After piecing together how to do this, I got the Caregroup/BIDMC emails working on my iOS devices.  FYI: It will require you to have at least a 4-digit password. It also may require you to change your 4-digit password.

Step 1: Go to Settings and click “Mail, Contacts, Calendars”

Step 2: Click “Add Account…”

Step 3: Select “Microsoft Exchange”

Step 4: Enter info as shown. Hit Done.  NOTE:  Your username is the first part of your email (before the @ sign).

Step 5:  The first attempt at verification will fail, and a new section will appear called “Server”.  Put in mail.caregroup.org

Step 6:  Hit submit.  You should be all set.

After piecing together how to do this, I got the partners.org emails working on my iOS devices. FYI: It will require you to have at least a 4-digit password. It also may require you to change your 4-digit password.

Step 1: Go to Settings and click “Mail, Contacts, Calendars”

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Step 2: Click “Add Account…”

Step 3: Select “Microsoft Exchange”

Step 4: Enter info as shown. Hit Done. NOTE: Your username is in the format of abc1 or abc12.

Step 5: The first attempt at verification will fail, and a new section will appear called “Server”. Put in outlook.partners.org NOTE: if this isn’t working, try phsexchweb.partners.org/

I have heard from many people with older partners email accounts that they need to use the second server.

Step 6: Hit submit. You should be all set.

This quick post is in response to a comment on my iPad syncing post by Jay Reidler.  I put this one together for those who are interested in connecting their Apple latops/desktops directly to the HMS file server.

Step 1:  In the Finder, click Connect to Server…

Step 2:  Type in the HMS File Server address

Type in smb://home.files.med.harvard.edu/home. Click Connect.

Step 3: Type in your eCommons credentials

Two windows will open.  First, the Finder Connecting to Server window will show, followed by the authentication window.

Step 4:  Browse Files

Finder will open a new window with the files on the HMS File Share.

 Meow.

I love Dropbox (sign up here if you haven’t already!).  It’s amazing for syncing stuff across multiple computers, and even better for getting lectures, notes, pdfs, pics, and just about anything else on iPads.

However, there’s one thing I don’t love: the space limits.  For most people, 2 gigs is a healthy piece of storage.  For a busy HMS student, it’s paltry.  I’m just beginning second year, and I’ve already gobbled up a lot.  From etexts to course guides to lecture slides, I’m already pushing the limits of what free can get you.

Enter the HMS share drive. It’s storage space that we get for free from HMS-IT.  In fact, you already use it every day when you log into one of the computers in the TMEC.  Notice the My Documents folder?  All that is your personal directory on the share drive.  Now you can access that drive with your iPad, syncing lecture notes and annotations between your tablet and the HMS computers.

Excited?  Let’s dive right in.

Thanks to Ben Grannan for suggesting this as a blog topic!

Step 1: Open GoodReader 

Step 2:  Add a new SFTP connection

Tap Connect to Servers in the right side of the GoodReader pane.  Then tap Add.

In the menu that pops up, scroll down and select SFTP Server.

 Step 3:  Enter your HMS Login Info

In the box that pops up, type in the following information.  Use your MyCourses ID for the username and password fields.

Step 4:  Access Shared Files!

Tap the newly created HMS share drive that will appear under Connect to Server. It will open up a window with two directories showing.  Tap HOME.

And, MEOW, all your files that are stored on the HMS shared drive are available for you to download.

Google and Apple may fight in public, but I suspect in the background that they are as great a partners as Brigham and MGH.  In any case, I’ve been getting a lot of questions on how to sync Google calendars onto iPads.  So rather than put out the fires as they come in, I figured I would be proactive.

Note:  If you have already set up your Gmail account as an Exchange Account, skip to step 2.

Step 1:  Set up your Google Account as an Exchange Account on your iOS device.

Go to Settings -> Mail, Contacts, and Calendar.  Tap “Add Account…”

In the dialog that pops up, select “Exchange”.

Type in your Google Account information, using “m.google.com” as the domain.

Step 2:  Select Sync Options

At bare minimum, you need to select Calendar Sync.

Step 3:  Head over to m.google.com/sync on your iPad

Click iPad. Then select the calendars you would like to sync.  You can sync up to 25 calendars onto your iPad.

Step 4:  Open Calendar on the iPad.  

Give the internet a few minutes to make the magic happen, and MEOW, you will have calendars!