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Question or Issue
- How do I access a course folder from my computer of the computer I'm working on?
- I was told to access my course folder on Microwave, how do I do that?
Environment
- Apple macOS
- Microsoft Windows
Resolution
Use the following steps to walk you through connecting to a course folder on Microwave for either macOS or Windows.
macOS
- From a Bowdoin-issued computer, click on Finder in the Dock.
- Click on Go - Connect to Server from the Finder menu
- Enter smb://microwave.bowdoin.edu/courses and click Connect
- When prompted, enter your Bowdoin username and password and click OK
- After a few moments a Finder window will open with all of the courses available listed.
- Browse into the course folder you would like to access.
Windows
- From either a Bowdoin-owned computer or a personal computer, click on the Start Menu (lower-left corner with the Windows logo)
- In the search field enter \\microwave.bowdoin.edu\courses and press Enter on the keyboard
- If you are on a personal computer, enter your Bowdoin username in the format as follows
- username@bowdoincollege.edu (it is important that you use your username but that it is followed with the @bowdoincollege.edu).
- Enter your password and click OK
- After a few moments an Explorer window will open with all of the courses available listed.
- Browse into the course folder you would like to access.