Connecting a NAS in Mac OS X

Matt,

Thanks so much for that. I have searched everywhere in the QNAP manuals, QNAP online forums, and so on, but really got nowhere. Anyway, I think I am very happy now!

Many thanks again,

Keith Wilson

Your solution worked, Matt, as I have previously indicated. The folders that I want access to now appear under the heading Devices in the Finder.

However, whenever I reboot my machine, the listed 'devices' (i.e., the volumes I have now successfully mounted) now open in windows, displaying the contents of the volumes. This, I do not want; what I'd like is to have the devices listed in the Finder (as I do now) but only to have them available to open when I choose to do so, and not by default. Can anyone direct me to the necessary setting for this?

Sorry if these are real 'newbie' questions, but I'm not sure where else I can get answers to this type of information other than on this forum.

Many thanks.

Keith Wilson

Thanks once again, Matt!

Regards,

Keith

Actually, spoke too soon. I went to System Prefs>Users & Groups>Login Items, and selected the two volumes that I have mounted under Devices in Finder, to Hide these. However, the issue persists, in that these volumes still insist on opening to reveal the folders upon rebooting the computer. So, either ticked or unticked, the mapped devices automatically open to reveal their contents, which I don't want.

Not sure what I'm doing wrong.

I know I should not Bump this post which I started, but I'm sure there's a simple solution; I just can't find it.

I now have my QNAP 219P NAS connected to the Mac. However, although I mounted two volumes from the NAS, only one of these appears in the sidebar window. Also, depsite only one of them appearing in the sidebar window, both volumes persist in opening in windows automatically, despite my having set up Users & Groups>Login Items to hide the two volumes. I'm thinking maybe that this may not be the correct place from actually having them opn at login, as all it's telling the Finder to do is Hide them rather than telling the computer not to open them at login/bootup. Anyway, I've been pointed in the right direction by Matt, but I'm still not where I was under Windows 7, with the volumes mapped, and available to access when I chose.

Any help over this final hurdle appreciated.

No luck with this either, but thanks for all your help, Matt.

I moved to the Mac from Windows 8, because the touch screen interface on a desktop machine seems misguided, and I am enjoying many aspects of the Mac interface, especially the way in which the trackpad interfaces with the OS; much better than a touch screen, in my opinion. However, I can't really believe that "the world's most advanced operating system" cannot map to a network drive more readily.

In Windows, I map to the network drive that I want to have available on a permanent basis through an exceptionally straightforward process, and it stays rock solid, only requiring to be remapped if I have to reboot the NAS or if I update the firmware of the NAS. The folders I want are one click away, and they open instantaneously. On the Mac, there is no easy equivalent; I have to manually reconnect to the NAS each time, through the finder, and then open the 'drives' I want to access after I have waited for the connection to be made. It is such a cack-handed approach, and it seems to cause a lot of people a lot of problems, judging by the huge number of posts devoted to the issue on many sites. Not only that, but I find that manually connecting to the NAS takes quite a lot of searching by the Mac for the NAS. There is no issue with the wireless signal, as I can access the web with no issues; it's just connecting to the QNAP NAS that's the issue.

Questions:

Why is mapping to a network drive such a problem on the Mac?

Is it the QNAP NAS which is the issue, rather that an inherent deficiency in Mac OS X? Can any other NAS setup provide a more intuitive and straightforward setup? Synology has been mentioned as more Mac-friendly.

Thanks for any help, as this is a frustration that I'm not sure I can continue to suffer.

Hi,

Sorry to say, I was so frustrated by the whole issue that I sold the Mac, bought a Shuttle XPC, and have had no issues. Disappointed, and out of pocket, but the network works without a hitch.

Not the answer you were hoping for, I'm afraid.

Regards,

Keith

Hi,

Sorry to say, I was so frustrated by the whole issue that I sold the Mac, bought a Shuttle XPC, and have had no issues. Disappointed, and out of pocket, but the network works without a hitch.

Not the answer you were hoping for, I'm afraid.

Regards,

Keith