How to Use Your Mac in a Corporate Environment
Good news, Mac users: You no longer have to feel like the red-headed stepchild when you bring your MacBook to the office. Digital Inspiration outlines six ways to make Macs play nice with Windows networks.
For example, here's how to access network drives from a Mac:
To access a network shared drive (or a folder), open Finder and from the menu bar, select Go followed by Connect to server. In the popup window type:smb://servername/folder_name (e.g. smb://fileserver01/finance )
In some cases, you might have to use the IP address of the Windows server (e.g. smb://192.168.10.10/finance) or you can even see the server by clicking the Browse button.Have you ever run into trouble using your Mac in this Windows world? If so, were you able to resolve it? Tell us how in the comments.Click on the + icon to save a bookmark and press Connect. Repeat this for other network drives. You should now be able to see all the network drives in your sidebar on Finder.