Difference between revisions of "Connect to Filespace - Mac OS X"

Revision as of 13:23, 1 September 2010

On-Campus Access

1. From the Finder menu, select Go > Connect to Server.
2. Type smb://yourserver in the field.
   • examples:
   • smb://hurricane for faculty and staff file server
   • smb://orca for students and academic file shares (programs, groups, research, student)
3. Click OK
4. Log in with your Evergreen account.
5. Select the folder you want to connect to
   • Hurricane users - select the first letter of your last name, or workgroup share
   • Orca users - select programs (for academic programs), groups, research or students
6. Click OK
7. Click OK
   

   Shared network servers
8. A network connection icon is mounted on the desktop.
   • Mac OS 10.6 users: the icon may not be mounted on the desktop, instead open a new finder window and locate the server from the "Shared" list of servers
9. Once you've connected you can drag and drop files between your local hard drive on the network file space.
   • Alert!: Never work over the network. Copy files down to your local hard drive before opening them.
10. To disconnect, drag the network icon to the trash (or disconnect icon) on the dock.

Off-Campus Access

If you have Mac OS 10.4 or greater you should be able to easily connect from off campus as well.

1. On the Finder menu, select Go > Connect to Server.
2. Enter the URL of the file server you want to connect to
   • examples:
   • Hurricane = https://myfiles.evergreen.edu/homes/fac-staff
   • Orca programs = https://myfiles.evergreen.edu/academics/programs
   • Orca groups = https://myfiles.evergreen.edu/academics/acadgroups
   • Orca research = https://myfiles.evergreen.edu/academics/research
   • Orca students = https://myfiles.evergreen.edu/homes/students
   • Note: you can also access this space from a web browser but you will not be able to write files back to the server only read.
3. Click OK
4. Log in with your Evergreen account.
5. Select the folder you'd like to connect to (e.g. the first letter of your last name, or the name of your program or group).
6. Click OK
7. Click OK
   

   Shared network servers
8. A network connection icon is mounted on the desktop.
   • Mac OS 10.6 users: the icon may not be mounted on the desktop, instead open a new finder window and locate the server from the "Shared" list of servers
9. Once you've connected you can drag and drop files between your local hard drive on the network file space.
10. Once you've connected you can drag and drop files between your local hard drive on the network file space.
    • Alert: Never work over the network. Copy files down to your local hard drive before opening them.
11. To disconnect, drag the network icon to the trash/disconnect icon on the doc.