Map Homeshare Drive on Mac OS X

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Connect Network Drive in Mac OS X

With Finder open, select Go from the menu bar and click Connect to Server… from the dropdown menu.

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In the Connect to Server window, enter in the URL for the desired network drive. For homeshare this would be smb://homeshare/users$/A######## and click Connect.

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Enter your A# and password as credentials for the networked drive in the Name and Password fields. Ensure that Remember this password in my keychain is checked. Click Connect.

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Set Network Drive to Connect at Logon

From the Apple Menu in the menu bar, select System Preferences.

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From System Preferences click Users & Accounts.


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From Users & Accounts, ensure that Login Items is the selected tab. Click the + button.

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Ensure the desired directory is selected and click Add. This will ensure that the drive is mapped upon each logon.


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