{"id":433,"date":"2024-03-28T17:21:39","date_gmt":"2024-03-28T21:21:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/marcom-team\/?page_id=433"},"modified":"2025-12-15T15:20:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T20:20:10","slug":"file-storage","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/marcom-team\/departments\/interactive-design\/id-info\/file-storage\/","title":{"rendered":"File Storage for ID"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Online Storage<\/h2>\n<h3>Google Drive<\/h3>\n<p>For most projects: an Interactive Design folder for Google Drive will be used to organize project information.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/drive\/u\/0\/folders\/1pHFoC28h8G9cjkugzBbVtmM7nk26nA7g\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"button-secondary\">Creative Services Drive<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Dropbox<\/h3>\n<p>Use the Marketing Design Dropbox when an Interactive Design project is a collaboration with Marketing Design so that assets can be shared.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/scl\/fo\/4q9cml91tw8sfups91jys\/AIN2byGFtemYVeEE5uh-_YU?rlkey=zh4bca85by7tui44y6usp9u9z&amp;dl=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"button-secondary\">Marketing Design Dropbox<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Shared File Server<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To connect, \u2318+K on macOS, copy\/paste in the following Location: <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><code>smb:\/\/nas1.bu.edu\/MC<\/code><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To access the file server, you\u2019ll need to set up the <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/services\/cccs\/remote\/vpn\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BU VPN<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on your home computer.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can make shortcuts (aliases) on your desktop by holding the command + option while dragging a folder to your desktop.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can also simply drag folder into your Finder\u2019s \u201cFavorites\u201d list to create a shortcut there.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>Common Directories<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong>Groups:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CRS<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"3\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><code>New Media\/<\/code>, here you\u2019ll find:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"4\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Helpful files, like Software (_software), Photoshop Add-ons &amp; Textures.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"4\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Software licenses are in the same folder in a readme file\u2013else, ask Jon.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"4\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fonts, Icons, and Photos.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"4\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A mashup of personal folders and projects-related files.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Editorial<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"3\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Where editorial [publications like <em>Research, Bostonia<\/em>, and <em>BU Today<\/em>] will typically store their assets, and where the Photo Drop is located.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Projects<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"3\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For Sharing Project files<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"3\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Individual project folders typically consist of account management files (billing, SOW, etc.) and assets like photos, text files, InDesign and Photoshop files, etc.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Home: <\/strong>A folder just for you.\u00a0<strong>Be mindful of file sizes.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Shared:<\/strong> For sharing with other offices\u2014another mashup of project-related files.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Online Storage Google Drive For most projects: an Interactive Design folder for Google Drive will be used to organize project information. Creative Services Drive Dropbox Use the Marketing Design Dropbox when an Interactive Design project is a collaboration with Marketing Design so that assets can be shared. Marketing Design Dropbox Shared File Server To connect, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12906,"featured_media":0,"parent":328,"menu_order":7,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/marcom-team\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/433"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/marcom-team\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/marcom-team\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/marcom-team\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12906"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/marcom-team\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=433"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/marcom-team\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/433\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4200,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/marcom-team\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/433\/revisions\/4200"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/marcom-team\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/328"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/marcom-team\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}