Theocacao: iDisk Versus the Finder

iDisk Versus the Finder

Even in Tiger, the Finder still isn't very tolerant of problems connecting to an iDisk. The Finder will block until it's able to connect or just times out. This makes iDisk somewhat useless because you're gambling every time you click on the icon. The Finder needs to use non-blocking connections for things like this, plain and simple.

iDisk Versus the Finder
Posted Jun 15, 2005 — 3 comments below

Justin Williams — Jun 15, 05 238

Doesn't having offline iDisk alleviate the problem? That's what I use and then just let it sync whenever it wants.

Scott Stevenson — Jun 15, 05 239

I admit I haven't fiddled with this yet, but it doesn't help when you need something immediately.

Frodo — Jun 15, 05 240

The Finder guys always blame it on underlying services which are not threadsafe, like IconServices. I don't know why that should be true in 2004.

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