There should be no spaces in the path name and drive paths are case sensitive.The path to your Q: or R: (r esearch) drive will end with the name of your departmental share.The path to your P: drive will typically end with your Tufts Username ( e.g.You can even use separators to organize your networked drives into sections. Return to the Preferences section to add additional drives.From now on, each time you want to connect to that remote drive, just click the ConnectMeNow icon in your Menu Bar and select that drive.Before you close out of the Preferences, place a check in the box labelled Start ConnectMeNow at computer startup so you don’t have to open it each time you restart.You won’t ‘see’ anything happening, the drive will just mount itself and become accessible. Assuming all the info was entered correctly, you’ll now connect to your remote drive.
If you need to enter a user/pass to connect to your remote drive, place a check in the box labelled Connect with credentials (Optional) and then enter your username and password in the spaces provided. Though not required, you can also enter the path to the folder you want to open as soon as you open the connection in the Shared Path field. This can be an internal IP address if it’s on your local network, or a public IP/domain. In the Server Name or IP field enter the IP address of the machine you want to connect to. If it’s a Mac, select AFP or if it’s Linux/Unix, select NFS. If it’s a Windows networked drive, select SMB. Now select the Server Type pull-down menu and choose the kind of networked drive that you’ll be connecting to. Remove the check-mark from the box labelled Automatic naming and then give a ‘name’ to your first share – ideally something descriptive so you’ll know right away which share you’re connecting to. In the Defined Shares section, click the Add Share button. It’s from within here that we’ll add your first remote computer/drive. The main “configuration” window will open. 
Click it and then select Preferences, then Open Preferences from the ‘sub-menu’.
A new icon will appear in your Menu Bar. After that, open your Applications folder and launch ConnectMeNow by double-clicking it. dmg file and drag ConnectMeNow to your Applications folder to install it. Once the download has completed, open the. The app itself is small (uses very minimal/almost no system resources) and completely free. First things first, head over to the ConnectMeNow download page, scroll down a bit and download the App by clicking the large green Download Now button (see screenshot below). Following the steps outlined in this guide you’ll be able to easily connect to remote drives with just two clicks. Have you noticed that it can be a bit of a hassle to connect to networked drives from your Mac? Going to your “Network” folder is a complete exercise in futility.
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