Connect a Mac Folder to MyFiles
Posted by Kristen Treglia on April 30, 2009
The universities’ “MyFiles” system provides all faculty, staff and students with up to 10GB of secure space to store , share, and back up their data files. 
While the Web-based interface for MyFiles provides adequate functionality for backing up and viewing files, it is limited in the sense that you must in most cases copy your files to your computer’s Desktop before you can edit and save changes to them (Windows XP users can use Webfolders to get past this).
Those of you who are fortunate enough to be using a Apple Macintosh can overcome this limitation by creating a network folder on your Mac that connects directly to your MyFiles account. Click here to view a brief screencast that will show you how and some of the benifits of connect a Mac Folder to MyFiles.
Once this connection is established, you will be able to open, edit, and save data to your MyFiles account without ever having to copy it to your hard drive; as long as you are connected, it will appear as if your MyFiles data is stored on your Mac instead of on the network.
For Mac users, this procedure greatly enhances the utility of MyFiles and will probably be their preferred method of accessing MyFiles data.
I’d very much like hear some feedback on this method of using MyFiles; let me know how it works out!
-Jim
(behnke@fordham.edu)
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