Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Ten different ways to connect to servers

Very handy post to OS X Hints, also be sure to check the comments for a couple of others.

Ten different ways to connect to servers: "Watching someone else working on his Mac (especially in a bigger network environment with many servers) showed me that not everyone seems to know that there are different types of servers, and different ways to mount them in Finder. And not everyone really uses the best way -- although there is never the best way and everyone has to find his/her way for the best workflow handling. But did you know all the following ways of mounting a server?



Read the rest of the hint for 10 different ways to mount a server share....


  1. The browser way


    Maybe you can find the server of your choice directly on the Finder sidebar, or you have to click on All on the Finder sidebar and then scroll through the server list. Double-click on a server and you will see the shared folders provided for guests, or someone with your username and password. Click on 'Connect as...' to authenticate with a special username and password.



    This way may be the best way to access...



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