Dlamija

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Q: There was a problem connecting to the server

I'm getting this annoying message every minutes.

Previously there is another MacBook that used to be listed under my "Shared". Now that particullar MacBook is not around anymore. Not a problem!

But when I am finish upgrading my MacBook into OSX Lion ...it start to show this message.

It will show it again and again every minutes if I click "OK" button.

MacBook, Mac OS X (10.7)

Posted on Jul 22, 2011 1:11 AM

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by Dlamija,Helpful

Dlamija Jul 22, 2011 1:20 AM in response to Dlamija
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Jul 22, 2011 1:20 AM in response to Dlamija

It look like the recent connected Server were being force to be connected without my intention. Just need to know where can i remove those history
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by Machwa,

Machwa Aug 2, 2011 2:29 PM in response to Dlamija
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Aug 2, 2011 2:29 PM in response to Dlamija

Dlamija,

Were you able to find a solution? I have the same problem.
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by JoelSpink,

JoelSpink Aug 10, 2011 10:09 AM in response to Dlamija
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Aug 10, 2011 10:09 AM in response to Dlamija

I am also having the same exact issue with my new Imac. Please can someone help me???
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by Joshua Nicholls,

Joshua Nicholls Aug 12, 2011 3:43 PM in response to Dlamija
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Aug 12, 2011 3:43 PM in response to Dlamija

I too am having the same problem. If only I could find out where to clear out the recent servers and have it actually work. In the finder I went to Go > Connect to Server ... then clicked on the icon to clear out recent servers but no luck on eliminating the notification. Any insight would be great!
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by mdvia,

mdvia Dec 28, 2011 6:16 AM in response to Dlamija
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Dec 28, 2011 6:16 AM in response to Dlamija

Apple removed SAMBA (SMB) and AFP support for Lion [http://forums.macresource.com/read.php?1,1186081,1191038].

After upgrading to Lion, I encountered the same issue. In Finder, hit CMD+K to bring up the Connect to Server options. Your computer is likely trying to establish connections with SMB or AFP servers in the history list.

I no longer need to connect to the servers that I had in my history, so I removed them, and the pop-up errors have stopped. If that doesnt work for you, or if you need to connect to the servers, here is a workaround that I found on the issue: http://frankleng.me/2011/07/21/connect-to-a-freenas-samba-or-afp-share-on-lion-w orkaround/
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by bstriddy,

bstriddy Apr 27, 2012 10:56 AM in response to mdvia
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Apr 27, 2012 10:56 AM in response to mdvia

+1 This is a solution to at least one manifestation of the "There was a problem connecting to the server" issue.
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