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MacOS is the operating system that powers every Mac. It lets you do things you simply can’t with other computers. That’s because it’s designed specifically for the hardware it runs on — and vice versa. MacOS comes with an entire suite of beautifully designed apps. ActiveX is a programming application designed for use on Windows-based computers. However, if you own a Mac system you can also use ActiveX, although the download required to use. The Best Free ActiveX app downloads for Windows: DownloadX ActiveX Download Control Service Pack 6 for Visual Basic 6.0 Office File Converter Pack Ser.

It's certainly possible to connect Macs to networks that are running Active Directory. But sometimes it takes a little doing.

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We are a small office, with three Windows computers, a machine running Windows Small Business Server 2003 with Exchange and one iMac running Mac OS X 10.6. They are all connected via wireless or wired network. The iMac can't connect to Active Directory on the Windows server. Any advice?

You absolutely can add Macs to Active Directory; it’s actually pretty easy.

First, make sure your iMac’s version of Mac OS X 10.6 is as current as possible. Apple continually adds small improvements to their Active Directory support without specifically mentioning them. Next, you’re need to figure out where in Active Directory you want that Mac to live. Since your network is fairly small, the default container—Computers—will work just fine. If your network were larger, you'd probably want to give the Macs a container or Organizational Unit (OU) of their own.

You also want to make sure that you have rights in Active Directory to add computers to that container. Go to /System/Library/CoreServices and open Directory Utility. (You’ll probably have to authenticate.) There, you’ll see a list of services in the main Directory Utility window. You want Active Directory. When you double-click on Active Directory, you’ll get a sheet that looks like this:

For your purposes, you can ignore the Active Directory Forest field. (That’s for far larger networks.) Obviously enough, you'll want to enter your Active Directory domain name in the Active Directory Domain field. Leave the computer ID alone; Directory Utility pulls that from the Sharing preferences.

In the user experience tab, you can probably leave most of the the defaults. In particular, leave Network Protocol To Be Used set to smb:. While Windows Server 2003 was the last version of Windows Server to support Services For Macintosh, it was one of the worst AFP servers ever; you’re better off using Mac OS X's SMB support than Windows’ AFP support. The only change you’ll want to make in this tab is to enable Create Mobile Account at Login. That will make using Active Directory logins much easier.

The only other change I’d make is in the Administrative tab. Enable the Allow Administration By option; this will make anyone in the enterprise or domain admins group a local administrator on that Mac.

Next, click the Bind button and enter in your Active Directory username and password. Click OK and, after a few seconds, you should be done. Click OK again, quit Directory Utility, and reboot the Mac. Active Directory logins should work, and create their own home directory automatically.

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If I use my Active Directory login on a PC, I automatically have access to a My Documents folder that is synced to that PC. Can I get that same convenience on my Mac? I'm using multiple Macs, all of them connect over Ethernet, all are relatively new Intel machines, and all run Snow Leopard.

Let’s assume that you have already bound your Macs to Active Directory. If so, then you should be able to just log into the server that hosts your My Documents folder via SMB in the Finder, and mount your home directory's My Documents folder. In the Finder, press Command-K (Go -> Connect to Server). In the dialog that pops up, enter smb://servername.networkname and click Connect. Assuming you’re bound to Active Directory correctly, you shouldn’t even need to enter a password, (Active Directory single-signon is awesome!) Pick the appropriate share, and your My Documents folder should be right there.

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Before you begin

• OS X Snow Leopard and later support Exchange Web Services (EWS) as a connection to your Exchange server. If your Exchange server does not use EWS, check with your Exchange administrator to see if an IMAP connection to the server is available instead.
• If you're using macOS High Sierra or later, your Exchange server must use Exchange Server 2010 or later with the latest service pack installed.
• If you're using macOS Sierra or earlier, your Exchange server must use Exchange Server 2007 or later. With Exchange Server 2007, you must also have Service Pack 1 with Update Rollup 4 or later installed.
• For best results, make sure that your software is up to date before setting up an Exchange account in Mail.

Add an Exchange (EWS) account to Mail

Follow these steps to add an Exchange account to Mail. You can add as many Exchange (EWS) accounts as you want.

1. Open Mail.
2. From the Mail menu, choose Preferences, then click Accounts.
3. Click the Add button (+) to add an account.
4. Select Exchange from the list of account types, then click Continue.
5. Enter your name, email address, and password, then click Continue.
6. If Autodiscovery isn't enabled on your Exchange server, you're asked to enter your server address, then click Continue. If you don't know the server address, contact your Exchange administrator.
7. Features such as contacts and calendars can also be used with Exchange. Select the options you want to use, then click Continue.
8. In earlier versions of macOS, a summary sheet appears when you complete setup. If the summary is correct, click Create. If you need to make changes, click Go Back. Select 'Take account online' to start using the Exchange account.

If new messages don't appear in your Exchange mailbox

1. If certificate authentication is enabled on the mail server, make sure that your mailbox has no more than 11,000 messages. Microsoft recommends no more than 5000 messages per Exchange mailbox.
2. If that isn't the issue, quit Mail, then open it again and don't select any other mailbox while Mail gets new messages. To be sure that Mail has finished downloading and indexing new messages, you can choose Window > Activity, then watch the progress of the download.

If you can't send messages from your Exchange account when SSL enabled

The SSL port setting in Mail preferences may be incorrect for your Exchange account. Check with your Exchange administrator for the correct SSL port setting.

If you can't send or receive email or connect to the Exchange server after upgrading your Mac operating system

OS X Mountain Lion v10.8 and later use the Exchange Autodiscover service, which allows Mail to automatically get setup information from the Exchange server. If your Exchange server isn't providing the needed setup information, contact your Exchange administrator.

If necessary, you can turn off Autodiscover:

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1. Choose Mail > Preferences and go to the Accounts pane.
2. Select your Exchange account from the list of accounts.
3. Click the Server Settings tab.
4. Deselect the 'Automatically manage connection settings' checkbox.

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You can then enter the internal and external server information manually.