How to Use Remote Desktop to Manage CoolSign Content - Macintosh
1. Click on Remote Desktop Connection in the dock. If you do not have a shortcut in the dock, search for Remote
Desktop Connection using Spotlight. If you do not have Remote Desktop Connection, you can download Microsoft
Remote Desktop from the App Store.
2. Remote Desktop Connection for Mac (RDC) opens.
3. By Computer, type 137.82.102.202.
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4. Under the RDC menu, select Preferences…
5. Enter the user name provided for you for the RDC for CoolSign content management.
6. Click on the Drives tab. Select All disk drives to make all your drives on the Mac, including network drives, available
through RDC. Then close the window to save your preferences.
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7. From the File menu, select Save As.
8. Select a convenient location, such as your desktop, to save the RDC configuration. Give it a meaningful name, such
as CoolSignCM and click Save.
9. In future, you can double-click the shortcut to launch RDC with your saved settings.
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10. Click Connect or, double-click the shortcut you created.
11. You may prompted to for a certificate problem. Click Connect.
12. You are asked to enter your password. Type your password and click OK.
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13. RDC connects and you see a Windows 7 style desktop.
14. On the desktop are shortcuts for CoolSign Content Wizard to convert your content to CoolSign assets, and the
CoolSign Manager, to manage your content.
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15. Click on Start, and select Computer.
16. The locations you configured in Step 10 are available under Other.
17. If you like, you can select your CoolSign content location and make a shortcut to it on the desktop. In this example,
my content is in R:\My Documents\CoolSign Content.
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18. Right-click your CoolSign folder and select Send to>Desktop (create shortcut) and a shortcut will appear on your RDC
desktop.
19. The first time you launch the CoolSign Manager, you will be prompted to Select Network.
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20. Click Add and type 10.20.12.200 for the DNS/IP Address, then click Check Network.
21. The Name will update from <Unknown> to UBCDigitalSignageSharedServices. Click OK.
22. The new connection entry appears. Click OK.
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23. Log in to CoolSign with your CoolSign id, followed by @uvic, and your usual CoolSign password.
24. You may be prompted with a Local Storage Error. If so, click OK.
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25. Click Yes on the Microsoft Silverlight dialog box.
26. You are now ready to convert content using the CoolSign Content Wizard and manage it using the CoolSign
Manager. See Alicia Kaiser if you need training or assistance with creating and managing CoolSign content.
27. Important! When you finish working with CoolSign, click Start and select Log off to disconnect your RDC session.
There are a limited number of connections available and by properly logging off, you allow the other CoolSign
content managers at UVic access to CoolSign to work on their content.
28. The next time you start RDC, it will remember your settings.
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Appendix: Mapping a Network Drive
1. To Map a Network drive, from the Finder menu, select Go, then Connect to Server...
2. You are prompted for a server address.
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3. Specify the network location. In this example, I am using an SMB connection to my netdrive.uvic.ca/home/netlinkid
folder.
4. If you wish to save the connection as a Favorite Server, click the + to add it to your list. Click Connect.
5. You are prompted for your credentials. Enter them and click Connect.
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6. To have the network drive automatically available when you log in to your Mac, you need to add it to your Login
Items. Otherwise you will need to recreate the drive mapping each time you need it after logging off or restarting
your computer. Begin by going to the Apple menu and selecting System Preferences.
7. Click Users & Groups under System.
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8. Select your user account.
9. Click Login Items.
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10. Click the + to add a new Login Item and browse to your network drive. Alternatively, especially if you are adding
your netdrive.uvic.ca/home/netlinkid folder, it is quicker to drag and drop the folder from a Finder window to the
Login Items.
11. Close System Preferences.
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