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In all the years i have been using Apple products one product that i always thought Apple did a terrible job with is the .Mac suite. I’m not going to go into all of it’s drawbacks but in short, for 99$ a year that service is a rip off. But i have occasionally fell into buying it simply because i like the way it integrates with the OS X.

Lately i have been looking for a way to utilize my unused several terrabytes of private server space with 1and1. Few days ago i came across MacFUSE, a google code project that allows me to connect to my 1and1 servers via WebDAV connection and simply mount the share on my Mac OS desktop. I love this feature, i hope MacFUSE will become more viable replacement for all of .Mac services. But as for now at least i can utilize my space with 1and1.

If you have 1and1 hosting account (or any other hosting account that supports WebDAV) and a mac you may want to try this. WebDAV is a good way to utilize unused hosting space with your web hosting providers. You may want to note that not all hosting provides have WebDAV enabled.
With 1and1 it starts with business and developer accounts.

Here’s a quick run down on how to set this up on a mac with 1and1.com hosting account (business and up):

1. Create a separate subdomain in your 1and1 control panel and point it to a new folder in your server. (this will work with existing domain names and existing folders but i suspect things will get messy rather quickly)
2. Download and install MacFUSE from here.
3. Restart your Mac
4. Press “GO” then “Connect to Server”
5. Enter: http://yourdomain.com:81
6. Use your MASTER FTP username/password to login. (Using anything other than the username/password that was originally provided by 1and1 will most likely result in an error message)

This way you should be able to utilize the enormous amounts of space that you have available on hosting accounts these days.

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