Please use the following instructions to access your department's W Drive or your own personal P Drive from a Mac.
Instructions for connecting to W Drive
On your Mac, select the Finder and click on the Go menu > Connect to Server...
Enter the following address: smb://netapp1.ncssm.edu/department/[YourDepartmentNameHere]. Change [YourDepartmentNameHere] to your NCSSM department name without the brackets. For instance ".../department/its".
Optional: If you would like to save the network address for later, click the + button to the right of the Server Address field.
Department choices: Here are the available department names to choose from: (note that these are not case-sensitive when entering them on the Mac)
* AcademicPrograms
* Admissions
* Advancement
* Athletics
* Business
* Chancellor
* Clinic
* Communications
* Counselling
* DEEP
* Engineering
* HR
* Humanities
* IR
* ITS
* Library
* Mathematics
* NCSSM
* PhysicalPlant
* Q
* Registrar
* Science
* Security
* SLA
* SLIClick Connect.
When prompted to authenticate, provide your NCSSM username and password.
Optional: If you would like to save your credentials so you are not prompted every time you connect, click the checkbox for Remember this password in my keychain.Click Connect.
Your department's W Drive will appear in the Finder.
Optional: If you would like for network shares to appear on the Desktop of your Mac, navigate to Finder menu > Preferences > Generaltab and click the checkbox next to Connected servers.
Instructions for connecting to P Drive
Note: ITS does not recommend the use of P Drives, and strongly suggest using Google Drive instead. For instructions on how to set up Google Drive, please visit this link: Google Drive
On your Mac, select the Finder and click on the Go menu > Connect to Server...
Enter the following address: smb://netapp1.ncssm.edu/staff/[yourusernamehere] Change [yourusernamehere] to your NCSSM username without the brackets. For instance ".../staff/justin.fleming".
Optional: If you would like to save the network address for later, click the + button to the right of the Server Address field.Click Connect.
When prompted to authenticate, provide your NCSSM username and password.
Optional: If you would like to save your credentials so you are not prompted every time you connect, click the checkbox for Remember this password in my keychain.Click Connect.
Your P Drive will appear in the Finder.
Optional: If you would like for network shares to appear on the Desktop of your Ma, navigate to Finder menu > Preferences > Generaltab and click the checkbox next to Connected servers.
If you have any questions or issues with these processes, please contact ITS.Related articles