Hello Alex, You know? It’s funny, dealing with network drives has always been my least favorite thing to do in Mac OS. Perhaps, like you, I came from a Windows world where it certainly appears to be a much simpler task when it comes to path description.
Be that as it May, Ryan is right on point in his technique. My personal solution is to simply map the drive to the Desktop, thereby eliminating the need to type. In Mac OS terms, this is referred to as creating an Alias. Consequently, when you locate the drive and/or drive folder in Finder, use the Mac OS shortcut menu to create an Alias which will be placed on the DeskTop. Of course, you can give the Alias any name you wish. Then, from that point on, it’s simply a matter of selecting the Alias in order to open the drive and/or drive folder. Mark From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Alex Hall Sent: Saturday, August 20, 2016 2:45 PM To: [email protected] Subject: how to type network path on macOS Hi all, I just got my hard drive connecte to my router, and yes, the drive is formatted to work with Macs. I can see the drive contents, but to do that, I have to open the network item in Finder, then the router, then the drive. If I wan to type the path to some folder on this drive, how would I do it? I'm used to Windows, where I might do \\someComputerName\folder\subfolder. On the Mac, though, I imagine things are quite differen. On a related note, is there anything else about using network drives on the Mac that I houl kno? I've never done it before, so want to make sure there are no problems or things to watch for. Thanks for any suggestions. Sent from my iPhone -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
