Once you create a copy of your iDisk on your computer, changes you make to it are automatically synchronized with your iDisk on .Mac. To learn more about creating a copy of your iDisk on your computer, click the links below.

To see when your iDisk was last synchronized, select the iDisk icon in the sidebar at the left side of a Finder window. At the bottom of the window, you'll see when your iDisk was last synchronized along with a progress bar (if your iDisk is currently syncing).

Though your iDisk synchronizes automatically at set intervals when you're connected to the Internet, you can also manually synchronize it at any time. This is useful if you want to make sure that the changes you made to the iDisk on your computer are copied to your iDisk on the web before you log out, shut down your computer, or put your computer to sleep.

If you're trying to do other tasks on a low-bandwidth network, you can turn off automatic synchronization. Select the iDisk icon in the sidebar, click the Action button, and choose Automatic Syncing to remove the checkmark.

IMPORTANT: It's a good idea to keep your iDisk set for automatic synchronization whenever possible. To turn automatic synchronization back on, select the iDisk icon in the sidebar, click the Action button, and choose Automatic Syncing. (When automatic synchronization is enabled, a checkmark appears next to Automatic Syncing in the Action menu.)

If you log out, restart, or shut down your computer while iDisk is syncing, synchronization of your iDisk will continue when you log in again.

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