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fgorovodsky2Ceo And Founder at TekSmarts Inc / TekSmarts Pte LtdBoston, MA16 years in
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Register. Track Progress. Earn Credits. Learning has never been so easy! Sign Up Posted by David667484 We have a local domain in the office that all of the computers are
connected to. The Mac (yep there is only one and that's too many in my opinion!!) is not on the domain however and if possible I want to keep it that way. Whenever I want to map the drive to a PC I just ensure it is on the domain, go to computer, map network drive and then type in our \\xxxxxxx\xxxxx folder name under the relevant drive and it is never an issue and the drive shows up immediately. How might I do this with a Mac?
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Use "cifs://" or "smb://" prefix in the "Connect to Server..." dialog. attach_file Attachment
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thumb_down Go into Finder, click Go and choose "Connect to Server". There you can enter the server name (smb://SERVERNAME) Was this post helpful?
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cayenne you will need a domain usersname and password.... Once connected, you can drag it to your startup items, so it stays connected at logon. (once connected, open system preferences, accounts preferce pane, click the login items tab and drag the volume in there). Was this post helpful?
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thumb_down +1 for the question. we got several Mac users here and i am having a hard time helping them with curtain problems :/ Was this post helpful?
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thumb_down eh? why not just join it to the domain? regardless of the domain thing or not.. What are peoples big fears of Macs? yeah they are different from windows.. in the sense that linux
is different from windows. Once you find where everything is it's all straightforward trouble shooting! I support two businesses coming from a Windows background and qualifications. Sure it took a few months to get used to it. However they are not that bad! Spiceworks still inventories them, they work fine within our network.. In fact I support two companies one purely on macs and one purely on windows (in bootcamp on macs). Nothing
to fear but fear it's self. :) Seriously it is not that bad! :) As for your fix... Someone beat me to it.. with a screen shot! :) Was this post helpful? thumb_up
thumb_down Yep we use HWeyer's method here. Don't forget shortcuts will not work so instead you create aliases. Recommend reading up on those darn ".DS_Store" files which start to get left behind.
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thumb_down My problem with Macs is simple. It's the users using them that were tasked to set up their own stations as part of wanting Macs. Personally I would love to rip apart their set up and redo the job
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thumb_down Even if you do not plan on making that computer part of the domain you still should make a user account in active directory for either the system or primary user of the Apple. This way you can setup share
permissions and repair share permissions if the credentials are correct and they are unable to access the share. Keep in mind that sometimes the end users may break the connection to the server(s) share if the share's permissions are broken. They will panic and start trying to login with e-mail credentials and so on. The share's access permissions will need to be repaired and the end user setup again on their end. Was this post helpful?
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thumb_down Sheelina Rocsmith wrote: My problem with Macs is simple. It's the users using them that were tasked to set up their own stations as
part of wanting Macs. Personally I would love to rip apart their set up and redo the job properly. However, I can not.
Why are you letting users setup their systems in the first place!? I don't care what platform they're using that's begging for a headache to begin with. Only the most technically savvy people in our company get to set their own systems up; and they're in our IT department. EDIT: By the way. We left Windows for Macs. Way easier
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thumb_down David667484 wrote: We have a local domain in the office that all of the computers are connected to. The Mac (yep there is only one and
that's too many in my opinion!!) is not on the domain however and if possible I want to keep it that way. Whenever I want to map the drive to a PC I just ensure it is on the domain, go to computer, map network drive and then type in our \\xxxxxxx\xxxxx folder name under the relevant drive and it is never an issue and the drive shows up immediately. How might I do this with a Mac?
It connects immediately because it's Windows connecting to Windows. Microsoft
doesn't work with other platforms to make it easy to connect to protect their product. All other platforms (Mac, Linux, Unix, etc) have to use SAMBA to connect to Windows shares. The quickest way for a Mac user to connect is to switch to the Finder then hit COMMAND+k and then type as HWeyer mentioned smb://SERVERNAME. You can always type the complete share path if you know it to. (e.g. smb://SERVERNAME/sharename)
----------------- To make it easier on your Mac users so they don't have to enter their username/password every time, you should bind all your Macs to your AD domain. Here's doc I wrote up on it: http://community.spiceworks.com/how_to/show/237-binding-os-x-to-an-active-directory-domain-for-user-authentication It can be scripted but I haven't created one yet. Once bound, they can log into their Macs with their AD credentials. I'd throw on Password Monitor so they get notification of
their password expiring too. http://www.thomsontown.com/pwdmon.htm If you want to make it even easier, install OS X Server on one of your Macs and bind the Macs to it as well for systems management. Policies, automaticlly mapped drives, etc. https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/os-x-server/id537441259?mt=12 Once your OS X Server is setup then: - Open System Preferences > Users & Groups
- Click Login Options
- Click Network Account Server
- Click Edit
- Click the "+" button
- Enter your OS X Server address and click OK.
- Use Server Manager to control
your Mac policies.
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Can a Mac access a Windows network drive?
You can connect to Windows computers and servers on your network from your Mac. For instructions on setting up the Windows computer, see Set up Windows to share files with Mac users.
What is the path for my network drive Mac?
Under the Go menu, open the Connect to Server utility. Enter the path to the folder (example: smb://Hostname/Sharename). A new icon displays on your desktop and in your Finder sidebar. That is your network drive.
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