How to map a drive to the RDS server (rds6.cchmc.org) in OS X.
1. Open the Finder if it is not open already.
2. In the menu bar, click Go, then Connect To Server:
3. Type the address of the shared volume, or folder, you would like to mount, beginning with smb://. Then click Connect.
For example, if you are mounting your division's shared volume (G: drive) on the Research Data Storage (RDS) system, you might type smb://rds6/yourDivision-s :
4. Type the user name and password you use to log in to the Cincinnati Children's network, and click OK:
You should be connected to the location you typed in step 3, and a volume icon should appear on your desktop:
5. To create an alias of the volume so that you can easily reconnect without repeating steps 1-4 above, select the volume icon, go to the Finder menu bar and click File, then Make Alias:
A volume alias appears on your desktop:
In the future, you can reconnect to the shared volume by double-clicking this alias.
6. If you wish, rename the alias by clicking anywhere on the icon, then clicking the text beneath the icon. A textbox should appear, enabling you to modify the alias name:
7. If you wish, drag the alias to the right side of the dock: