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Accessing Myfiles from Anywhere

Store, access and manage your files securely from UB's cloud-like file system:  UBfs.  Myfiles is your personal storage space in UBfs. UBfs can be connected to many types of devices, saving you the need to drag around a USB device to save files.

Access your Myfiles on UBfs

Your Myfiles space is stored in UBfs. Save your files to your Myfiles space instead of a USB device or your computer, and then you can access them from anywhere. See how to access your Myfiles space from different systems, including mobile devices.

  • Public_html is the folder with your personal web page; may not be renamed or deleted.
  • Ubunix.home is the place holder for your UBUnix home directory; may not be renamed or deleted.
  • Ubunix
    • store your Unix, Linux, or Mac files in this folder.
    • contains the folder Solaris (migrated from the old ubfs). It can be renamed or deleted.
  • Windows
    • is the folder for your Windows files
    • contains the folders nt and data (migrated from the old ubfs); may be renamed or deleted.

You can access your MyFiles contents through the Web by going to http://ubfs.buffalo.edu/.

You can also access your Myfiles space from iOS or Android devices and Windows, Mac or Linux computers. See how to access it from wherever you are:

iOS Devices instructions
Android Devices instructions
  Off-Campus ResNet UB Secure Wi-Fi
Windows instructions instructions instructions
Macintosh instructions instructions instructions
Linux instructions instructions instructions

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