How to Connect to the Broad Shared Drive on MacOS

Objective

Following these steps will connect your macOS machine to the Broad Network drive on es.msu.edu.

Environment

macOS

Before You Begin

If you are mapping drives from off-campus, you will need to connect to the MSU campus VPN before following these instruction. You can find instructions how to connect a macOS machine to the VPN in KB 28 (link).

Steps

  1. On the desktop Dock, click the Finder icon.
  2. On the Finder menu, click Go.
  3. In the Go menu, select Connect to Server (alternately, press [command]+[K] on your keyboard).
  4. In the Server Address field of the Connect to Server'dialog box, enter the desired server/share preceded by smb://es.msu.edu/broad
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  5. Click the Connect button.
  6. If prompted, select the Registered User radio button option in the Connect as field.
  7. Enter your MSU Net ID prefix in the Name field.
  8. Enter your password in the Password field.
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  9. Click Connect.
  10. Click Finder and select Settings and go to the General Tab.
  11. Check to fill Connected servers.
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  12. Click on the red dot to close the window.
  13. The mappings will appear on the desktop.

Additional Info

When connecting to the shared drive off campus, you must first connect to the MSU VPN.

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