achinoam01: Annotate information in Connect to Server dialog

Sunday, September 25, 2011

Annotate information in Connect to Server dialog

In Finder, Command+K (Finder » Go » Connect to Server�) permits the storing of frequently used server addresses and protocols. However, when servers are indicated only by their IPv4 or IPv6 addresses, it is not easy to remember which address corresponds with which server. There appears to be no way to include text information associated with server addresses.

It is possible to include the # anchor at the end of the address and to indicate some information after this #. No spaces are allowed after the #.

Examples:

vnc://fkm@[2b01:0670:3201:1137:0211:24ff:ffe0:4bc6]#eMac_Conservation
afp://mgi@[2a01:0e35:2d49:0580:9227:e2ff:fef2:29ff]#Macbook_d_Emelyne
smb://129.172.107.192#DataXlab

Note that the true addresses have been changed of course in the examples.

[crarko adds: This works at least as far back as Leopard, and it wouldn't surprise me if it goes back further. I didn't find an obvious duplic ...