You need to know the .mdb file’s location before you can make a connection. The Access data source file can be a file on your Mac, or a file on a Windows shared volume.
To connect to a Windows
network using SMB:
From the Mac desktop click the GO menu and choose CONNECT TO
SERVER
Here’s an example of what to enter:
smb://ad;username@servername/sharename/
To connect to a Windows network
using WebDAV:
From the Mac desktop click the GO menu and choose CONNECT TO
SERVER
You will need to obtain the proper URL to use from the
administrator of the host computer. Here’s one example, but your
string could look quite different:
https://webfolders.buffalo.edu/user/u/s/username/ub/
WebDAV connections are preferred because they are very fast.
If you need to connect often you can make an AppleScript do the
work. Here’s an example:
tell application "Finder"
mount volume
"smb://ad;username@servername/sharename/"
mount volume
"https://AccesFolder.domain.com/user/u/s/username/ub/
end tell
You can save the script as an application and then use the
System Preferences for the user to make the application a log-in
item so that whenever the computer is started the script runs and
mounts the windows volumes to the desktop.
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