Mapping your network drive to the desktop

• NOTE: Mac OS 10.3, 10.4. and 10.5 all display slightly different screens. The screen shots are from OS 10.3. However, the essential details and terminology shown below are correct.
• IMPORTANT: In OS 10.5 only, set the Finder preferences as follows to make sure your Home Directory icon remains on your Desktop:
  On the Finder menu, choose Preferences.
  Click on the General button.
  Check the Connected servers box.

1. Select Connect to Server from the Go menu.
2. In the Connect to Server window, in the Address box, enter:
   smb://home/homes
   Note: If you have been granted access to other network drives (also known as network shares), you can map them using this method. For example, a network share called "ourstuff" would be smb://home/ourstuff/

3. Click Connect.
4. In the next window that appears, enter your Username and Password. If your screen shows the Workgroup/Domain box, leave it blank. The latest version of OS X allows Guest connections. Be sure to connect as Registered user (shown as a radio button above Username).
   

5. Click OK (on later versions of OS X, click Connect).
   

Once connected, you'll see an icon on your desktop (different operating systems will show a different icon, but all will display the name of the network share). Double-click this icon to access the files on your home directory.