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== | == 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, | Otherwise, connect to the YSTV WiFi network, or plug in to a spare network port | ||
=== On Windows === | === On Windows === | ||
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* Pick a folder, and copy away! | * 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 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 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 | # 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 | Tweet/email/call/smoke signal a techie or computing type and they'll help you. | ||
[[Category:Tutorials]] | [[Category:Tutorials]] | ||
[[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.ukin the "Server address" field - Enter you username in the form
YSTV\first.lastand 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
- 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.ukwith your server username (thefirstname.lastnameone) and password. - 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.
