Prefs code show server volumes in sidebar by default?

I support a K-12 installation of around 4000 Macs, roughly 1000 of which are now running Leopard. I'm creating a new image for these systems, and cleaning up glitches, including this one:
In Tiger, mounted server volume names appeared in the sidebar below the hard drive icon in any Finder window. When you click on the volume name, the contents of that volume are immediately available as any regular disk would be. When you click the eject icon beside the volume name, only that volume is ejected.
In Leopard, the server name appears in the sidebar instead of the volume name. The server name is not particularly meaningful, since it's the volume name which our users recognize. When you click on the server name, a list of available volumes appears after a longish pause. This also creates confusion ("what are those other names?" "can I save there?" "why do these appear?"). When you click the eject icon beside the server name, all mounted volumes are ejected. Many of our education applications don't handle well this new way of accessing server volumes -- some crash, some hang when you click on the server name instead of a volume name. This is a serious reduction in ease of use for our end-users! Now they have to deal with the confusion of clicking on an unfamiliar item like the server's name, then figure out which share they want to use, and finally save their document ("why can't I save to the server like I can save to my USB key?").
I haven't yet found a way to reproduce Tiger Finder's shared-volume-in-the-sidebar behaviour as a default, beyond manually dragging each server volume to the sidebar (not an ideal solution, since volume names change, and servers change). Is there some XML key I can add to the Finder prefs to revert to the old way of displaying server volumes in the sidebar?

Hi,
I have the same problem (and there are threads archived starting 2007 dealing with the same issue) This is not a SERVER problem. Its simply that the 10.5 finders sidebar does not show mounted volumes or mountpoints anymore. Instead of that you see whole servers, which makes navigation slow.
Any way to get TIGERS behaviour back?

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Show mounted volumes in the Sidebar (not servers)?

Anyone have a Leopard tweak or hack to get the side bar to show mounted volumes (i.e.; share points), rather than servers? I need to see the share points, not the server itself (especially when Kerberos is enabled - its just plain goofy)
I like Leopard's Finder improvements for the most part, but need my sidebar to show discreet mounts like 10.4 (Tiger) did. Idont want to see the entire server thats hosting the mounted volume - thats just plain silly. I can use the "Connect to Server" app for that ( or browse the LAN)
Dragging mounts to the sidebar will work (they show up as "devices"), but they are forgotten after a reboot. Its a temporary solution at best.
Is this a bug? A limitation? A disaster? A feature?

I'm not quite sure what your complaint is. You still have the same option to manually connect via the "Go" menu as with Tiger, do you not? Does this not still result in mounted volumes appearing in the devices list? (BTW, "devices" is the appropriate generic name for them in a UNIX environment -- don't blame Apple for that, it is just following a naming convention older & more established than those of either the Mac or Windows OS's.)
If people are confused by the "Shared" section of the sidebar, which is a convenience item not essential to creating sharing connections, why not just suggest they remove it? A set of Finder preferences exists for this purpose. Deselect all three & no "Sharing" sidebar section will appear. Apple is not forcing anyone to use or see it unless they want to.
Moreover, Apple is not the originator of SMB, which has its origins in DOS, was modified by Microsoft in ways to this day not completely documented in any open standards, & must be reverse engineered for interoperability with other OS implementations. Not surprisingly, it must be configured carefully on the server side with this in mind for it to work reliably, which is no easy task since (among other things) its performance, ease-of-use, & security can't all be maximized at the same time. This is hard enough in a pure Windows Server domain environment, much more difficult in a mixed platform one.
Because of this, it may be premature to blame all the connection anomalies on Leopard and/or Finder's sidebar. A review of the protocols & settings used in your shop's SMB servers' implementation may turn up something helpful here, but that is probably best done by a network specialist familiar with the issues involved.
As a side note (& by way of an example), SMB incorporates "auto-discovery" too, just in a more limited way compared to Bonjour. Typically, to maintain network security, it is configured to auto-discover only on a client's initial contact with the server, & there are sometimes reliability issues with this mechanism on large networks due to latency, which may explain some of the problems your users are having.
So, don't be too quick to blame all this on Leopard alone -- as with all network issues, one must look at the entire network to identify causes & their remedies.

