One way to share links to networked files
Mar 23, '09 07:30:00AM
Contributed by: BeezelNut RaRa
Problem: You work with 50 people using Macs, and you need to direct someone to a file on the server which is buried 12 layers deep in the folder hierarchy. Unlike the web, OS X provides no way to "bookmark" a file.
Solution:
- Drag the file into an empty Firefox window.
- Copy and paste the file path from Firefox's address bar.
- Share by email, iChat, or whatever.
Comment: This is the most elegant solution -- and it's far from that -- that I can find. It seems absurd the Finder can't do this. We waste thousands of man hours per year because there's no easy way to share locations of files on our server; that seems as sensible as the web without hyperlinks! If you have alternative solutions, please share them in the comments.
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