{"id":6941,"date":"2024-06-05T11:41:29","date_gmt":"2024-06-05T15:41:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/metit\/?page_id=6941"},"modified":"2024-09-19T13:22:41","modified_gmt":"2024-09-19T17:22:41","slug":"mount-drive","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/metit\/services\/hardware\/laptops\/mount-drive\/","title":{"rendered":"Mount a Network Drive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong style=\"color: #ff0000\">NOTE:<\/strong> You must be <a href=\"\/metit\/services\/software\/anyconnect\/\">connected to the BU VPN<\/a> if you are located off-campus.<\/p>\n<p>Before starting, make sure that you have the full network path to connect to the drive.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Windows Example:<\/em> \\\\ad.bu.edu\\met\\example_folder<\/li>\n<li><em>Mac Example:<\/em> smb:\/\/ad.bu.edu\/met\/example_folder<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr\/>\n<h4>Windows<\/h4>\n<ol>\n<li>Open File Explorer, then click on <strong>This PC<\/strong> in the left-hand navigation.<\/li>\n<li>Access the &#8220;Map Network Drive&#8221; dialogue box.<\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Windows 10<\/em>: Click on <strong>Map Network Drive<\/strong> button under the &#8220;Computer&#8221; tab.<\/li>\n<li><em>Windows 11<\/em>: Click on <strong>More &#8230; &gt; Map Network Drive<\/strong> in the ribbon.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<li>Fill out the fields in the new window as follows:<\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Drive<\/em>: Select a letter to represent the drive<\/li>\n<li><em>Folder<\/em>: Enter the full network path to the drive<\/li>\n<li><em>Reconnect at sign-in<\/em>: Enabled<\/li>\n<li><em>Connect using different credentials<\/em>:<\/li>\n<ul>\n<li>Disable for BU-provisioned devices<\/li>\n<li>Enable for personal devices<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<li>If prompted, login using your BU credentials.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<hr\/>\n<h4>Mac<\/h4>\n<ol>\n<li>Open Finder, then bring up the &#8220;Connect to Server&#8221; menu.<\/li>\n<ul>\n<li>Press <strong>Command + K<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Click <strong>Go &gt; Connect to Server<\/strong> from the Menu Bar<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<li>Under &#8220;Server Address&#8221;, enter the full network path to the drive, then click <strong>Connect<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>If prompted, login using your BU credentials.<\/li>\n<li>In the menu bar, click on the <strong>Apple icon<\/strong>, then click on <strong>System Preferences &gt; Users &amp; Groups<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Under your account, click on the <strong>Login items<\/strong> tab.<\/li>\n<li>Click on the <strong>Plus icon<\/strong> at the bottom of the list, find the network drive, and then click <strong>Add<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NOTE: You must be connected to the BU VPN if you are located off-campus. Before starting, make sure that you have the full network path to connect to the drive. Windows Example: \\\\ad.bu.edu\\met\\example_folder Mac Example: smb:\/\/ad.bu.edu\/met\/example_folder Windows Open File Explorer, then click on This PC in the left-hand navigation. Access the &#8220;Map Network Drive&#8221; dialogue [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14346,"featured_media":0,"parent":6464,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/metit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6941"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/metit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/metit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/metit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14346"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/metit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6941"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/metit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6941\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6943,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/metit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6941\/revisions\/6943"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/metit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/metit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}