I am running Lion 10.7.2 and I have an external drive hooked to my time machine. I can't rename folders and when trying, I get an error code 8076. The checkbox "ignore permissions for this device" does not show on volume info. Help please???

I am running Lion 10.7.2 and I have an external drive hooked to my time machine. I can't rename folders and when trying, I get an error code 8076. The checkbox "ignore permissions for this device" does not show on volume info. Help please???

The TIme Machine volume does not have that checkbox.
I think the issue is with your Finder...
Go to Finder "Go" menu hold the option key and choose Library. Then go to Preferences trash these files:
com.apple.finder.plist
com.apple.sidebarlists.plist
Then, restart, or log out and in again.
(You will have to reset a few finder prefs the way you like them.)

Mounted Volume Not Showing On Desktop or Sidebar

Our company uses a Mac Mini running OS 10.10 Yosemite to share files. File Sharing is setup to share contents on the Mac Mini with other Macs and PCs. Sharing is working fine. However, in the last couple days when logging into the Mac Mini the mounted volume (Mac Mini) no longer shows on the desktop, sidebar or when accessing the client hard drive. In order to access the Mac Mini after mounting via log in an alias to the Mac Mini needs to be created and access via the alias. Folders from the Mac Mini can be added to the side bar and accessed that way, but the main folder for the Mac Mini is only accessible through the alias. Preferences in the Finder are set to show mounted volumes and servers on the desktop.
Computers accessing the Mac Mini are running OS 10.6, 10.9, 10.8.

Check the settings in the General tab of the Finder's preferences.
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Devices are not showing up in Finder sidebar

All of a sudden attached devices are not showing up in the sidebar in finder nor on the desktop, have already checked Finder prefs and are all set correctly.
Cant access files on attached hard drive and cant dismount. Upon pulling the plug I get the warning about not ejecting the device first.

Try relaunching the Finder ...
Hold down Option key and right click on Finder’s Dock icon, then select “Relaunch”.

How do I get shared computers to show up in the sidebar in Leopard?

Still trying to come to terms with Leopard's way of doing things, and can't get shared computers to show up in the sidebar. I've never shared computers before, so need very basic instructions on how to do this. I thought I had set up for other specific computers to share, but nothing happens. Do they need to be using Leopard too?
Thanks for any help.

