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ownCloudforMac
LymanBriggsDataBackupSolution
ownCloudOwnCloudisanopenplatformnetworkinganddigitaldropboxservice.ByusingownCloudyouwillbeableto
keepbackupsofimportantfilesinthelocalcloud,andshareimportantfilesbetweenallmachinesrunningownCloud.InstallingownCloudcreatesonyoursystemalocalfilethatisperiodicallycheckedagainstafileonthecloud.Anythingthatisplacedinthislocalfolderwillalsobeputinthecloud.AnythingplacedinthecloudwillbeplacedonallmachinesrunninganownCloudclientthatyouaresignedinto.Thelocalfilesandthefilesonthecloudwillalwaystrytobethe
same.IfyoudeleteoraddanythingtotheownCloudlocalfileorcloudfile,thatfilewillbeaddedordeletedfromanysystemrunningownCloudyouaresignedinto.
InstallingownCloudforMac
MakesurethatyouhavereceivedyourownCloudUsernameandpassword.
DownloadingownCloud
1. Gotohttps://files.lbc.msu.edu2. Enteryourusernameandpasswordthatyoureceived.
3. Afirsttimeuserwindowwillopen.Thiswindowispromptingyoutodownloadthedesktopclient.Clickthedesktopclientbutton,itistheleftmostblackbutton.
3.SelecttheoptionforMacOSX10.7+64bit
4.Yourdownloadwillappearinthelowerleftofyourscreeninyourdownloadsapp.Clickonthedownloadtostarttheinstall.
5.AninstallationWizardwillopentoguideyouthroughthestepsofinstallingownCloud.Clickcontinue.
6.OnthisscreenyoumaychangetheinstallationlocationofownCloud.Makesureyoutakenoteoftheinstallationlocation.Clickinstalltoproceed.
7.OncetheinstallationisfinishedclickClosetocontinue.
8.UsetheFindertolocateownCloudinyourapplicationsfolder.ClicktheownCloudapptostartfirsttimesetup.
9.OwnCloudwillopentoascreenaskingyoutoinputtheserveraddress.TheserveraddressforLymanBriggsishttps://files.lbc.msu.edu/.Onceyouhaveenteredtheaddressclicknexttocontinue.
10.NextyoumustinputyourUsernameandpasswordthatyoureceived.Onceyouhaveenteredthemintherequiredfields,clicknexttocontinue.
11.ThispageallowsyoutosetupadefaultdirectoryforownCloud.Wearegoingtoskipthis.PressSkipfoldersconfigurationtocontinue.
12.YouwillbebroughttothesettingspageofownCloud.ToaddafoldertobesyncedpressAddfolder…
Note:Imageisincorrectinaddress,itwillshowhttps://files.lbc.msu.edu
13.Onthisscreenyouwillpickthelocalfolderthatyouwouldliketobesyncedtothecloud.Presschoosetocontinue.
14.Inthisexample,wewillbesyncingthedocumentsfolder.SelectDocumentsfromtheFavoritesbarontheleftandclickOpentocontinue
15.YoumaychangetheDirectoryaliasnametosomethingthatwillhelpkeepyouorganized.Inthiscase,wehavechosentoleaveinthedefaultofDocuments.ClickContinuetocontinue.
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16.NowwewillbechoosingthefolderontheownCloudserverwherethelocalfileswillbesyncedto..ClickCreateFoldertocontinue.
17.Wewillcreateafoldercalleddocuments2tosyncto.Youmaynamethefolderanythingyouwish,itdoesnothavetobedocuments2.ClickOKwhenyouhavenamedyourfolder.
18.Selectthefolderyouhavecreated,inthiscasedocuments2andpressContinuetoproceed.
19.Inthissectionyouwillselectanysubfoldersofthemainfolderyouwouldlikesynced.Allfolderswillbesyncedbydefault.Uncheckanyfolderyoudonotwishtosync.OnceyouhavemadeyourselectionsclickAddFoldertocontinue.
20.Thefolderswillbesynced,thismaytakeafewminutes.Whenthesynciscomplete,agreencirclewithacheckmark,asinthepicture,willappear.Toaddmorefolderstosync,repeatsteps12to20.
ThingstorememberaboutownCloud
1. Onlyfilesplacedinfoldersdesignatedtobesyncedwillbesyncedtothecloud2. Addingafilelocallywilladdthefiletothecloud3. Addingafiletothecloudwilladditlocally4. AnyfileplacedintheownCloudfolderonlineorlocallywillbeplacedinallcomputersthat
arerunningyourownCloudclient.5. AnyfiledeletedfromtheownCloudfolderonlineorlocallywilldeletethefilefromall
computersthatarerunningyourownCloudclient.6. WhencopyingadocumentintotheownCloudfolderyouwillendupwiththreecopiesof
thedocument.Oneintheoriginalfilelocationonyourcomputer.ThesecondisthecopyinyourlocalownCloudfolder.Thethirdcopyisinthecloud.