Mountain Lion to Windows file share

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Mountain Lion to Windows file share

I have an iMac with OSX Mountain Lion recently installed from 10.6.8. Previously, I could SMB to a home netwotked Windows laptop and its external HDD. Since the upgrade I have been unable to contect to the HDD - but can connect to the Windows server. SMB is chacked on file sharing on the iMac, and the Windows server and external HDD - Wddisk - have sharing set up. The error is an odd one - The operation can’t be completed because the original item for “Wddisk” can’t be found. Any thoughts help gratefully received

Posted on Aug 11, 2012 2:55 AM

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Answer 1

BDAqua

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Aug 11, 2012 12:10 PM in response to adczkrn

Sounds like you're using an old stale alias to the Wddisk"

Find the IP of the PC, then...

In finder, select Go menu>Connect to Servers..., type in afp://ip.of.another.computer, like...

smb://10.0.1.5

smb://192.168.1.3

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g5025

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Aug 28, 2012 9:11 PM in response to adczkrn

I'm having the similar problem. I could connect before the upgrade to Mountain Lion but now I can't. It finds the server so when I click 'connect as', it shows the folder name as "/" and then get the same message "The operation can’t be completed because the original item for "/” can’t be found".

I also tried to type IP address but still having same problem.

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