When you hear the words “cloud,” “sync,” and “local” all in one sentence do your eyes glaze over? You are not alone. Please take a look at our new handout (easily revisited using http://go.middlebury.edu/cloudpic) to help you understand Middlebury’s cloud storage and some key points about its use. Pssst… If you find our handout helpful, […]…Continue Reading “Cloudiness” Made Clear (a.k.a. Making Sense of Midd’s Cloud Storage)
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New Cloud File Storage: Welcome to Your New “Home”!
Microsoft’s OneDrive file storage system has just been turned on for all staff, faculty, and students on the Middlebury campus and at MIIS. Now that our e-mail has successfully moved to the cloud, we turn next to Middfiles “home” folders. Don’t panic! You’re not in this alone — we’re here to help. To take advantage […]…Continue Reading New Cloud File Storage: Welcome to Your New “Home”!
Use Dropbox? Consider middfiles instead
We advise our community to use Middfiles for all file storage needs. In fact, sensitive information should always be stored on Middfiles. Dropbox, one of the most popular cloud storage providers, has had several security flaws and breaches over the … Continue reading →…Continue Reading Use Dropbox? Consider middfiles instead
Saving your data to MIDDFILES
The Technology Support Helpdesk would like to take this opportunity to again remind the campus user community to please save all personal and work related files to their MIDDFILES personal space (on a Windows computer this would be your U drive in File Explorer). We have had a rush of computers recently come into the […]…Continue Reading Saving your data to MIDDFILES