In my Finder sidebar, I have a set of volumes and machines listed in "Locations". That's handy. But not all the machines in my network are shown there. Why not? How do I take a machine from my network and add to
Locations?
iMac, OS X 10.11
No, I can't drag any of them anywhere.
My check boxes in Finder prefs to show Bonjour computers and Connected servers has always been checked.
So if network machines need to be advertising file sharing services via Bonjour, exactly how do I set them up to do that? In the Network pane, my servers NEVER drop in and out.
Well, I have file sharing turned on on one machine, and it's there under Network, but it is not listed in Locations. I can connect to it, and share just fine. Now, it is an old one, running El Capitan.
I've never noticed things in Locations dropping in and out.
But again, what does "Locations" in the Finder sidebar in Monterey MEAN? FWIW, I only see "Locations" in the Finder sidebar in Monterey. Don't see it in High Sierra or El Capitan.
True, so what you are looking is for something that tells you when a volume is mounted before you click it? Or only shows volumes when they are mounted?
That's interesting, but it would be nice to know exactly what Apple had in mind when they designed Locations.
Ah. so are you trying to link to networks outside of your subnet?
Do you have Monterey at all? Or just High Sierra?
My main computer is an M1 iMac with Monterey. I have High Sierra on an old MBP.
Again ... my Locations list is showing UNCONNECTED SERVERS.
If it is running El Capitan, it is probably sharing over AFP. That may be the difference.
Again, I have machines that I am NOT obviously connected to listed in the locations list. I gather that means that they are not mounted as a share? That being the case, what are they doing in the Locations list? That is, these are machines that, when I select them in Locations, it says "Connecting ..." suggesting that they had not been connected. For that matter, when I command Finder prefs to Show connected servers on the desktop, they are not shown. So I have unconnected machines sitting in Locations in the Finder sidebar.
I haven't heard anyone even come close to making sense out of this.
putting computers in Locations?
