SharingToMacOSX - Revision history

Robbiet480 at 02:31, 12 August 2009

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 * Click on the '''hda''' share. A Finder window should come up with '''Connected as: Guest''' at the top. The visible shares should be listed. However, as guest they are not writeable.
-* There should be a button to the right saying '''Connect As ...''' which when clicked, opens a window (with a derisive picture of a PC with a BSOD) and the option to connect as guest or registered user.
+* There should be a button to the right saying '''Connect As ...''' which when clicked, opens a window and the option to connect as guest or registered user.
 * Click on registered user and in the name put the ''username'' you want to access the share as, then the password.
 * Click on the '''Remember this password in my keychain''' if you want to autoconnect in the future.

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   mount_smbfs '//hda/movies' ~/Desktop/hda/movies
   mount_smbfs  '//hda/music' ~/Desktop/hda/music
 A more general form of this mount command for a given user and a domain is like this:
   mount_smbfs  '//home.com;user@hda/share' ~/Desktop/hda/share

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 For accessing Amahi shared folders/files on a Mac OS X computer, you use the Finder.
-There are two ways to connect to your Amahi HDA. Using the Finder directly and Connecting to the server share from the Finder.
+There are several ways to connect to your Amahi HDA. Using the Finder directly and Connecting to the server share from the Finder.
 == Using the Finder Directly ==
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 To set your system to auto-connect at login or startup, see this  [http://engineering.purdue.edu/ECN/Support/KB/Docs/MacOSXConnectingToSMB great intro article].

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 For accessing Amahi shared folders/files on a Mac OS X computer, you use the Finder.
 == Using the Finder Directly ==
-The Finder should show an entry for '''hda''' under '''SHARED''' on the left.
+The Finder should show an entry for '''hda''' under '''SHARED''' on the left pane.
-* Click on '''hda'''. A Finder window with '''"Connected as: Guest"''' at the top should show. The visible shares should be listed. However, as guest they would not be writeable.
+* Click on the '''hda''' share. A Finder window should come up with '''Connected as: Guest''' at the top. The visible shares should be listed. However, as guest they are not writeable.
-* There should be a button to the right saying '''"Connect As ..."''' which when clicked, opens a window (with a derisive picture of a PC with a BSOD) and the option to connect as guest or registered user.
+* There should be a button to the right saying '''Connect As ...''' which when clicked, opens a window (with a derisive picture of a PC with a BSOD) and the option to connect as guest or registered user.
 * Click on registered user and in the name put the ''username'' you want to access the share as, then the password.
-* Click on the '''"Remember this password in my keychain"''' if you want to autoconnect in the future.
+* Click on the '''Remember this password in my keychain''' if you want to autoconnect in the future.
 == Connecting to a Server from the Finder ==

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-For accessing Amahi shared folders/files on a Mac OS X computer, you use the '''Finder'''.  Select the '''Go''' menu, then:
+For accessing Amahi shared folders/files on a Mac OS X computer, you use the Finder.
 *  '''Connect to Server''' (Apple-K shortcut).
 ** Enter the ''Server Address:'' '''smb://<user>@hda/Movies''' with your samba username instead of '''<user>'''

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 For accessing Amahi shared folders/files on a Mac OS X computer, you use the '''Finder'''.  Select the '''Go''' menu, then:
 *  '''Connect to Server''' (Apple-K shortcut).
-** Enter the ''Server Address:'' '''smb://''' 'user' ''''@hda/Movies''' with your samba username instead of '''<user>'''
+** Enter the ''Server Address:'' '''smb://''' ''user'' '''@hda/Movies''' with your samba username instead of '''<user>'''
 ** Press the "'''+'''" sign beside the Server Address line, so the connection is saved as a ''favorite''.
 ** Click '''Connect'''.

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 ** ''Name:'' '''<your HDA username>'''
 ** ''Password:'' '''<your HDA user password>'''
-** Check the '''Remember this password in my keychain''' so you can auto-connect in the future.
+** You may want to check the '''Remember this password in my keychain''' so you can auto-connect in the future.
 * Enjoy, the mounted drive should appear now in the Finder and be available at /Volumes/Movies on your local system.