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MyFiles Premium for Faculty/Staff

Mac OS 10.4 (Tiger) and 10.5 (Leopard) Access

1. From the Finder, click Go then Connect to Server.
   
   



2. Enter the URL for MyFiles Premium to access the Enterprise shared file space. The URL for MyFiles Premium is https://myfiles.uiowa.edu/shared/<dept>.
   In place of <dept>, you should put your departmental name or abbreviation (do not include the brackets).
   
   For example:
   For departments in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences use: https://myfiles.uiowa.edu/shared/CLAS.
   For the College of Nursing use: https://myfiles.uiowa.edu/shared/CON.
   For Admissions use: https://myfiles.uiowa.edu/shared/Admissions.
   For ITS use: https://myfiles.uiowa.edu/shared/ITS.
   
   If you are unsure of what name or abbreviation ot use for your department, contact your departmental IT support person or the ITS Help Desk.
   




Note: To save the address for future connections, you can click the plus button (+) next to the Server Address field. Click Connect to continue.





3. Enter the domain you belong to in the Domain field, your Hawk ID in the Name field, and your Hawk ID password in the Password field. (If you are not sure which Active Directory domain you are part of, see the Look Up Your Hawk ID page.) Click OK to connect.
   
   Note: ITS recommends that you do NOT check the Remember this password in my keychain box. Doing so has the potential to give access to your files to anyone who has access to the computer from which you are connecting.
   
   Leopard (10.5) Note: An issue with OS 10.5 Leopard has been identified where the authentication box appears twice. On the second appearance, simply click "OK". Do not retype your Domain, Hawk ID, or password.
   

After correctly entering your information from the previous step, you will see a series of folders. You can now browse to directories and files you have access to and they will be available to you from 'Connect to Server...' in Finder.

For example, if you connected to https://myfiles.uiowa.edu/shared/ITS, click on the Shared folder and you will be able to view the shared folders that you have access to.

For example, if you connected to https://myfiles.uiowa.edu/shared/ITS, click on the Users folder and you will be able to view your hawkid folder, which leads to your H: Drive.

Note: These are just two examples of what you will see after entering your information. The folders that appear will vary depending on your department and your access rights.

 

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Last Updated: 07/24/2008