Managing IBM Connections for Mac accounts

You can add or remove IBM® Connections or Connections Cloud account information to or from your IBM Connections for Mac preferences to share files and information between OS X and IBM® Connections or Connections Cloud.

About this task

After you connect to an IBM® Connections or IBM Connections Cloud site, you can interact with that site from the Finder window or the IBM Connections icons in the Dock and the menu bar.

Procedure

  1. Open IBM Connections for Mac by clicking the icon in the Dock or locating and clicking it in the Applications folder of your Finder window.
  2. Right-click on the IBM Connections icon in the Dock or the menu bar and select Preferences from the menu. The preferences window appears with the Accounts pane displayed.
  3. To add an account, click the plus button for the Accounts sidebar and choose IBM Connections Cloud setup or Manual Server setup.
    If you choose the cloud setup, a wizard helps you to connect to IBM Connections Cloud. If you choose the manual setup, you must create an account and add the server information.
  4. To manually configure an account, follow these steps.
    1. In the Site URL field, type the URL you use to connect to IBM® Connections or Connections Cloud. For example, https://connections.server.com or https://connections.server.com:port.
    2. In the Display name field, type the name that you want to display for the sync folder in the Finder window. For example, the folder is named Display-name sync.
    3. Enter the user name and password you use to log in to that IBM® Connections site.
    4. Select an authentication type if there is a reason to change it from the default. By default, the plug-in authenticates with the IBM® Connections server using basic authentication. If you are connecting to a Connections Cloud site, choose Connections Cloud Authentication as the authentication type. If your enterprise uses a different authentication type, you might be instructed to edit the authentication setting.
      Note: If you log in to IBM Connections Cloud using the "Use My Organization's Login" method, you will not be able to login and use the Desktop Plug-ins.
    5. Click Connect. If you are connecting to an IBM Connections site, proceed to step 10.
    6. If you are connecting to a Connections Cloud site, select if new files are allowed to be shared with people outside your organization and whether they should be encrypted. Click Continue.
    7. Select Add sync folder to FAVORITES in Finder and click Create.
  5. To remove an account, select the account in the Accounts sidebar and click the minus button. A dialog box appears confirming that you want to remove the account.
  6. Click Remove this Account. A confirmation window appears and displays if the removal was successful or not. When successful, the window displays the new location of the previous sync folder.