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Accessing EdShare from a Faculty or Staff Office on Campus - Macintosh OS X
 
Creating a Share Adding and Removing Members of a Share Maintaining Department Shares
Accessing a Share on campus -- Faculty and Staff Accessing a Share on campus -- Students Accessing a Share off campus -- Faculty and Staff
Accessing a Share off campus -- Students Sending E-Mail to all Share Members  

 

To access EdShare from on campus you must login to the server using your account login information. This should be the same as your EdWeb login name and password. If you cannot login, you may need to refresh your password using EdWeb.

  1. From the Finder, click on Go then Connect To Server.
  2. In the Server Address box, enter smb://edshare.stedwards.edu/drivename where "drivename" is the EdShare network drive you are trying to access.
    To access your home folder: Enter your login name as the foldername. Example: smb://edshare.stedwards.edu/abeg
    For your shared department folder: Enter your s_ofc_4 letter department code. Example: smb://edshare.stedwards.edu/s_ofc_itec
    Connect to Server smb://edshare.stedwards.edu
    *Tip: Use the Choose a Recent Server Choose a Recent Server buttondrop down menu to access recent connections if you have already accessed EdShare from your computer.
    You may also create a Favorite by clicking on Add to Favorites button Add to Favorites buttononce you have entered your connection Address.
  3. Enter your login name and password in the appropropriate fields (the Workgroup/Domain should be STEDS), then click OK. If you cannot login, you may need to reset your password using EdWeb. Click here for instructions on how to reset your password.
  4. The drive should now be mounted on your desktop (named by the drive name you entered in step 1). Double click on it, and use drag and drop to save files.

    Here is an example if you used your login name:

    If you are accessing a shared space, for example your department folder, the desktop icon will have the department name on it.
  5. When done, drag the mounted drive to the trash to logoff of EdShare. **Note: Be sure to disconnect by moving the drives to the trash. If you do not, then anyone that uses that computer will have access to all your files.
   
 
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