BEFORE STARTING:

Make sure you are connected to either the School of Education Network via ethernet or our GlobalProtect VPN service (School of Education (less common) OR UW Madison VPN (more common). See instructions to connect to the VPN: https://kb.wisc.edu/ns/page.php?id=90370

Connecting to a Network Drive from macOS:

1. Open your Finder application: From the top utility bar, click on Go and select Connect to Server.
2. To connect to your personal network share (P: drive)
   Note: This is a legacy service. The majority of School of Education users do not have personal drives at this time.
   In the Connect to Server dialogue box, in the Server Address field, enter: smb://maple.ad.education.wisc.edu/username where username is your School of Education username.
   Problems connecting? Try entering the following instead: smb://maple.ad.education.wisc.edu/home$/username where username is your School of Education username.
3. To connect to your department network share (S: drive):
   In the Connect to Server dialogue box, in the Server Address field, enter: smb://maple.ad.education.wisc.edu/SOE_Departments/deptname where deptname is the acronym for your department name (e.g., CI, EOP, EP, etc.). You can find the acronym for the network drive corresponding to your department here: https://kb.wisc.edu/education/102631
4. Click on the + (plus) icon to add the server name to your Favorite Servers.
5. When prompted for your credentials, select Registered User. Enter your School of Education username and password.
   Note: The username defaults to your computer username on the Mac machine you're using, but you must use your NetID (common) OR School of Education username and password (less common.)
6. Click Connect to continue.
7. Optional: In your Finder preferences, ensure that "connected servers" is selected to display on your desktop/sidebar for quick access.