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Using File Servers - Macintosh
Using File Servers - Macintosh
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middfiles
macintosh
Connecting to a File Server Using a Mac
Connect to the campus network on the fastest network available (preferably an Ethernet jack, or at least
secure wireless
.)
If you are off-campus
, you will have to connect to
VPN
before continuing.
Open the
Finder
by clicking on the desktop.
From the
Go
menu select
Connect to Server
. The Connect to Server dialog box will appear.
In the Server Address field type the following:
cifs://middcloud.middlebury.edu/middfiles *
Click the
+
button to add the address to your "Favorite Servers" list.
Click
Connect
.
You may be asked to provide your login credentials. If so:
In the
Name
field type your username.
In the
Password
field type your password.
Click
OK
.
A Finder window will open, displaying all the folders available on Middfiles and a new volume will appear on your desktop. (If the volume does not appear, choose
Finder
, then
Preferences
. Click the
General
tab, then check the box to display
Connected Servers
.)
Not sure which folder to choose? View information about the
content and structure of Middfiles
.
*
For
miisfiles
in
Monterey
, use:
cifs://miisfiles.middlebury.edu/miisfiles
Note
: Usually you would only need to connect to the Middfiles server at the address above. For some specialized cases (large media files, departmental research) we support additional servers. To connect to a file server other than middfiles you will need to modify the steps slightly. In the instructions above, replace the "middcloud" with the name of the file server you'd like to connect to, and replace "middfiles" with the name of the shared folder on that file server. For example, if you wanted to connect to the "work-dirs" folder on snowleopard, you'd need to use the following format:
cifs://snowleopard.middlebury.edu/work-dirs
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Article ID:
368
Created
Wed 10/12/22 10:11 AM
Modified
Wed 4/26/23 1:26 PM
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Issues accessing Middfiles from VPN
If user is on MacOS, change connection string to smb://middfiles.middlebury.edu instead of cifs://
Add user to VPNMTU group, and have user "refresh connection" on global protect app.
If connection issues still exists, make changes to turn of multichannel smb:
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212277
Also make this change to SMB browsing:
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208209
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Check out this article I found in the Middlebury Client Portal knowledge base.<br /><br /><a href="https://support.gmhec.org/TDClient/47/middlebury/KB/ArticleDet?ID=368">https://support.gmhec.org/TDClient/47/middlebury/KB/ArticleDet?ID=368</a><br /><br />Using File Servers - Macintosh<br /><br />This page has specific instructions for connecting to and using file servers in the Macintosh OSX operating system. You may be looking for Windows instructions, or our description of Middfiles.