gmail has 2.7 gb and it always goes up and in windows there is a gmail drive creator program. If you need the program or a gmail invite pm me ;)

 

 

 

max

imerik

Posted

This seems pretty handy to me, please use my link :) wanna get past the 10 meg file

limit.

 

Box.net

iNap

Posted

I've got one, too, though even one gig is better than none.

 

link

LlamaV3

Posted

thanks guys :)

 

this news is awsome, its just what i've been looking for.

 

feel free to use my link (its in my sig)

 

^_^

Swad

Posted

ernando-

 

I don't think you could set up what you're talking on box.net, but you could definitely do it on your own webserver!

ernando

Posted

can I do it also on a public webhosting ? I mean does the server in webhosting nowadays always support webdav ?

rogabean

Posted

ernando... no you can not. If you look over the needed changes it requires making changes to the apache config directly. no host is going to let you do that.

 

it's more for an "in house backup" sorta thing.

LlamaV3

Posted

erm, i have 6 referrals now and no increase in disk space, i thought they were upgrading users to 5gb after 5 referrals?



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