Add a server folder to "Go" menu?

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Add a server folder to "Go" menu?

There is one folder on a server that I go to all the time. I would like to add that folder to my "go" menu. Can that be done?

Mac mini, macOS 10.15

Posted on Feb 19, 2021 12:04 PM

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Answer 1

VikingOSX

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Feb 19, 2021 1:23 PM in response to R_55a

Click on the Desktop to get Finder's attention. Press ⌘+k, and enter your server address (e.g. smb://username:pswd@ip address/share) where the share is your mount point. Click the + symbol to add your server. The next time. you perform the Connect To Server keyboard shortcut, you can select your server name and click Connect.

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Answer 2

VikingOSX

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Feb 19, 2021 2:47 PM in response to R_55a

You cannot modify the Finder's Go menu as that is compiled into the application. What you can do, is in System Preferences > General set the Recent Items stack to a larger value in hopes that it will also increase your Recent Folders list accordingly.

You can assign an unused keyboard shortcut to a specific folder entry in the Recent Folders sub-menu. That would be done in System Preferences > Keyboard > Shortcuts > App Shortcuts.

+ to add Finder
Menu Title: General
Keyboard Shortcut: enter control+G here or some other unused shortcut
Add

The keyboard shortcut will now appear on your Recent Folders > General menu item.

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Answer 3

R_55a Author

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Feb 19, 2021 2:14 PM in response to VikingOSX

I use that keyboard short cut to connect to the server every morning. But my question is different. My question is about creating a short cut to one particular folder on that server.

The server has scores of folders on it. I am interested in only one. Let's call it "General." Within "General" are scores more folders. When I am working on any of these sub-folders, both their names and "General" appear in the Go>Recent Folders. But as I move around among the folders on the server and the folders on my Mac, all of the folders move off Go>Recent Folders. If I do enough work on what is on my Mac, even "General" disappears from Go>Recent Folders.

The Go menu has many standard items in its menu. These are Recents, Documents, Desktop, Downloads, Home, etc. What I would like to do is to add to that Go menu one more folder. That one more folder is "General." Can that be done?

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