MAC vs. PC is
a Holy War, and holy wars cannot be won.
We'll use them both, and you can make your own decision as to
which one to buy.
Be prepared to use and troubleshoot both of them during your career.
Very Important: When using files from a disc, copy them to
the hard drive first!!
Why? The Zip machine and the CD drive have very little "brains" compared
to your computing machine. Anything you want to do (modify the document, print,
etc.) will take longer. A lot longer! Also, zip discs are prone to corruption
it is best to do all file rearrangement, and any other modifications "on
the desktop." (In your documents folder.)
Moving files between platforms, classrooms, etc...
| Moving from ---- to ----- ? |
Use this media... |
| |
Mac OS9 to Mac OS9
(315B MCH) |
- 100Mg. MAC or PC Zip Disc
|
| |
MacOS9 to Mac OSX
(315B to My
laptop) |
|
| |
Mac OS9 to PC
(315B to 315A) |
|
| |
PC to PC
(MCH 315A) |
- 100Mg or 250Mg Zip Disc
- CDR
- CDRW
|
| |
PC to Mac OS9 or OSX |
- CDR
- 100Mg PC or Mac Zip Disc
|
| You can perform your normal day-to-day back-up and archiving
in both classrooms with a 100Mg. PC Zip disc. Keep a 100 Mg Mac zip handy
for special occassions, and periodically transfer everything to a CDR
(the PC lab has burners.) |
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Start > Programs > Roxio Easy CD Creator 5 > Project
Selector > Make a Data CD
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Drag your document from the your "My Documents"
folder into the window underneath the "Add" arrow
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Press the "Record" button
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Select "Show Options"
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If you are using a CDR, select "Finalize CD" Finalizing
the session is an option for CDR's
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Select "Start Recording"
Putting Files onto a Zip Disc / Both labs
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Insert the Zip disc, wait for it to mount (an icon will
appear on the Mac desctop, or on the PC, inside the "My computer"
window.)
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Drag the files from your documents file to the zip disc,
allow time for burning (generally you will see a dialogue box that will
monitor the progress.)
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To eject the disc:
Mac - drag it to the trash can;
PC - press the eject button on the front of the machine, or right click
the icon and select "eject"
Storing a file in your webspace / Mac Lab
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Launch the "launcher" > Select the "Internet
Applications" bar > Double click on the "SFTP" icon
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Select File > New Connection
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Your host name is "garnet.acns.fsu.edu", no quotes
of course; Your user name is ABC1234 or XYZ02a; Your password is the same
one for your email account
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You should see two folders "mail" and "public_html"
--- for simple file transfes between machines, make a new folder called
"transfer" -- your mail folder is compiled and maintained by the
ACNS, and your public_html folder is where you put your website
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Under the "remote" file menu (I'll doublecheck)
is where you create new folders, delete files, etc.
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Drag items into the window. Unlike a regular desktop, you
can't drag a file and drop it into a closed folder, the folder has to be
opened, double click to open the transfer folder -- then drag your documents
into it.
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Select the document you've uploaded. Under the "remote"
menu, choose "set permissions". In the resulting dialogue box,
check mark the boxes so the shape is an upside down U (755)
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Go back a level, choose the "transfers" folder,
set those permissions....
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Go back a level, set your "public_html" permissions...
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Do not go back one more level---you'll crash your machine.
Go to the PC lab to set the permissions on your "root folder"
(abc1234)
Storing a file in your webspace / PC lab
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Start > Programs > Internet Applications > SSH
Secure Shell > Secure File Transfer Client
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See how the window is divided into local and remote sections?
"Local" is your machine, "remote" is the web.
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Under the File menu, select "connect" or "quick
connect"
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Your host name is "garnet.acns.fsu.edu", no quotes
of course; Your user name is ABC1234 or XYZ02a; Your password is the same
one for your email account
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You should see two folders "mail" and "public_html"
--- for simple file transfes between machines, make a new folder called
"transfer" by right clicking in the remote window -- your mail
folder is compiled and maintained by the ACNS, and your public_html folder
is where you put your website
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Either navigate to your "documents" folder in
the "local" window, or open the file on your desktop and drag
the items into the "remote" window. Unlike a regular desktop,
you can't drag a file and drop it into a closed folder, the folder has to
be opened, double click to open it.
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Right click on the document, select "properties"
and set the permissions in an upside down u shape (755). Hit OK.
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Go back a level, select the folder it is in (transfer),
right click and select "properties", and set the permissions....
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Go back one more level, select the folder that folder is
in (public_html) and set the permissions....
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Go back one more level to your "root folder" (abc1234)
and set those permissions as well.
Setting the Permissions on your root folder using Command Line
Unix
Coming Soon...