Connect a Mac to Weinberg IT Network Storage

Connect to your personal network drive

1. Connect to the VPN, if you are off-campus

2. Pull down the Go menu in the Finder
3. Click Connect to Server
4. For server address type, 
   smb://<first letter in NetID>-home.ad.wcas.northwestern.edu/<NetID>
   (Example: if your NetID is abc123, the address is:
   smb://a-home.ad.wcas.northwestern.edu/abc123)
5. Click Connect
6. Enter your NetID password
7. Locate the mounted volume that appears on your desktop and drag it to your dock
   

Connect to a Group network drive

1. Connect to the VPN, if you are off-campus
2. Pull down the Go menu in the Finder
   
3. Click Connect to Server
4. For Servers address type, 
   smb://groups.ad.wcas.northwestern.edu/<share name>
   (see list of department names)
5. Click Connect
6. Enter your NetID password
7. Locate the mounted volume that appears on your desktop and drag it to your dock
8. Repeat these steps for each department drive you want to connect to

To access your drives after initial setup

1. Connect to the VPN, if you are off-campus
2. To access the drive, click the volume on your dock
3. You should always disconnect from network drives before disconnecting from the 
   VPN. To disconnect, open each network drive and click Command-E
   (Apple button-E)