SubscribeHow to Map Network Drive in Mac OS X
Posted on Nov 19, 2007 under Mac Tips |How to map network drive in Mac OS X.
1. In the Finder, click on the Go menu, select Connect to Server.
2. Enter the address to where the resource is you wish to map. (i.e. smb://www.domain.com/foldername)
3. Enter your network password when prompted.
4. A new icon should appear on the desktop. That is your mapped network drive.
by Peter, on July 21 2008 @ 6:47 am
This is not mapping a drive: all this does is _mount_ a drive. Mapping (in the windows sense) would be the equivalent of automounting the drive every time a user logs on.
by Lance, on August 12 2008 @ 6:32 am
I agree. All i want is for the icon to be there when i turn my machine on. Once again OSX has failed me in the domain environment. Not to mention on the whole. How hard can it be?
by Kevin, on August 31 2008 @ 5:29 pm
Use the login items under the Accounts section in System Preferences. Just hit the + button and choose your share.
by Cam, on September 11 2008 @ 6:06 pm
Press Command + K
Then enter
smb://servername/sharename
by Nick, on October 12 2008 @ 2:57 pm
Once the drive is mounted the 1st time you can create an alias of the drive and then click it when you log on. It’s pretty simple.
by Gavin, on December 30 2008 @ 8:29 pm
See, this doesn’t work like “MAPPING” should. Mapping allows you to access a folder on another computer as if it was a Hard Drive. This doesn’t help me at all because I was hoping to use Time Machine to backup my Mac onto my PC.