knox on idisk

dshaw

i have uploaded knox vaults to idisk

i cant' open them

i get messages such as no mountable file systems or operation not supported on socket



dan

dshaw

have used knox for years and it is very reliable and efficient way to encrypt files

recently i decided to put some data which needed to be encrypted on idisk

there is a problem with using it with idisk - If I create an empty file vault on my hard drive and then upload it it often does not open so I can add files [ the reason fro doing this is that files upload faster than larger vaults] i get an error message "there are no mountabel fiel systems", or i get an error code 1401 or no socket supported

i cannot create a knox vault directly on i disk.

sometimes the vault uploads as a sparse image which cannot be opened



dan

dteare

Hi dan, and welcome to the forums! You had two threads with a similar problem so I merged them into this single thread.



[quote name='dshaw']there is a problem with using it with idisk[/quote]



Unfortunately I've heard a lot about idisk problems over the years; it is just too slow for many of the things we all expect from it.



I personally stopped using iDisk for things like this and only use DropBox now because it is so fast and reliable. If you really don't want to try DropBox as a replacement, be sure you at least enable iDisk Sync in the MobileMe > iDisk preferences.



With iDisk Sync enabled the files will be locally mirrored so iDisk might function better for you. In this case, however, I have to reiterate the need for daily backups of these files; I speak from [b]way too much[/b] experience on this last one, so please don't ignore the backup advice like I normally do :)