All of the things that folks seem to be having problems with are broadcast or multicast based. If you're not seeing things, chances are really good it's because you're not seeing the broadcasts / multicast packets. Why? Donno... shouldn't be any different than Tiger and "works fine for me".
Here is how you see what multicasts are going on the wire (broadcast are just another type of multicast):
sudo tcpdump -nvvXi en1 -s 1500 multicast
When you do this, if it's the first time you've run sudo, it will give you a warning and ask for your password since this is a privileged command. The next time, it will only prompt you for a password (unless you ran it recently and your password is cached).
There are a few different types of broadcasts that you'll want to be looking for. Note: These are only examples of each type - there are multiple sub-types of these to advertise other details. I'm only giving generic descriptions of each - the packet data in yours will be different, but a similar format.
_This is a AFP Multicast (udp/5353)_
You'll see here my wife's macbook advertising its services. This data gets collected and put in the mDNSResponder cache for when you need it. It is also used to make stuff show up on your finder.
21:08:18.189071 IP (tos 0x18, ttl 255, id 26790, offset 0, flags [none], proto: UDP (17), length: 232) 192.168.15.101.5353 > 224.0.0.251.5353: [udp sum ok] 0*- [0q] 5/0/1 Melissa.device-info.tcp.local. TXT "model=MacBook2,1", Melissa.afpovertcp.tcp.local. (Cache flush) SRV Macintosh-3.local.:548 0 0, Melissa.afpovertcp.tcp.local. (Cache flush) TXT "", services._dns-sd.udp.local. PTR afpovertcp.tcp.local., afpovertcp.tcp.local. PTR Melissa.afpovertcp.tcp.local. ar: Macintosh-3.local. (Cache flush) A 192.168.15.101 (204)
_This is a NetBIOS/NBT/SMB/Windows Share Broadcast (udp/137)_
This is what your system looks for to make Windows systems show up on your finder.
21:06:34.226681 IP (tos 0x0, ttl 64, id 41952, offset 0, flags [none], proto: UDP (17), length: 78) 192.168.15.101.50581 > 192.168.15.255.137: [udp sum ok]
NBT UDP PACKET(137): QUERY; REQUEST; BROADCAST
TrnID=0x28DB
OpCode=0
NmFlags=0x11
Rcode=0
QueryCount=1
AnswerCount=0
AuthorityCount=0
AddressRecCount=0
QuestionRecords:
Name=_MSBROWSE_ NameType=0x01 (Unknown)
QuestionType=0x20
QuestionClass=0x1
_This is a UPnP (Universal Plug and Play) Broadcast (udp/1900)_
These are used for things like your Internet router, UPnP Music Servers, and other similar devices to advertise what they can do (similar to the Bonjour packets - but a different standard).
21:08:25.042607 IP (tos 0x0, ttl 4, id 25012, offset 0, flags [none], proto: UDP (17), length: 353) 192.168.15.1.1900 > 239.255.255.250.1900: [udp sum ok] UDP, length 325
0x0000: 4500 0161 61b4 0000 0411 9434 c0a8 0f01 E..aa......4....
0x0010: efff fffa 076c 076c 014d d47e 4e4f 5449 .....l.l.M.~NOTI
0x0020: 4659 202a 2048 5454 502f 312e 310d 0a48 FY.*.HTTP/1.1..H
0x0030: 6f73 743a 3233 392e 3235 352e 3235 352e ost:239.255.255.
0x0040: 3235 303a 3139 3030 0d0a 4361 6368 652d 250:1900..Cache-
0x0050: 436f 6e74 726f 6c3a 6d61 782d 6167 653d Control:max-age=
0x0060: 3630 0d0a 4c6f 6361 7469 6f6e 3a68 7474 60..Location:htt
0x0070: 703a 2f2f 3139 322e 3136 382e 3135 2e31 p://192.168.15.1
0x0080: 3a38 302f 7570 6e70 2f73 6572 7669 6365 :80/upnp/service
0x0090: 2f64 6573 5f70 7070 2e78 6d6c 0d0a 4e54 /des_ppp.xml..NT
0x00a0: 3a75 726e 3a73 6368 656d 6173 2d75 706e :urn:schemas-upn
0x00b0: 702d 6f72 673a 7365 7276 6963 653a 5741 p-org:service:WA
0x00c0: 4e50 5050 436f 6e6e 6563 7469 6f6e 3a31 NPPPConnection:1
0x00d0: 0d0a 4e54 533a 7373 6470 3a61 6c69 7665 ..NTS:ssdp:alive
0x00e0: 0d0a 5365 7276 6572 3a4e 542f 352e 3020 ..Server:NT/5.0.
0x00f0: 5550 6e50 2f31 2e30 0d0a 5553 4e3a 7575 UPnP/1.0..USN:uu
0x0100: 6964 3a75 706e 702d 5741 4e43 6f6e 6e65 id:upnp-WANConne
0x0110: 6374 696f 6e44 6576 6963 652d 315f 302d ctionDevice-1_0-
0x0120: 3030 3137 3366 3638 6364 3861 3a3a 7572 00173f68cd8a::ur
0x0130: 6e3a 7363 6865 6d61 732d 7570 6e70 2d6f n:schemas-upnp-o
0x0140: 7267 3a73 6572 7669 6365 3a57 414e 5050 rg:service:WANPP
0x0150: 5043 6f6e 6e65 6374 696f 6e3a 310d 0a0d PConnection:1...
0x0160: 0a .
If you're not seeing these packets, you're not going to see anything in your finder.
Why would you not see them?
1) Your firewall is blocking them from going out from the system that is sharing data
2) Your firewall is blocking them from coming in from the system that is looking for the data
3) The necessary services are not started on either system
4) Your network does not properly forward multicast and broadcasts between hosts
I've posted a number of threads on how to figure out each of the above situations. An easy thing to check is to do a 'netstat -anp udp' and see if there is a *.XXX where XXX is the port number listed in each of the descriptions. If there is, your system is listening for the packets and I'd check the firewall. If there is not, your system isn't setup right to listen for them (double check your file sharing settings and options).

