Hi:
If you're using SAS on a Mac, that implies that you are either running Parallels and have SAS installed in the Windows partition or you are using SAS OnDemand for Academics, on our cloud server or you are using SAS University Edition in a Virtual Machine. How you define your LIBNAME statement will depend on which one of these methods you are using.
One way to determine the exact location to use for your LIBNAME statement is to to under the Files and Folders or Server Files and Folders pane on the left side of SAS Studio. Find the folder where your data exists, right-click on the folder and choose properties and in the location area of the Properties window, you will see EXACTLY the correct location to use. For example, if you have a folder called "mydata" under your top level folder in SAS Studio, then the chances are good that your location for the mydata folder would be one of these:
SAS on a Mac in a Windows partition:
libname mydata 'C:\mydata';
SAS OnDemand for Academics:
libname mydata '/home/<yourUserID>/mydata';
SAS University Edition in a Virtual Machine:
libname mydata '/folders/myfolders/mydata'
In order to provide more help, we'd need to know exactly which of these 3 method you're using and exactly what the full text of your error message was. My guess, however, is that you might be using SAS University Edition in a Virtual Machine on your Mac, using Virtual Box and it's possible that you did not set up your shared folder location correctly -- that seems to happen to Mac users a lot -- they try to use a Mac location for their LIBNAME statement or they don't have shared folders defined correctly. But without more information, that's only a guess.
Hope this helps,
Cynthia
