Wow Automator is incredible! I ended up using the Finder presets of "Get Specified Servers" --> "Connect to Servers". That works perfectly
Thanks for the heads up on Automator! On 27/5/05 3:00 PM, "Rob Davies" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 27/05/2005, at 1:16 PM, Stephen Jansen wrote: > >> >> Hi all >> >> I'm having difficulty getting easy access to my network shares >> since moving >> to Tiger. I used to be able to create an alias to a network share >> on my >> desktop, eject the network drive, and when the alias was executed >> the share >> would automatically be connected and a finder window opened. >> >> Now it still lets me create an alias, but clicking on it after >> ejecting the >> network drive only gives me an error message that the original item >> cannot >> be found. >> >> Has anyone found an easy way to get around this? I can still >> Control + K and >> add shares, but there must be a quicker way. Unfortunately I can't >> find any >> computers in the Network browser either. >> >> Cheers >> >> Steve > > Automator does it very well; download Set Location Automator Action > from:- > > http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/automator/ > > In Automator dialog window select System then file place in window > set options to show action when run,save to desktop with name of > choice, right click icon select info from icon tell it to open with > launcher, and their you have it. > > Double click icon, and it should open with a dialogue box asking you > to select network and connect. > > > Cheers! > > Rob Davies > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > "You can always tell if you're working on a Mac or a PC," he said. > "Just take your applications and stick them in and see if they run > (Gates 05)." If it does Welcome to Mac OS X! (RJDarts 05). > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro
