Working with shared files on a common server

Working at a studio with both PCs and MACs, we seem to lose our media links every time we open up our projects on a new computer even though we are using a shared media server. Example: If I save a project on the server after using a Windows 7 based PC when i try to open it on a MAC all the media is viewed offline and we have to re-link every single video, audio, still file even thought all the media file are located on a shared server. Is there a way to alleviate this?

John, Thank you for your reply.
Some projects are set to cache locally while others are caching on the server, depending on the project and individual preference.

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Dear all,
sorry for the delayed reply. The problem has been solved now and since September 19<sup>th</sup>. everything is functioning as expected.
What was done:
Deleted replication targets excepting the initial ones
Carefully recreated folder targets
Deleted and recreated replication groups
Disabled SNP features on both namespace servers
Created EnableTCPA registry entry
Checked that the following Updates are installed
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2688074
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2647452
Concering Office File validation KB2553065 - This Update was already declined on our WSUS server
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