Mac OS X

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Gilbreth User Guide
Weber User Guide
Scholar User Guide
Hammer User Guide
Negishi User Guide
Geddes User Guide
Anvil User Guide
Gautschi User Guide
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REED Folder User Guide
Box Research Lab Folder User Guide
Scratch User Guide
Home Directory User Guide
- Home Overview
- File Storage and Transfer
- Lost File Recovery
  - flost
  - Manual Browsing
  - Windows
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- Frequently Asked Questions
Services
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Depot Object User Guide
Rowdy User Guide
Environment Management with the Module Command
Protected Data Filesystem User Guide
Protected Data Archive User Guide
Purdue GenAI Studio
Environment Management with the Module Command
Environment Management with the Module Command

Mac OS X

Mac OS X does not provide any way to access the Home Directories snapshots directly. To access the snapshots there are two options: browse the snapshots by hand through a network drive mount or use an automated command-line based tool.

To browse the snapshots by hand, follow the directions outlined in the Manual Browsing section.

To use the automated command-line tool, log into a compute cluster or into the host data.rcac.purdue.edu (which is available to all Home Directories users) and use the flost tool. On Mac OS X you can use the built-in SSH terminal application to connect.

Open the Applications folder from Finder.
Navigate to the Utilities folder.
Double click the Terminal application to open it.
Type the following command when the terminal opens.
```
$ ssh myusername@data.rcac.purdue.edu
```
Replace myusername with your Purdue career account username and provide your password when prompted.

Once logged in use the flost tool as described above. The tool will guide you through the process and show you the commands necessary to retrieve your lost file.

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