Login. Click once on any empty part of the desktop. You should see the Finder menu at the top of the screen. Choose "Go | Connect to Server". Login. Click once on any empty part of the desktop. You should see the Finder menu at the top of the screen. Choose "Go | Connect to Server".
Type in "smb://www.goshen.edu/[your user ID]" in the box to connect to the webserver (like your W: drive).
The Mac-lab Macs may automatically connect to GCFile
(your 'M:' drive). If yours doesn't automatically connect, you can do
the same as above but type in smb://gcfile.goshen.edu/[your userid]. You need to be connected to GCFile to
print from any of the macs.
After
this, you should see a little "globe" near the top right of
your screen, labelled with your userid (right).
Double-click on the globe and the Mac "Finder" will
display the files and folders therein. If you connected to GCFile Double-Click on the "Web
Pages" folder to find your www.goshen.edu "mypages" folder.
Click once on your 'mypages' folder. Then in the
finder menu, choose File | Add to sidebar. After
you've done this, then when you're in Photoshop, DreamWeaver or any
other program, when you use a "File | Open" menu, your 'mypages' folder
will be readily available.
On
a Windows PC you "start" programs from the "Start"
menu. Programs--also know as "apps"-- are kept in an Applications folder. You'll find this in the sidebar of any Finder window.
If you need to start up a new Finder window, click on an empty place on the screen and type Apple-N
Clicking on the translucent Apple at the top left of the screen, you'll find Log Out as an
option. Choose Log out, and, among other things, all your apps will
be closed, and your "M: drive" globe icon will be put away
for you.