Marlaina, You won't actually see anything called Connected servers, you'll see any volumes that you've mounted from those servers as icons on the Desktop. That is, if you mounted a volume called NetGear, it should now show up on your Desktop as an icon that you can open like any other folder.
HTH. Later... On 2010-12-05, at 9:39 PM, Marlaina Lieberg wrote: > Tim. > > I did all that and then arrowed around on my desktop but still don't see > connected servers. Hmm, I'll go back and check my work to ensure I did it > correctly. > > Marlaina > On Dec 5, 2010, at 7:16 PM, Tim Kilburn wrote: > > Hi Marlaina, > > I was just thinking that maybe your Finder is set not to show connected > servers on your Desktop. This is the default behaviour when Apple sets > things up but I prefer to see them on my Desktop so I don't have to use the > sidebar all the time. To set this up: > > 1. go to your Desktop. > 2. Press cmd-comma to bring up Finder Preferences. > 3. It should be in the General pane if you've never changed that before. > 4. Navigate through the choices and set things up the way you like. > > I usually check the box to show Connected Servers and, I'm old school so I > tell it to open folders in a new window as well. These are all your own > choice but I do find it much easier to get to my servers and such when they > are showing up on the Desktop. > > HTH. > > Later... > > On 2010-12-05, at 3:50 PM, Marlaina Lieberg wrote: > >> Ok, here I am again with yet another ask. >> >> Per excellent directions from this list, I have indeed changed my iTunes >> server to my music file server. that all works well; it repopulates each >> time I open it and that is fine. >> >> But, (and isn't there always a darned but), when I by albums on iTunes (I've >> bought two since doing this), my purchases are not showing up on my server. >> I still find navigating around my hd and to my file server to be a hit and >> miss experience. Can I somehow tell iTunes to put all my purchases in my >> external file server? >> >> If not, any tips and tricks about moving between hd and file server would be >> welcome on or off list. >> >> As always, thanks so much for the help! >> >> Marlaina >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
