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Connecting a mac – Western Digital WD Sentinel DS6100 Administrator and Maintenance Guide User Manual

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CONNECTING THE SERVER AND GETTING STARTED

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WD SENTINEL DS5100/DS6100
ADMINISTRATOR AND MAINTENANCE GUIDE

Connecting a Mac

Use the following procedure to connect your Mac computer to the WD Sentinel server.

For steps on connecting a Windows PC using the Connector software, see “Connecting a
Windows PC” on page 21.

1.

In the address field of an open browser window on the Mac you’d like to connect,

enter http://.local/connect.
Example: http://myserver.local/connect is the name you gave your
server in “Connecting the WD Sentinel Server to Your Network” on page 16.

2.

Click Download software for Mac:

The Mac Connector software downloads to your Download directory.

3.

Click the Download icon on the Menu bar at the bottom of the screen:

4.

Select MacConnector.dmg. The MacConnector window opens.

5.

Double-click Connector for Mac.

6.

Review the warning screen, then click Open.

Note:

If prompted to do so, type the user name and password of an account that has
administrator permissions on this client computer.

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