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Connecting to Network Drives

Q. How are we are supposed to access the Y drive on Mac. Spencer Lane

A. See link to Map Network Drives on the Trinity Computer Set-Up Page for Mac, but make the following change: In step 3 Type afp://131.194.151.78/yourusername. http://www.trinity.edu/studentsetup/Mac/ Dr. Semmes

Q. I can get a file from the Groups folder but I cannot save to it.

A. Use the server address: cifs://131.194.151.78/groups/computerskills/semmes/yourusername

(The problem has been corrected and you can use afp://131.194.151.78/groups/computerskills/semmes/yourusername)

Q. How can I download GIMP onto my Mac?

A. ???

How can I download Office 2008 for the Mac?

Here are the directions from the file

From your toolbar click Go and select Connect to Server. Type the following under Server Address section afp://131.194.151.78 and click on Connect. When prompted for user name and password type in your Trinity user name and password and NOT the user name and password to your local computer; click Connect.

You will now see several folders - look for the Microsoft Office 2008 folder and open it. Inside the folder you will see one file with the name of Office2008.iso. To open and mount the file for installation hold down the control key (ctrl) and click on the file. You will now see a menu, select Open With and choose DiskImageMounter. The Office Installer will now appear, click on the Office Installer icon and follow the direction wizard. If prompted with "This package contains a program that determines if the software can be installed. ARe you sure you want to continue?" click on Continue.

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