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Goliath works well!
Authored by: russh on Mar 24, '02 12:26:02PM
I've been using Goliath in OS X for about a month. You don't even have to enter the iDisk address manually. If you cancel out of the dialog box that comes up on starting the app, there is an option in the "File" menu to "Open an iDisk Connection". This further simplifies the process.

Then, you can save the connection. I've even gone so far as to copy the iDisk icon and paste it onto the Goliath connection. I then dragged the file to my Finder toolbar to give me one click access, complete with the pretty icon that Apple uses. The main difference... it's much faster.

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Great app; 2 caveats though
Authored by: brycesutherland on Mar 24, '02 03:11:47PM

Goliath really is faster for accessing one's iDisk. Much faster. Two things though:

1. I had to logout/in before any saved connections would automatically launch Goliath. I keep server icons in my dock and nothing would happen with the Goliath icon (literally, nothing) until I logged out first. Works like a charm after that.

2. The docs claim that resource information is maintained for files. Not so in my case. I have a bunch of Word docs in my iDisk Documents folder (without file extensions) and they appear with blank icons when viewed via Goliath. Copying them down from my iDisk keeps their "blankness" and they won't lauch MS Word when double-clicked. Files with file extensions DO display correct icons and DO launch Word when copied to the local machine.

(The second caveat may just be evidence of my lack of understanding of resource information, and Goliath is actually doing what it's supposed to do, but I thought the whole point of resource forks was to remove the need for file extensions in file names?)

Other than those two items, pretty cool hint!

Glenn



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Re: Great app; 2 caveats though
Authored by: sjk on Mar 25, '02 04:48:53AM

Seems like unchecking "Disable encoding of Macintosh Resources" under the Advanced Settings in "Edit->Edit Connection Settings..." has no effect.



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