Connecting to W & P Drives on Mac

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Last updated: Nov 28, 2022 by Justin Fleming
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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

  1. On your Mac, select the Finder and click on the Go menu > Connect to Server...

  2. 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
    * SLI

  3. Click Connect.

  4. 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.

  5. Click Connect.

  6. 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

  1. On your Mac, select the Finder and click on the Go menu > Connect to Server...

  2. 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.

  3. Click Connect.

  4. 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.

  5. Click Connect.

  6. Your P 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 > General tab and click the checkbox next to Connected servers.

 


If you have any questions or issues with these processes, please contact ITS.Related articles