ARCHIVED: Using Mac OS X, how do I use WebDAV to download files from my Oncourse Resources or Drop Box?
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About WebDAV
WebDAV (Web-based Distributed Authoring and Versioning) allows you to download large files (over 200 MB), multiple files, or folders of files from your site more easily.
You can use WebDAV to download files from your site's Resources or Drop Box, if you have the required permissions. Set up WebDAV separately for each site.
Note: WebDAV is not available for use with Guest accounts.
Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) and later
To use WebDAV to download files from Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) and later:
- Download the Cyberduck
WebDAV client.
Note: Make sure to download the version that is compatible with your version of Mac OS X.
- Double-click the downloaded file to decompress it, and then drag the Cyberduck application to your
Applications
folder. - Open Cyberduck, and in the "Quick Connect" text box, enter the WebDAV URL for your site's Resources or Drop Box tool:
- To connect to a site's Resources, enter the following URL,
replacing
siteID
with the appropriate siteID:https://oncourse.iu.edu/dav/siteID/
- To connect to your personal Resources (in My
Workspace), enter one of the following URLs (both will work),
replacing
username
with your IU username:https://oncourse.iu.edu/dav/user/username
https://oncourse.iu.edu/dav/~username
- To connect to a site's Drop Box, enter the following URL, replacing
siteID
with the appropriate siteID:https://oncourse.iu.edu/dav/group-user/siteID/
- Alternatively, to find the URL you need, go to the site and tool you want to connect to and click . The URL for that tool appears in the instructions.
Note: For instructions on finding your siteID, see ARCHIVED: In Oncourse, how do I determine my site's siteID?.
- To connect to a site's Resources, enter the following URL,
replacing
- In the resulting dialog box, fill in the fields next to "Username:" and "Password:" with your Network ID credentials. Click .
You may now drag and drop folders from your site to your computer.
To bookmark this URL for future use, from the
menu (Cyberduck 3.3b1 or later) or menu (Cyberduck 3.2.1 or earlier), select .When you log in, you can choose to have the passphrase remembered in your Keychain. If you do this, you will not be prompted for a passphrase when you log into your personal Resources or Drop Box or the Resources for any site to which you have access. Do not do this unless your computer is secured from use by others.
Note: When you use WebDAV to access resources using this method, you may notice that .DS_store
files are being created. Apple's knowledge base provides instructions for
eliminating this behavior.
This is document aqyi in the Knowledge Base.
Last modified on 2018-01-18 14:23:25.