Support

1. in the leftmost pane of the active "Finder" window, click onto the topmost hard drive icon, then navigate to "Library"->"Preferences"
2. from the "View" menu, choose "Customize Toolbar…"
3. from the pane that drops down, drag the icon labelled "Connect" up into the metallic-looking space and drop it directly left of the text field in the upper right corner of the window with the loupe symbol in it
4. click "Done"
5. click onto the icon you just dragged into place
   1. in the active text field, enter "smb://itsmb/mac" and click the little "+" symbol right to it
   2. in the string you just typed, replace "mac" with the username of the designated user of the machine and again click the little "+" symbol right to it
   3. double-click onto the first string you created in the lower pane (smb://itsmb/mac)
   4. for "Name", enter your username and for "Password" your password (if you are not the designated user make sure that the checkbox underneath is not checked)
      • if the user logs on with his/her own username and password you can check that box to automate authentication
   5. in the window that opens now, navigate to "Mac OS X", then "Setup"
   6. drag the file "com.apple.SoftwareUpdate.plist" from that latter directory ("mac/Mac OS X/Setup") into the "Preferences" directory navigated to earlier, and drop it there
      • if a dialog pops up then confirm overwriting an existing version of the file
6. from the "Finder" menu, choose "Preferences…"
   • check the checkbox next to "Open new windows in column view"
   • click the "Sidebar" tab
     • uncheck "iDisk" and "Network"
   • click the "Advanced" tab
     • select settings to suit your preferences