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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 next to the Mac, 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>\\vault.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!
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://vault.ystv.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're not in 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 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.


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