How to access windows share from MAC machine

Introduction

Windows uses SMB server for file sharing. This tutorial will walk you through connecting your Macs to CIFSSMB shares, hosted on Windows Servers, Windows Desktops.

Steps

Launch Connect to Server

1. From the Finder menu, click Go

2. Click Connect to Server from Go’s drop down menu.

3. Alternatively, you can also press Command+K to launch Connect to Server.

FIG1 – OSX Finder – Connect to Server

Connect to a CIFSSMB Share

1. In the Server Address field, enter smb:// to define the network protocol for CIFS, and then enter either the IP address or the hostname of the file server.

FIG2 – Connect to Server dialog box

1. To add the server to your Favorite Servers list, click the ‘+’ button.

2. Click Connect to connect to the share.

3. When prompted, enter your user name and password to connect to file server.

FIG3 – User and password prompt

1. Click Connect to connect to the file server.

2. When prompted, select the shares you want to mount from the file server.

FIG4 – Select shared volumes to mount in OS X

1. click OK to mount the shares.

Reference

http://www.serverlab.ca/tutorials/osx/administration-osx/connecting-to-cifs-shares-with-mac-osx/