Ask iBAM: iDisk and iPhone

1196 days ago in Ask iBAM, Contributors by Spencer Scott | 2 Comments

The iBAM crew received an e-mail from Carolyn asking:

“Do you guys know if a Mac user with an iPhone can access their iDisk?
Of is that just from a Mac computer?”

This is a really great question, but it also falls into the “yes and no” category of answers. You can access your iDisk through Safari (http://idisk.mac.com/username) on the iPhone, but all you can do from there is see the list of files that are there. You can’t download or do anything else with them.

However, I did come across one solution which was just released and that is the A.I. Disk application for the iPhone. From the developers site:

A.I.Disk is an elegant solution to access files on your MobileMe iDisk, save them to the iPhone or iPod Touch, read on the go and even email to friends. Besides MobileMe iDisk the application can connect to any WebDAV enabled online file storage like Box.Net or MyDisk.se.

A.I.Disk has built-in file viever that supports number of formats including MS Office and iWork documents, PDF, TXT, HTML and others. Just tap on a file to copy it to your iPhone or iPod Touch file storage device and enjoy reading it anywhere!

The app is $7.99 and can be found in the App Store in iTunes. Although I haven’t had a chance to personally try it out, it sounds like the only solution thus far.

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Or, you can go to box.net, sign up for a free 1GB storage account, and use their free iphone app, which has a viewer, sorting, upload/download and sharing. I honestly don't work for them, this is just a more viable option than paying $8 to access a service you're also paying (at least if you pay for Mobile Me) for.
http://www.thedesigncubicle.com Brian Hoff

You can download MobileFiles from the App store. It's free, is strictly made for the iDisk and you can save files from the iDisk to your phone for quicker access.