WelcomeToYourMac

I’m proud to announce that today is the release of WelcomeToYourMac v0.1.1! (It was going to be just v0.1, but I found a bug right after I uploaded to Google Code, so now it’s v0.1.1, since the Google won’t let you re-upload a version :P). Notes to follow:

Download

Download  WelcomeToYourMac v0.1.1 (7.9Mb zip)

Features

1. SSL encryption with user/pass authentication
2. Browse your Mac’s filesystem on your iPhone or web browser.
3. Email a file from your mac to any email address
4. Download any file from your Mac
5. View files on your iPhone (supported file types only, plus .rtf files)

Notes

I haven’t done a full security check of the code, and the legacy app window still ask you if you want to share media insecurely. Later versions will tidy up this hole, but for now you should be able to uncheck that sharing media option and feel safe that everything is going through SSL.

Currently the main page of the web app only shows 2 buttons: 1 to your home folder and 1 to your documents folder. Later versions will let you customize this view, as well as provide other “tapps” that you can install to WelcomeToYourMac.

The email feature uses php’s built-in mail() function, so emails will likely land in your spam filter. If you run your own mail server and filter that more aggressively filters out spam, you may have to do some tweaking to let these emails through. Later versions will let you set up an SMTP account to send these emails through, which will fix the vast majority of spam filtering issues. For now, just check your spam folder. Also, take care in sending very large files. Currently there’s “no limit” enforced for emailed files by WelcomeToYourMac. Later versions will let you send out a secure download link (with optional password), for files that would be too large to email.

Summary

All in all, this version should provide you with a secure way to browse, download, view, and email files from your Mac (just turn off insecure media sharing option). I’m sure issues will come up with this release - so please leave feedback so I can work to make it better :).