This shows you all of the apps, scripts, documents, and user services that are configured to launch automatically when your user account logs in. Select your user account from the list on the left and click the Login Items tab on the right side of the window. Head to System Preferences > Users & Groups. Now it’s time to configure OS X to connect to this network drive automatically when you log in. The network drive has been manually connected and the required user account information has been saved. Step 2: Add Network Drive to User Login Items
You can now close any open Finder windows but don’t yet unmount the network drive we’ll use it next. When you’re ready, press Connect a second time and the drive will mount if all information was entered correctly. Without it, you’ll be prompted to enter this information each time you log in, eliminating at least half of the purpose of setting up an automatic network drive connection in the first place.
This will let your Mac save and submit your account name and password when attempting to automatically connect to the network drive. Before you press Connect again, however, make sure that Remember this password in my keychain is checked. If the drive or volume requires a user account and password, select Registered User and enter the required credentials. In the server connection window that appears, enter the IP address or local name of the network drive you’d like to configure to automatically mount.Ĭlick Connect to begin the connection to the network drive.
To do this, select Finder and choose Go > Connect to Server from the Menu Bar. If the connection is successful, a drive for the network file share will appear in Finder.Step 1: Connect to the Network Drive & Save Your Login Infoīefore you can instruct your Mac to automatically connect to a network drive, you first need to connect to the drive manually and allow OS X to save your user name and password for that drive.
An example of the format would be: "smb:///fileshare". Your department or IT support should provide you with this information. In the Server Address: box, enter the path to the file share, prefixing the path with smb:// and using forward slashes in the path (/).Select the Go menu, then click Connect to server.Ĥ. The Finder menu will appear at the top of the screen.
If the connection is successful, a drive for the network fileshare will appear.įor computers on Windows operating systems earlier than Windows 10 like Windows 7, the above steps should still be applicable except for Step 1 where This PC may need to be replaced by Computer in the search menu. (These will be the same credentials you use to log into your UOFI Exchange Email account if you have one.)Ħ. The password will be your UOFI Active Directory password.
Open the Start Menu by selecting the Start Button and then type This PC. If using an off-campus internet connection, a Technology Services VPN connection is required before the network file share can be mapped.Ģ. For instructions connecting to your EWS Windows home directory, please see EWS Labs, Remote access to your EWS Windows home directory.įor instructions connecting to your EWS Linux home directory, please see EWS Labs, Remote access to your EWS Linux home directory.