MacOS

Within MacOS, NRDStor can be added as a location for data and appear similar to an external USB hard drive. Under Finder's "Go" menu, select "Connect to a server". Finder's Go dropdown menu open with Connect to Server... selected

In the address box, enter "smb://nrdstor.unl.edu/userspace" to access your user folder, or use "smb://nrdstor.unl.edu/groupspace" to access your primary groups folder.

!!! note %}} The words userspace and groupspace used to access the NRDStor directory under a primary group are literal words, and not placeholders for your HCC group and username.

Connect to Server window with smb://nrdstor.unl.edu/userspace filled in Connect to Server window with smb://nrdstor.unl.edu/groupspace filled in

If you want to add a place from a secondary group, such as another research group, then you will need to specify the full path in the address box. Enter "//nrdstor.unl.edu/nrdstor/GROUP/USER", replacing "GROUP" and "USER" with your HCC group and username. For example, the account, "hccdemo" who is a member of "demo" would enter "//nrdstor.unl.edu/nrdstor/demo/hccdemo".

Connect to Server window with smb://nrdstor.unl.edu/GROUP/USER filled in Connect to Server window with smb://nrdstor.unl.edu/demo/hccdemo filled in

Click on "Connect". You will be prompted to sign in to an account. Use your University credentials to sign in, NOT your HCC credentials. For UNL, UNK, and UNO users both your University username and email address will work as the username. For UNMC users, you must use your NUID in the format of <NUID>@nead.nebraska.edu as the username, replacing <NUID> with your 8 digit NUID.

Note

For UNMC users, you must use your NUID username and password to login (not UNMC credentials). Use the format 00000000@nead.nebraska.edu for your username, where 00000000 is your NUID.

login screen with Registered User selected and Name as University Username login screen with Registered User selected and Name as University@Email.edu

After that a warning message might appear if you try to connect at the first time. warning that you are connecting to nrdstor.unl.edu

Once authentication has been successful, NRDStor will now be available in finder as a remote location.

nrdstor.unl.edu shown as an option in finder as a remote location

In the future, NRDStor can be access from the side bar under "Locations" and you can navigate to your group and user directories. sidebar with nrdstor.unl.edu selected under Locations

Next: Accessing NRDStor from SWAN