Mounting Server Volumes Via Startup Items

I'm going crazy here trying to figure out what's going on with my wireless AirPort network!!!
While trying to set up the first G4 iBook (10.4.2) from an Apple wireless cart I've discovered that I can't get a server volume to automatically mount at startup. I'm connecting to an AirPort Extreme base station. The iBook has no problem detecting and connecting to the base station and allowing an Internet connection and you can manually connect to a file server. But if I add a server volume to the Startup Items I can't get it to mount the volume at startup.
Here's some stuff I've done to try to isolate the problem but nothing seems to point to a solution:
- If I connect via Ethernet, it works everytime - so the issue is definately AirPort related.
- Since I have 3 other independent AirPort networks (Extreme & Dual Ethernet) I tried connecting to them - no help.
- After startup is finished I can connect manually (Go/Connect to Server).
- Here's a real stumper... If I log out (not a reboot) & log back in - the volumes mount!!!
- Up until now I had my personal eMac (10.3.9) connecting and mounting the same volumes via one of my previously mentioned AirPort networks with no problems. In trying to solve this problem I cleared out my Startup Items, Keychains, etc. - now I can't get it to work either.
- I tried setting a new user in case it was some fouled up user setting - no help.
- I've cleared out and set up Keychains & Startup Items numerous times - no help.
- I disabled security - no help.
So in my opinion I've ruled out the following by process of elimination:
- System hardware - problem exists with eMac & iBook
- OS - problem exists with 10.3.9 & 10.4.2
- Base station - problem exists across differing base stations (Extreme & Dual Ethernet) & differing networks
- Users - problem exists with new user
- Security - problem exists with security disabled
Here's the one thing that seems evident....
The connection to any Airport network takes a momentary delay during startup - enough to cause to Startup Items (server volumes) not to mount. Since I can connect to the server manually shows that the AirPort connection is good. Logging out & then back in uses an AirPort connection that is already established and then will mount the Startup Items (server volumes).
I've seen some Internet posts that suggest using scripts to somehow delay certain Startup Items from executing until an AirPort connection is established - I would rather avoid that mess. There's got to be a better solution! This seems to me like a very basic function that shouldn't take scripts or other such voodoo!
I'm all out of ideas.....
Dave

Hi Dave,
I recently had the same problem. I think a recent update messed up the way I was using applescript to mount drives. I would get messages while the script ran that would indicate things timing out while looking for drives. After reading through a lot of forums I found that this script worked for me:
tell application "Finder"
mount volume "afp://user:[email protected]/VolumeName"
end tell
This is for mounting a Mac server volume. I think you use smb:// for a win server.
Let me know if this works for you.
Herb

