tadunne Posted April 7, 2007 Share Posted April 7, 2007 I've been lookng at some of the screenshots of leopard and I'm interested in the new shared option in the finder. Looking at this image of the finder: Leopard sharing picture Theres a shared option that looks like it gives the user access to the screen sharing feature, but also a list of shares on that machine? Is the shared feature there to replace the crappy network mounts? You know something that does not hang the finder for 5 mins when the connection is lost? Why this is so hard I don't know? itunes sharing does not seem to have half the trouble the finder has at discovering other computers and handling their disconnection! Does anyone with a recent build of leopard have any more insight? Thanks Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/47739-leopard-shared-feature/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
U.C. Posted April 7, 2007 Share Posted April 7, 2007 This will be really really welcome. I mean Finder gets so slow when any error happens, relating to network shares. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/47739-leopard-shared-feature/#findComment-341892 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Fogge Posted April 7, 2007 Share Posted April 7, 2007 Leopard is definitely a lot better about these network glitches, but this Shared window is not how they are going about doing it. The Shared window is simply a faster way of seeing the shares available on a computer without having to first connect into it as you do now with Tiger. This way just removes a step from connecting to a system, nothing more. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/47739-leopard-shared-feature/#findComment-341970 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tadunne Posted April 7, 2007 Author Share Posted April 7, 2007 Leopard is definitely a lot better about these network glitches, but this Shared window is not how they are going about doing it. The Shared window is simply a faster way of seeing the shares available on a computer without having to first connect into it as you do now with Tiger. This way just removes a step from connecting to a system, nothing more. So is the network icon redundant? or does the shared icon method only work on other leopard machines, leaving the network route for windows shared etc? Seems alittle confusing to have both routes? The lockups in the finder probably could be resolved with better threading,locking etc. You say it seems better? Can the finder still be used in this situation or does it just take alittle quicker to come back to life? I remember when panther was first out were first out they had soft network mounts that would not lock up the system, but I think there was a few issues with this method. So when the next panther release came out they removed it and went back to the hard mount method we still have today. Maybe this shared route is the return of soft mounts? Tell me, to access the share via the new route does it still mount it as an ejectable disk or does it just let you access the shares contents from there (like soft mounts) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/47739-leopard-shared-feature/#findComment-342131 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Fogge Posted April 7, 2007 Share Posted April 7, 2007 The quick: It does seem that the Network option is redundant. It could be useful if it comes to dealing with computers between multiple workgroups/domains though as currently the Shared menu does not differentiate between computers spanning workgroups. Quick example to finder working better with loosing network access. Connect to a share, disable your Airport Card, try to connect to the share... Error message stating "This share is not currently available" almost immediately (3 seconds with finder completely responsive in the mean time). It still mounts as an ejectable disk. ~Adrian Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/47739-leopard-shared-feature/#findComment-342142 Share on other sites More sharing options...
postaldave Posted April 7, 2007 Share Posted April 7, 2007 i'm very happy with the way it handles mounting shared computers. it's much like linux, but in linux if a computer on the network would stop responding the whole samba network would come to a crashing halt. unmounting it wouldn't work at all. this new feature may be an inprovement but trust me, it could be worse. it does seem odd thought to have network and shared listed if it is the same thing. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/47739-leopard-shared-feature/#findComment-342144 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tadunne Posted April 7, 2007 Author Share Posted April 7, 2007 The quick: It does seem that the Network option is redundant. It could be useful if it comes to dealing with computers between multiple workgroups/domains though as currently the Shared menu does not differentiate between computers spanning workgroups. Quick example to finder working better with loosing network access. Connect to a share, disable your Airport Card, try to connect to the share... Error message stating "This share is not currently available" almost immediately (3 seconds with finder completely responsive in the mean time). It still mounts as an ejectable disk. ~Adrian Ok cheers, does sound a bit better. I had to reboot the other day because my (then unavailable) macbook was still mounted on my imac when it woke from sleep. Grrr! one of mac os's dirty little secrets! Hopefully thoses days are gone!? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/47739-leopard-shared-feature/#findComment-342146 Share on other sites More sharing options...
twoodcc Posted April 7, 2007 Share Posted April 7, 2007 yeah this would be nice.....i have the same problems with i connect to another mac and forget to disconnect....hopefully this problem will be a thing of the past with leopard Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/47739-leopard-shared-feature/#findComment-342167 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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