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If you have a MoDaC user account and you have write access to an AWS S3 bucket, you can download one or more files to it: 

1. Log in, as described in Logging In. 
2. Search for the data of interest, as described in Finding Data. 
3. In the search results, you have the following choices:
4. To download an entire dataset, select the dataset of interest. (If you have a user account with upload permission, you can select multiple data sets.) Click Download Selected Datasets. 
To download part of a dataset, click the link for the dataset of interest. The Dataset Details page appears. Select one or more files for download:
5. To download one file, click the download icon in that row.
To select all files, select the Batch Select checkbox. Navigate to the Download page, as described in Downloading to Other Locations. The Download page appears, listing the selected file or files. (To deselect one file, click the checkbox in that row.) Click Download Selected.The Download dialog box appears.
6. Select Asynchronous (AWS S3). 
7. Specify the following information: 
   • The name of the destination S3 bucket.
   • The path to and the name of the folder in the destination bucket. Do not begin the path with a slash. If the destination folder structure you specify does not already exist, the system MoDaC creates it.
   • The AWS access key.
   • The AWS secret access key.
   • The region.
8. Click Download. The system transfers the data based on your selections. 
9. When the system displays the task ID, consider viewing the status clicking that link to view the progress of the download. For instructions, refer to to Viewing Download or Upload Status.