Missing server volume

We have a G5 set up as our server, runninf Snow Leopard Server which has shared volumes on, which we can all access. I didn't set this up to start with, so bear with me...!
I think the hard drive is partitioned, as there are three volumes shown on the desktop (or should be). One is called "server" which is the regular hard drive - contains apps, library, etc. This isn't shared. One is called "xxx server" which contains all our working files - this is shared. The other is called "FTP server" and this contains folders that we can share with others outside the company, to exchange larger files.
Normally, all of these volumes show on the server desktop. When I go into server admin, I can usually also see all of the volumes listed under the "volume" tab and then I can see the individual share points within those volumes under the 'share points' tab.
Yesterday, I had a problem with a DVD which caused the whole server to crash. I restarted and everything looked normal APART from the "xxx server" was missing from the desktop. When I look in server admin, it's not listed under the volumes tab. The share points are listed, but they're saying that the volume can't be found. When we try to access from another mac on the network (via apple-k, as usual) it finds the share points on 'FTP server' but not the ones on 'xxx server' - they're just not listed.
Does anyone know what might have happened to my volume? We really need to get it back, as it's got all our working files on it!! I do have a BounceBack backup that is from the evening before, so worst case scenario I could restore that (could I? Even if the volume is missing? Where do I restore it to??) But because BounceBack is incremental there would be a lot of tidying up to do to get the files back to the state they were in before this happened!
Any help would be much appreciated!!

Here is what I tried. Installed Batchmod and Xupport on each of internal system disk, backup internal system disk and external system disk. Batchmod could not find the folders automount or Network.
Booting from external disk, I made hidden files visible using Xupport, then deleted automount > Servers, automount > Static on internal disk and backup disk. The folder Network had no files or folder named "Server". Booting from internal disk, the desktop tried to mount server volumes. Examining the internal disk automount folder showed aliases for "Servers" and "static". Get Info said they pointed to originals "Servers" and "static" in folder /automount but these items do not appear in the Finder.
Sometimes icons, not aliases, for "Network", "Servers", and "static" appear on all three desktops on login. Trying to eject these icons by dragging to Trash or highlighting and clicking File > Eject has no effect. Examining Users > Username > Desktop does not show these items. Sometimes ".DS_Store" appears on desktop and in folder Users > Username > Desktop.
Next I deleted user accounts so that all system disks are single user. Booted up on External disk and deleted automount > Servers, automount > Static on internal disk and internal backup disk or their aliases, whichever appeared in Finder. Booting up on internal disk results in... desktop trying to mount server volumes.
Will try an archive and install on internal disk.

I cannot rename files located on a server volume in Mac OS 10.7.4

Hello,
I have a user who is unable to rename any file types in bridge while using Mac OS 10.7.4. The same is true for metadata. When clicking on the name, the field should allow name changing but it does nothing when clicked on. Same goes for the metadata fields.
It isn't a permission issue as the user is able to rename the files using the Finder application.
I reproduced the error in CS4 Bridge, also on Mac OS 10.7.4.
However, this is not an issue when using Mac OS 10.6.8. There seems to be a fundamental issue with the way Bridge and Mac OS 10.7.4 are interacting.
What would cause this? Since metadata is very important, we are essentially handcuffed by upgrading to Lion. This may be a question for Apple, but I would like to get some input from the experts at Adobe as to why this would be occurring.
Any and all advice is welcome
P.S. this problem was reproduced on various machines- so it's not hardware specific nor is it a network permissions issue.
Thanks in advance!

Thanks for your input. It certainly is odd and made more difficult by a lack of error prompts! What rings out to me is that all signs point to Lion and Bridge, since I can get multiple Bridge versions to work just fine using an earlier OS.
I'm trying to figure out how to get some logs generated, but since no error comes up its proving diffucult to pinpoint where the application is failing to communicate with the server volume.

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iPhones are not user servicable.
Take the device to a competent repair person or buy a new one.

My husband and I had been sharing an iTunes account, which resulted in his apps and music being synced to my iPhone and mine to his. . . very annoying. So I created a new iTunes account, but now no devices show up in the sidebar so I can't sync my phone.

My husband and I had been sharing an iTunes account, which meant that when he synced his iPhone, all his apps and music appeared on mine as well, and vice versa. This was annoying, so I created my own account and have changed the Apple id on my phone. However, when I try to sync it on iTunes, no devices at all show up in the sidebar. What am I doing wrong?

