Before you begin:  You must have an active network connection before you can connect to Dixie or Drayton.  In addition, these servers are only available on campus.  You cannot access them from home unless you have Remote Access privileges.

Dixie and Drayton are servers on campus that allow faculty and staff to save or backup files to a secure space.  All faculty will have a space on one of the two servers. The benefits of putting files on these servers are:

• the servers are backed up regularly so important documents won't be lost.
• if your computer crashes you can always have access to a copy if it's on Dixie or Drayton.
• you can access these files from any computer on campus, including the classrooms.

There are two types of accounts available on Dixie and Drayton: a personal space available only to you and a shared space available to a specified group of people (ex. a department). While the personal spaces are automatically created the shared spaces must be requested through helpdesk.

• Personal spaces are located in Dixie/Users or Drayton/Users
• Shared spaces are located in Dixie/Data or Drayton Data

Logging on to Dixie/Drayton from a Macintosh Computer

• Click on the Desktop to ensure you are in the Finder (the word "Finder" will appear in the upper left corner)
• From the Go menu choose Connect to Server
• In the Server Address text box, type one of the following depending upon the server you are using:
  • smb://dixie for faculty files on Dixie
  • smb://drayton for faculty files on Drayton
• Click Connect
• At the login prompt type in your Cougars username and password (the Workgroup or Domain is Cougars)
  • NOTE: if this is your personal or work computer you may click the box next to Remember this password in my keychain (do not do this in a classroom. It will give others access to your files. )
• Click OK
• To access your personal space choose Users from the dropdown menu on the next window and click OK

  To access a shared space choose Data from the dropdown menu on the next window and click OK

• A new window will open that lists the files of all users on the server. Find your file (personal spaces will be listed by last name, first initial.)
• Double-click your folder or the group folder to gain access to your files on Dixie or Drayton

Create a shortcut to Dixie/Drayton on your desktop

• Locate the Users icon on your desktop
• Double-click the icon to open the window
• A new window will open that lists the files of all users on the server. Find your file. It will be listed by last name, first initial.
• While holding down the Option key and the Apple key on your keyboard, click on your folder and drag it to your desktop. This will create a shortcut.

Backing up your Files to Dixie/Drayton

Backing up your files is the same thing as copying them into the Dixie/Drayton folder.

IMPORTANT NOTE: You can only use Dixie or Drayton spaces to backup work related files. DO NOT backup personal photos, videos or music to this drive space.

• On your computer, locate the files you wish to backup. More than likely it will be your Documents folder but you may have other files/folders you wish to backup.
• Now, double-click on your Dixie/Drayton folder shortcut to open your folder.
• Drag your work-related documents, photos, videos and audio into your Dixie/Drayton folder. This will backup your files to Dixie/Drayton.