Verbatim External Hard Drive NAS Search Dialogue, Browse My Computer, Sharing files using Mac OS

Search Dialogue

Select Start in the system tray and select Search. Use the Search dialogue to search for Computers. For the computer name to search for enter “sohonas” and then press Search Now to find the connected NAS drive. Double-click the NAS drive entry to connect and view its shared folders.

Browse My Computer

Open My Computer and double-click on My Network Places. Browse to Workgroup to find the NAS drive share folders.

Once you have located the attached NAS drive’s shared folders, you can map a drive letter to a folder. To do this, right-click on the folder and select “map network drive”. Fill out the dialogue box that Windows presents and then select Finish

Sharing files using Mac OS X

A Mac running Mac OS X can access a connected NAS drive. Click on

Network, open the folder “Workgroup” and locate the “sohonas” device. Double-click “sohonas” to open the connection dialogue box.

When prompted to “Select SMB/CIFS shared volume you want to connect to” use the pull-down menu to select one of the current shares. You will next be prompted to authenticate by entering your username and password. For “username” use the Mac OS “Short Name” that you used to create your account on the NAS drive.

After completing authentication your shared folder will appear on your desktop. You can now drag and drop files to this folder as you can for any folder.

Attaching USB Devices

Your NAS drive contains a USB-A port that is active only while the drive is connected using the Ethernet connection. This USB-A connection is disabled when the drive is connected to a computer via the USB-B connection.

The USB-A port can be used to attach either a USB printer or a USB storage

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