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Roscoe1
Oct 30, 2016Aspirant
Registered user? (OS X)
OS X user. When I select the ReadyNAS in the left column in Finder, I see it showing as "Connected as: Guest" with a "Connect as..." button. NEver had an issue with connecting as a guest, but out o...
Roscoe1
Nov 04, 2016Aspirant
No, that didn't help. The software and options on that page were nothing like I have available to me.
StephenB
Nov 04, 2016Guru - Experienced User
The basic answer is that you first create a user account on the NAS. Then you set those account credentials in Finder (optionally telling it to add them to the keychain).
I'm not a mac guy, but there is a (perhaps dated) guide on the Finder side of things here: https://users.wfu.edu/yipcw/atg/apple/smb/
- Roscoe1Nov 05, 2016Aspirant
I think if you go back to my original post, my question was "...how does one set up users?". Clearly that's the first step that I can't get past...
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