How to map a drive to the RDS server (rds6.cchmc.org) in OS X.
- Open the Finder if it is not open already.
- In the menu bar, click Go, then Connect To Server:
- In the "Server Address" field, type the address of the shared volume (or folder) you would like to mount, beginning with smb://. Then click the Connect button. 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":
- Type the User ID and Password you use to login to the Cincinnati Children's network, and click the OK button:
- You should be connected to the location you typed in step 3, and a volume icon should appear on your desktop:
- 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 choose Make Alias:
- A volume alias appears on your desktop, in the future, you can reconnect to the shared volume by double-clicking this alias:
- 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:
- If you wish, drag the alias to the right side of the dock:
Getting additional help
If there are still any issues after reading these instructions and any help is still needed please email help-rds@bmi.cchmc.org for further assistance.