Whenever a menu choice is grayed out, that is because you have Restrictions turned on in Settings. Be sure to turn it off.
You are confusing an itunes store account with an icloud account. You two can continue using the same ID for itunes (thus sharing purchased music, apps, etc.), but you really should have separate accounts (different IDs) for icloud, since an account is intended for one user to keep his/her devices in sync.
To create a new icloud account, go to
http://www.apple.com/icloud/setup/
Then go to Settings>icloud and scroll to the bottom of the screen and tap Delete Account. (have restrictions turned off) That will disconnect the device from the account but will not delete data in icloud or other devices. Then sign in using the new ID.

How do i get my external hard drive to show up in finder sidebar?

I recently had to restore my computer and my hard drive won't show up in the sidebar anymore. I've been through the finder preferences and have the option checked for it to show up but still no luck. Any suggestions?

Interesting. Comes with? you didn't have either before? Paragon is commercial and is now v. 10.0, they were the only one keeping updated and was supporting 10.7.4. I would not enable more than one.
For writing to HFS Paragon has theirs but probably give the nod to MacDrive there.
I never do an upgrade to a new OS over the old system, I backup (clone) and format the drive with the new OS and do the install so whatever is there I know is clean and also to keep from carrying around leftovers from years and systems past.
I would assme Paragon is limited. Try their site and knowledge base?
MacDrive
http://www.mediafour.com/updates/macdrive
Paragon HFS
http://www.paragon-software.com/home/hfs-windows/
Paragon NTFS
http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/26288/ntfs-for-mac-os-x
http://www.paragon-software.com/home/ntfs-mac/

Firefox and Internet explorer both show server not found

Internet explorer and fire fox both show server not found on all websites even though I have good full bar internet connection and also it's not the Internet because I can access my emails thanks
'''moderator fixed the title of this thread''

Hi,
Could you explain the issue with Firefox Desktop or Mobile?
In the Question you mentioned "Internet Explorer" and in the Thread product you mention "Firefox Android"
If its Firefox Android, try the below steps
Many site issues can be caused by corrupt cookies or cache. In order to try to fix these problems, the first step is to clear both cookies and the cache.
The Firefox cache temporarily stores images, scripts, and other parts of websites while you are browsing. <br>
Note: ''This will temporarily log you out of all sites you're logged in to.''
To clear cache and cookies, do the following:
#Tap the menu icon located at the top right corner. This is the icon with 3 bars. On older Android devices you'll have to press the hardware menu key and then tap More.
#Tap '''Settings'''.
#After that, you will be taken to the settings screen. In the settings screen, look under the section '''''Privacy & Security''''' and select '''Clear private data'''.
#You will then be taken to a list of what can be cleared. Select the following 2 for deletion:
#*Cookies & active logins
#*Cache
#After those have been selected, tap the '''Clear data''' button to actually clear the cache and cookies.
Did this help you with your problems? Please let us know!

" the volume for (file name) cannot be found. Insert the disk or connect to the server volume and wait for it to appear on the desktop, then try again."

I get an error message in iPhoto when I click on thumbnails of pictures in certain albums. It reads 'the volume for "(file name)" cannot be found. Insert the disk or connect to the server volume and wait for it to appear on the desktop, then try again.' What does this mean and how do I fix it?

It means that you imported the files in Referenced mode and have now remvoed them from the Mac. Put the disk or card back.
For more on iPhoto and file management see this User Tip:
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-6361

Inexistent PC servers showing up in "shared" sidebar

since updating to SL, I have two new PC servers showing up in the sidebar's "shared" column. Both have cryptic names as "npi9f1b89".
I do not have any Windows PCs in my office, it's a Mac only environment. However, I have only moved two iMacs to SL, the other three are still 10.5.8. (one Intel, two G5).
There are three printers in my network (HP 2650 and Brother 5270 on Bonjour, the HP 2200 runs on Apple Talk) and I suspect that somehow Bonjour is messing things up. Any ideas?

Amal,
Are any of your Macs running Windows in a virtual machine? This is one way a PC would show up in "Shared." Also, any Mac with SMB sharing enabled would do the same. Of course, SMB services running on any network devices (Airport Express, Time Capsule, etc.) will also show up as a PC.
In short, it doesn't sound like you have anything to worry about.
Scott

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