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Connecting to your H: Space (Mac)

  1. If you are connecting remotely make sure you have already connected to the LSE network using VPN.

  2. Make sure you are in Desktop - so that you can see Finder at the top of your Mac screen. Click on Go > Connect to Server...

    [Picture of Start Menu - File Explorer]

    You can also use [Apple Key] K from the keyboard to bring this option up.

  3. A Connect To Server dialog box will appear.

  4. LSE Staff (Students jump to step 5)

    In the Server Address box type:

    smb://staff.lse.ac.uk/yourLSEusername

    In our example for fictitious user John Smith, the pathname is smb://staff.lse.ac.uk/smithj.

    [Picture of Map Network Drive Dialog]

  5. LSE Students

    In the Server Address box type:

    smb://students.lse.ac.uk/yourLSEusername

    In our example for fictitious user John Smith, the pathname is smb://students.lse.ac.uk/smithj.

    [Picture of Map Network Drive Dialog]

  6. A dialog with the message " You are attempting to connect to the server..." will appear. Click Connect to continue.

    [Picture of Map Network Drive Dialog]

  7. You will be prompted to enter your LSE IT username and password. Click on Connect As Registered User. Enter your LSE credentials, prefixing your username with LSE\.

    In our example for fictitious user John Smith the username will be typed as lse\smithj

    [Picture of Map Network Drive Dialog: Credentials]

  8. Click on Connect to finish.

    [Picture of Map Network Drive Dialog: Finish]

  9. Your H: space should now appear ...

    [Picture of J: Drive]

  10. ... and on the Desktop an icon for your H: space should be present

    [Picture of J: and Z: Drive icons]

  11. To disconnect, drag the H: space icon to the trash can, which will change to an eject icon, and the drive will dismount after a few seconds