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Please refer to the Macs at Drew page for general information about this service.

Mac laptops and desktops are able to connect to Drew University network drives through the operating system itself without the use of of any additional software. The following instructions demonstrate how to connect to your F: drive (your personal network space) along with other drives you may need access to such as G:\ and K:\.

The following instructions will ONLY work while connected on-campus to the Drew network. 

1. From the Go menu in the Finder, select Connect to Server.

2.  Enter one of the following in the "Server Address:" box:

smb://username@fsusers.ad.drew.edu/users/username (the F: drive on Windows)
cifs://username@causeway2-o.drew.edu/depts/deptname  (the G: drive for administrative departments)
cifs://username@causeway2-p.drew.edu/progs/deptname   (the G: drive for academic departments, programs and centers)
smb://username@fscourses.ad.drew.edu/courses/currentterm (the K: drive)

You can also access top level directories:

smb://username@fsusers.ad.drew.edu/  (for what is the U: drive in Windows)
cifs://username@causeway2-o.drew.edu/  (for the O: drive for administrative offices)
cifs://username@causeway2-p.drew.edu/ (for the P: drive for academic programs, departments and centers)
smb://username@fsoldattic.ad.drew.edu/oldattic (for the R: drive)
smb://username@fscourses.ad.drew.edu/courses (for the T: drive)


Then click the Connect button.

Mavericks Compatibility

Please be careful to type the entire string above.

3. The Login window will pop up.
Make sure your Drew username is under "Name:" and enter your Drew password for "Password:".

These are also known as your uLogin credentials.

3. The drive you selected will then appear as a folder on your screen.

4. Clicking on the CAUSEWAY_* option in the left-hand pane may allow you to see other drives you could access at the same time. However, these may not always be present depending on server load balancing, so the best practice is to establish a separate connection (as above) to each drive you need. 
Courses is equivalent to the T: drive on a PC.
Depts is equivalent to the O: drive on a PC.
Progs is equivalent to the P: drive on a PC.
Users is equivalent to the U: drive on a PC.

You may see other folders or volumes as well.

5. For example, to find your K: drive, click Causeway Courses, where you will see one folder for each semester.

From there find the semester you want, and your course

6. To logout, click once again on CAUSEWAY2_U (or CAUSEWAY2_O or CAUSEWAY2_P if you connected to your department drive, CAUSEWAY2_T if you accessed your K: drive) in the left-hand column and click Disconnect.

Always Disconnect

If you do not click "Disconnect" as described above, you will remain logged into your Drew network drives. Anyone using the computer after you will have complete access to your folders and files.

Please disconnect every time you are finished using your Mac.

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