Depending upon the host name resolution strategy in use on your network, you can use either the server’s DNS host name or its IP address. In the Connect to Server dialog box, type the SMB path to your desired remote Windows server.

Connecting to a Windows share on Mac OS X ^įrom your Mac OS X computer’s desktop, click Go > Connect To Server or press Command + K.Ĭonnecting to a remote server in Mac OS X Here is the general formulation:įor instance, we can use the URL syntax smb://server01 to enumerate all shared resources on that server, or we can use smb://server01/docs to view the contents of only the docs shared folder. We can access SMB resources by employing standard Uniform Resource Locator (URL) syntax, substituting smb for the more commonly seen http. NOTE: Due to a recent changes in the GNU Public License (GPL) version adopted by Samba, Apple plans to remove Samba from future releases of its operating system, instead opting to re-write the protocol itself