Manually Connect to Network Share on MacOS

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Last updated: Sept 23, 2021 by KARYN O'DELL
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Occasionally, some of the network shares will fail to mount automatically on macOS, but you can mount them manually. If you are a student as well as an employee, the share may fail to mount because of permissions; please see the article on Employee vs Student Accounts for more details.

  1. Open Finder

  2. Select Go > Connect to Server

  3. Enter the Server Address

    • For the GDT Server (what used to be the "S: Drive" or studata): "smb://fs-tech.otc.edu/GDT" (case sensitive)

    • For Division (the "R: Drive"): "smb://fs-sgf.otc.edu/Division"

  4. Press the plus button to add it to your favorites

  5. Click Connect, then click Connect a second time

 

Auto-Connect the Network Share at each login

Once you have completed the steps above, you can perform these additional steps if you want to make it so that your Mac automatically mounts the network share at each subsequent login to this Mac.

Note: This is per user and per computer - it will not persist for multiple users on the same machine or for one user on multiple machines.

  1. Open a Finder window to the Network Share you would like to mount.

  2. Launch System Preferences on the Mac (Apple menu > System Preferences), then launch the Users & Groups preference pane.

  3. Make sure your user account is selected on the left-hand side and then click the Login Items tab at the top of the window. Here you will see a list of items that automatically launch at every login for this user.

  4. Drag and drop the folder from Finder onto the System Preferences window. The network share will be added to the list and will, from now on, be mounted automatically at every login for this user.