I see the servers, but trying to connect to them does 2 things: 1. a new window opens 2. finder goes busy and then a connection error dialog pops up stating that the protocol in use by the server is not supported.
apparently this is a known problem and it was fixed in mt. lion. -eric On Oct 30, 2012, at 11:00 AM, Chris Blouch wrote: > I guess I'm not clear on what the problem is. I'm on OSX 10.7.5 and to > connect to a windows share I just do command-K to connect to a server and > then use the smb://servername.blah.com/folder/path nomenclature to connect to > where I want to go. It prompts for my name and password and then the drive > appears on my desktop just like any other. Is this not the case for you? > > CB > > On 10/29/12 5:56 PM, Eric Oyen wrote: >> hey guys, >> >> has anyone found a work around to connecting to windows shares from a OS X >> Lion client. I seriously need to be able to do this so that I can save >> documents to my user account at school. otherwise, its a pain in the a$$ to >> have to find the files, place them on a usb stick, unmount it, move it to >> the school windows machine and then copy it to my account drive. >> >> I have tried to find information on this via a google search. so far, none >> of the solutions are workable here (one app available is not voiceover >> usable at all and the other solutions are either unworkable or unsupported). >> anyone have any usable solutions that do not involve having to hack the >> system files? >> >> -eric >> > > -- > ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@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 macvisionaries@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.