What is Musicology Temp?

Musicology Temp is a quick and dirty way for you to store personal computer files at school. Word documents, media files, html files, images, teaching files, whatever. It is designed to be allow convenient access to your stuff from the Macintosh TA computers in the department. It is also a great way to transfer files from your home computer to school and vice versa. Anyone who wants one may have a folder on Musicology Temp.

Note: All folders are totally public and anyone can see into them, open files, or potentially do more malicious things. It is highly doubtful we'd ever have any saboteurs among us, but it needs to be stated that what you put in your folder is not private or secure.

Why is it called Musicology "Temp"?

Because the idea is to have a quick and easy way to access files that you're working on, not maintain a permanent and official storage facility. If you need permanent or password-protected storage space speak to the folks over at the CDH help desk (cdh@hument.ucla.edu) about setting up something like that.

How do I get a folder?

Simply open Musicology Temp and choose "New Folder" from the File menu. The new folder will be named Untitled Folder at first, but you change that by typing in that space and replacing it with whatever you'd like ("Joe" or "Joe's Stuff" or "jOe'S dEn oF mÿsTeRy").

How much stuff can I keep in my folder?

That depends on your definition of "Temp" and what you need to keep in your folder. We don't dole out specific amounts of space, so you could hog the whole thing if you were so inclined or didn't realize how much stuff you had. Files (large and small) for classes you're TA-ing or teaching can certainly be kept there for as long as you'll need them. However, don't download the entire oeuvre of The Rolling Stones and keep it there for months. Bottomline: use common sense. If you need to store a huge media file for a while, no worries. If you have 100 Word documents in your folder but they only take up 3 MB of space, no worries. If you have ten 80 MB .aiff files from your last CD-burning session two months ago, BAD!

Remember: The entire Musicology Temp folder can hold almost 12 GB of stuff. That's a lot of space, but we all must still play nice.

NOTE: It is generally considered bad form to keep your raw audio files in Musicology Temp even after you've burned them to CD.

Can I access Musicology Temp from home (or from Austria)?

Yes, if you have a Macintosh computer. Remember that "quick and dirty" idea? That's part of the reason it's Mac-only for now. There are ways to let Windows computers access Musicology Temp, but they involve more money and time than any demand has currently been able to justify.

Great. So how do I access Musicology Temp from home?

Contact our Department Technology Analyst, Noe Gonzalez, ph: (20)6-8520, for more information.

How do I get Musicology Temp on a TA computer?

Simply choose "Recent Servers" from the Apple menu, and then choose "Musicology Temp" from the list: