I have a Synology network attached storage DS216 mounted in Finder. Is there a way to send a link to a file or folder location on my server to someone who has access to the same file/folder on my network? It seems like there isn't an easy way to do this.
it's a shame there is no way to paste the volume path as a URL into Apple Mail, iMessage, etc. Having to prepend it with file:// kind of makes it inefficient for me.
If you are using the same OS, then you can send your path to them. However, the way you connect may not be the same way they connect to the share. Depending on the situation, you may only be able to provide a fully qualified path to the document.
If you use cmd-opt-C, you can copy the pathname. Same works for ctrl-click on the item. Holding down Option will change copy "item" to Copy "item" as pathname. To make it a link, you would need to prepend file://
If you are sending to someone using Windows, the best thing to do would be to strip off the /Volumes/ part and send the fully qualified path from the top level of the file server. To lankily, you could replace /Volumes/ with \\ and replace all of the / with \.
There are probably apps that can reformat the path for windows (replace normal slashes with backslashes).
I will try both of these and report back.
I just clicked on a Perl file residing on my DiskStation, and pressed option+command+i. From that panel I copied the full server address to that file onto the clipboard. This was the AppleShare over TCP/IP address. In Apple Mail, I created a new message, entered the arbitrary words, "Perl file on DiskStation", selected Link : Add Link, and pasted the server address. I mailed this to myself.
On another Mac on my network, I opened the email and clicked the Perl file on Diskstation link. There was a progress bar while the DiskStation mounted, and then an administrative password challenge panel to access the DiskStation. Once that was satisfied, a Finder window appeared with the original DiskStation Perl file selected.
The first time that you do this will likely impose a password challenge before the recipient. If you do not want them to know the adminstrative password on the DiskStation, then this issue may not be what you want. That password challenge also preselects remember in Keychain too. So the next time a link is sent, the Mail recipient should not encounter the security challenge, and just the selected DiskStation file in the Finder will open once the mount has occurred.
The mount point would also remain on the mail recipient's Desktop too.
Send a link to a folder/file location on network attached storage
