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How to mount your MobileMe iDisk in Linux

I tried mounting my iDisk about 3 years ago in a Linux system and I had to use Cadaver for it. It was not easy to configure. Fortunately now things have changed. You just need 1 command (or two if you have to install davfs2) to mount a Webdav share (iDisk uses webdav).

1. First install the WebDAV Linux File System (davfs2). If you are using Ubuntu (as many people seem to be doing nowadays), you can install davfs2 by typing.

~# sudo apt-get install davfs2

2. To mount a dav share then, simply create a folder for it

sudo mkdir /mnt/idisk

and mount your idisk

sudo mount -t davfs https://idisk.me.com/$MOBILEMEUSERNAME /mnt/idisk/

Replace $MOBILEMEUSERNAME with your Mobile Me username. Davfs2 will ask for your password, and then you can start using your idisk.