How to open a catalog

All of Reed's image collections and their associated catalogs are stored on a central server, called "Media." Before you can access them, you need to set up Portfolio to find the server. You'll only need to do this once.

1. Launch the Portfolio application. If an "Open" dialog box pops up, simply click cancel.
2. From the File menu, choose "Connect To Servers" and then click the Add Server... button
3. In the ensuing dialog box, put "media" in the "Server Name" box and enter 134.10.15.72 into the "IP Address" field. Click OK. You should now see the server in the "Connect To Servers" window.

You can now open the available catalogs:

1. Start Portfolio and when the "open" dialog box appears, click on the "Connect To Servers" button.
2. A window will open up showing the media server. Click the little black triangle just left of the server's name and icon. You should see a list of the available catalogs. Simply double-click on the one you want to view and then enter the approprate password, if requested. After a few moments, the catalog will appear in the default view. If you need a password, contact Fred Lifton via email or at 777-7297.

Note that you can connect to several catalogs at once by repeating the above procedure. You should also note that depending on your internet connection, accessing the catalogs from home will likely be slower.

Important: if you want to view a full size version of an image (i.e., as when you double-click on a thumbnail), you need to have the media server mounted on your desktop.
You do this by using the Chooser (OS9) or the Go menu (OSX) to navigate to the media server and mount the "catalogs" volume. You don't need to open the volume or do anything at all to it.
Note that you won't be able to mount the server from off campus, so you'll be limited to thumbnails if you're working from home.