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== If you're in YSTV ==
== Inside YSTV ==
If you have less than a few gigabytes to move, find a flash drive or external hard drive and copy it off an edit PC, it'll be quickest.
If you have less than a few gigabytes to move, find a flash drive or external hard drive and copy it off an edit PC, it'll be quickest.


Otherwise, on the desk with Graphics PC, there should be a spare network cable (by the window, currently grey), plug this in and turn off your wireless - it should be a faster than eduroam.
Otherwise, connect to the YSTV WiFi network, or plug in to a spare network port


=== On Windows ===
=== On Windows ===
Go to <code>\\ystvfsrv.york.ac.uk\</code> and enter your server username (in the form <code>YSTV\firstname.lastname</code>) and password when prompted. Then copy files to your heart's content!
Go to <code>\\filestore.ystv.york.ac.uk\</code> and enter your server username (in the form <code>YSTV\firstname.lastname</code>) and password when prompted. Then copy files to your heart's content!


=== On Linux/Mac ===
=== On MacOS ===
Mount <code>smb://ystvfsrv.york.ac.uk/Pending\ Edits</code> (or similar) using workgroup of YSTV and your username/password, and again copy to your heart's content.
* In the Finder menu, click "Go" > "Connect to Server", or just press ⌘+K
* Enter <code>smb://filestore.ystv.york.ac.uk</code> in the "Server address" field
* Enter you username in the form <code>YSTV\first.last</code> and your YSTV password
* Pick a folder, and copy away!


You can do the mount from Finder on a Mac, by going ''Go'' > ''Connect to Server'' and filling in the <code>smb://</code> address above.
== Outside YSTV ==
If you only want to download files, read [[HowTo Add a file to user space on YSTV website]]


== If you're not in YSTV ==
''If you're off campus, you'll need to tunnel in to the VPN first for any of this to work: go to [https://webvpn.york.ac.uk https://webvpn.york.ac.uk]''
''If you're off campus, you'll need to tunnel in to the VPN first for any of this to work: go to [https://webvpn.york.ac.uk https://webvpn.york.ac.uk]''


# Using your favourite SFTP client ([http://winscp.net/eng/download.php WinSCP] is recommended for Windows, or [http://cyberduck.ch/ Cyberduck] for Mac, Linux users you can probably figure it out), connect to <code>ystv.york.ac.uk</code> with your server username (the <code>firstname.lastname</code> one) and password.
# Using your favourite SFTP client ([http://winscp.net/eng/download.php WinSCP] is recommended for Windows, or [http://cyberduck.ch/ Cyberduck] for Mac, Linux users you can probably figure it out), connect to <code>filestore.ystv.york.ac.uk</code> with your server username (the <code>firstname.lastname</code> one) and password.
# Browse to the location of the file you want (probably somewhere in <code>/data</code> or <code>/mnt</code>). For uploading shows go to <code>/mnt/UserData</code> and upload it there to put on the website.
# Browse to <code/tank</code> and from there you will see the usual selection of folders.


== If these all fail/you can't see the file ==
== If these all fail/you can't see the file ==
Tweet/email/call/smoke signal a techie or computing type and they'll help you (and should chastise me for writing shoddy instructions).
Tweet/email/call/smoke signal a techie or computing type and they'll help you.


== Advanced: The Web Method ==
[[Category:Tutorials]]
To download big files without writing changes back to them, you can place them in your personal web directory. See [[Computing:Add a file to user space on YSTV website|Add a file to user space on YSTV website]] for information.
[[Category:Storage]]

Latest revision as of 09:20, 23 July 2021

Inside YSTV

If you have less than a few gigabytes to move, find a flash drive or external hard drive and copy it off an edit PC, it'll be quickest.

Otherwise, connect to the YSTV WiFi network, or plug in to a spare network port

On Windows

Go to \\filestore.ystv.york.ac.uk\ and enter your server username (in the form YSTV\firstname.lastname) and password when prompted. Then copy files to your heart's content!

On MacOS

  • In the Finder menu, click "Go" > "Connect to Server", or just press ⌘+K
  • Enter smb://filestore.ystv.york.ac.uk in the "Server address" field
  • Enter you username in the form YSTV\first.last and your YSTV password
  • Pick a folder, and copy away!

Outside YSTV

If you only want to download files, read HowTo Add a file to user space on YSTV website

If you're off campus, you'll need to tunnel in to the VPN first for any of this to work: go to https://webvpn.york.ac.uk

  1. Using your favourite SFTP client (WinSCP is recommended for Windows, or Cyberduck for Mac, Linux users you can probably figure it out), connect to filestore.ystv.york.ac.uk with your server username (the firstname.lastname one) and password.
  2. Browse to <code/tank and from there you will see the usual selection of folders.

If these all fail/you can't see the file

Tweet/email/call/smoke signal a techie or computing type and they'll help you.

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