Shared drives on Windows network

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rdavis

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Hi,

In the office we have several drives 'mounted' on our PC's for sharing documents. For example \\Server1\D\Docs\ might be mapped as M: on my PC. Is there a way of doing this in OS X as I'd like to use my laptop at work?

Also is there a way to quickly share a folder on my Mac with the rest of the network? On my PC I share several folders by simply right clicking them and going to share. I'd like to be able to do the same thing with some of my Mac folders.

Thanks a lot
 
On Mac, you could use the Public Folder that you can find in HD/Users/yourusername/Public

That has by default read access to other users, and if the others need to drop files back, they can drop them inside that folder's Dropbox

And the drive can be mapped on the Mac in two ways :

In Finder > Go > Go to Server > smb://Server1/fullpath/
If you are asked with credentials, use the Windows or AD login and workgroup, and then just select the volume you want to mount. It will appear on your desktop and Finder sidebar.

Second way would be to add that drive to mount every time you login to your system - just add it to your Login items. In System Preferences, Accounts, choose the "Login Items" tab and add the Volume to the list of apps that automatically start up.
 
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