Frequently Asked Questions

How do I access Digital Locker?

Below are the instructions on how to connect to digital locker and create user specific folders, upload content and access them from anywhere through a web browser.

MacOS

1. From the Finder menu on a Mac computer choose: Go > Connect to Server...
2. For the Server Address enter: afp://digital-locker.design.yorku.ca
3. Enter your username and password (the same as login credentials you use to access the computers in the design labs at York)
4. Select Course_Groups as the volume to be mounted
5. Select the 2005AF17 folder
6. Select your lab's folder and create a new folder to be used as your own user space using the following naming convention: lastnamefirstinitial (one word all lower case) e.g. pjean
7. Drop/copy your project files inside your own user space/folder (created in step 6)

Windows

On a PC with Windows operating system, you can use a FTP client to access and upload files to your account.

1. Download a FTP client such as FileZilla (remember to download the client program and not the server)
2. Use the following information to access your account
   • Host: digital-locker.design.yorku.ca
   • Username: The same username you usually use to access the computers in the design labs at York
   • Password: Usually your York student number (unless you've changed it)
   • Port: Leave it blank.

For account issues email Loris Dotto at ldotto@yorku.ca.

How do I access my project files through a web browser?

To access your projects/files through a web browser use the URL format below:

http://digital-locker.design.yorku.ca/2005af17/lab#/lastnamefirstinitial/path

to your project's index.html file.