FILE TRANSFER
Accessing
Files on Your Smith H: Drive from a Non-Networked Computer
Whether you're a student in a Smith residence house or working off-campus, it's easy to transfer files
back and forth between your own computer and your Smith network drive ("H: drive" on a PC,
or "home directory" on a Mac.)
Switching
to Secure File Transfer NEW!
Beginning in 2008, all Smith web servers will support only secure file transfer. This document
explains how users of Contribute, Dreamweaver, Fetch, or WS_FTP LE can switch from non-secure to secure file
transfer.
Using Core FTP NEW!
Core FTP is a secure file transfer program that allows you to safely
transfer files between a Windows computer and a networked file server.
This document explains how to install and use the program.
Using
Fetch on a Macintosh computer NEW!
Fetch is a file transfer program for Mac
OS X that can be used to transfer files between your computer and
a webserver or network drive. Fetch supports
both File Transfer Protocol (FTP) and Secure File Transfer Protocol
(SFTP), and allows a networked Macintosh to transfer files with any
connected machine that supports FTP or SFTP.
Students:
SSH Secure Shell Client & Secure File Transfer
for Windows
Secure Shell Client is a terminal emulation program that
replaces PowerTerm. SFTP is a secure file transfer program that
allows you to safely transfer files between a Windows computer
and a networked file server. This document explains how to install
and use Secure Shell Client & Secure File Transfer on a student
Windows computer.
Staff & Faculty: SSH Secure Shell & Secure
File Transfer for Windows
Secure Shell Client is a terminal emulation
program that replaces PowerTerm. SFTP is a secure file transfer program
that allows you to safely transfer files between a Windows computer
and a networked file server. This document explains how to install
and use Secure Shell Client & Secure File Transfer on
a networked Windows computer.
Terminal: SSH for Mac OS X
Terminal is a utility that gives you direct access to the command line in Mac OS X. This document
explains how to use Terminal to make an SSH connection to a remote host.
Using
WS_FTP LE on a Windows Computer
WS_FTP LE is a non-secure file transfer program for Windows. This document explains how to use WS_FTP
to transfer files between a Windows computer and a networked file server.
Using Portable Storage Devices
At one time all PCs and Macs came with a floppy disk drive, but that is no
longer the case. In place of floppies, users now have many different types of
storage devices to choose from. This document will help you decide which storage
device will best accommodate your files and the way you work.
Using a Jump Drive
Copying Data to a Compact Disc Using Roxio Easy CD Creator for Windows
Burning Files to Disc on a Mac NEW!
Using Dropboxes to Exchange Files
When staff and faculty need to transfer a file to another employee at Smith, they can send it as an
email attachment (unless it is too large) or they can put it in the other person's dropbox. All staff
and faculty have a personal dropbox on their server.
