Prevent Mapped Volume from opening on startup. If you frequently access a file server from a Mac it’s pretty helpful to map the network drive to your desktop. There’s two ways to do this, one method is just mapped for one time use and will reset after a reboot, and another method is a more permanent route that allows the mapped network drive to always appear and mount on your desktop after system reboots and user logins. Map a network drive to Mac OS X This method maps a network drive that will disappear if the network connection drops or if you reboot your Mac: From the Mac OS X Finder, hit Command+K to bring up the ‘Connect to Server’ windowEnter the path to the network drive you want to map, ie: and click ‘Connect’Enter your login/password and click “OK” to mount the network driveThe drive will now appear on your desktop and in the Finder window sidebar Map a network drive to Mac OS X that re-mounts after system reboot Make the mapped network drive visible on the Mac desktop.
Please help:adding a mac PC to the windows domain at work. Funny you should ask; I was just playing around with this for the first time today. While it's fresh in my mind, I'll walk you through the steps. The following instructions apply to Leopard--I'm not sure if this would apply to earlier versions of OS X: That's it! What's cool is that any domain user can now log on to the machine without a local account being set up first. Some caveats: You will have trouble if the domain userID happens to match the short name of a local Mac account, e.g., if there is a local account named "Rich" and a domain user "mydomain\Rich" this will not work properly--it won't create new user folders for the domain user. If you ARE running Leopard, make sure you're up to date. Hope this helps, have fun! Staying Connected to a Share Drive. Mac OS X Map a Network Drive - ITwiki. From ITwiki Instructions Step 1 - Open Map Dialogue Select Finder by clicking on your desktop wallpaper Open the Go menu and select Connect to Server Step 2 - Enter the Drive Name Type into the Server Address field, where sharename is the drive on storage01 that you are trying to connect to.
Step 3 - Enter Campus Domain Account Information If there is a Workgroup or Domain field, type CAMPUS. [1375] Network drives do not appear on the desktop in Mac OS X 10.5 and 10.6 - Help Desk. Mac OS X 10.6 Configuring to Active Directory Domain. Adding Macbook Air to Windows Domain. I've setup about a dozen of the 2011 MBA machines, all running Lion from 10.7.1 up to the latest 10.7.3 and every one of them has bound to our Win2k3 domain without a problem.
On every machine I've gone into System Preferences > Users & Groups > Login Options > Join (Network account server) > Open Directory Utility. I open the Active Directory section, point at my FQDN and select advanced options. The boxes I check are: User Experience - Create mobile account at login - Require confirmation before creating Administrative - Prefer this DC > Point at local DC since my GC is remote - Allow administration by - Allow authentication from any domain in the forest I hit OK, enter my domain admin credentials and binding is complete. I've had no problem using domain authentication to connect to SMB shares after setting up binding and mobile accounts haven't had any issues signing in when not connected to the network. __________________ Why am I sticky and naked?