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mounting my NAS drive on MacOS desktop
OK so I'm still trying to get this damn thing on to my desktop. IP addresses match (192.168.0.xxx) Raidar finds the drive and I can see it in a web browser but I NEED to get the drive onto the desktop so I can access it properly nit just contsantly having to dowload files so I can use them.
Anyone? I'm dying here. It's been months now.
TIA!
Cheers, Stephen
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Are you saying you can't access the shares with Finder?
You should be able to access the C drive on the the Mac using SMB and the NAS admin credentials. That only works if you've changed the admin password from the factory default.
If I understand the question, then here is what I would do.
1. Finder > Go > Connect to Server > Server Address: “smb://192.168.0.xxx/data[/sharename]” (without quotation marks and with share name substituted for sharename in brackets if you want a specific share). Click plus sign to save as a Favorite Server.
2. Finder > Preferences > check “Connected Servers,” which should show the share on the Desktop.
3. 🍎 > System Preferences > Users & Groups > Click the lock to make changes [and log in] > Login Items > [click “+” symbol] > [navigate to share and] Add > Click the lock to prevent further changes > Quit System Preferences.
Share should be loaded at startup and login (3 after 1+2) and appear on Desktop (1+2).
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