How To Map A Network Drive On A Mac
How To Map A Network Drive On A Mac. If no items appear in the Locations section of the sidebar, hold the pointer over the word Locations, then click the arrow. Here's how to automatically mount a mapped network drive in macOS: Go to System Preferences > Users & Groups. Locate the volume you want to use and click Add.
It's in the upper-left side of the This PC window.
Open System Preferences (the silver and black icon with the gear in the middle, somewhere around the center of the dock) and select Users & Groups. This option is in the "Network" section of the toolbar; it resembles a grey drive with a green bar below it. Select Go in the menu bar at the top of the screen and choose Connect to Server.To connect every time you sign in to your PC, select.
In Finder, press Go > Connect to Server from the menu bar.
Enter the route to the network drive you desire to map (for example smb://networkcomputer/network share) and click Connect.
In the Drive list, select a drive letter. (Any available letter will do.) In the Folder box, type the path of the folder or computer, or select Browse to find the folder or computer. In the Finder window, double-click the computer you want to connect to, then click Connect As. Perform the steps to map a drive as listed above in the Connect to Server section.
Drag the network drive icon into the Users & Groups window to link.
Open System Preferences (Monterey) or System Settings (Ventura) from the Mac toolbar by clicking the Apple menu. Locate the volume you want to use and click Add. Pick a letter from the menu you want the network drive to be identified as.