They only appear as a blue globe which looks okay, but if you have more than one website quick link, then it is a bit hard to differentiate. The only genuine drawback that I found is that unlike website shortcuts on iPad and iPhone, these quick web shortcuts on Mac’s Dock do not show the website icon (favicon). However, to open the website from the desktop shortcut, it will require you to double click, while for the website shortcut on Dock you only need a single click Following the above steps you may also drag the link to your Mac’s desktop.
In either case, you can choose an option to connect with a separate set of credentials than the one you signed in to your PC with. You'll find the newly created shortcuts stored in %AppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Network Shortcuts. The difference between the two techniques is simple: If you map a drive, you must assign a drive letter to it, whereas the network location shortcut doesn't require a drive letter. Regardless of which technique you use, the shortcut you create shows up in the Network Locations section of This PC.
(Don't be confused by the explanatory text that asks you to enter a website name that UNC path will work just fine.)
That opens a dialog box where you can enter the full path to the shared folder, using the same \\Computername\Sharename syntax. As an alternative, right-click any empty space in the This PC window and then click Add A Network Location.If you start from the Network folder, browse to the shared computer, right-click a shared folder, and then click Map Network Drive from the shortcut menu. After choosing This PC from the navigation pane, click Map Network Drive to open a dialog box where you can enter the full path to the shared folder, using the syntax \\Computername\Sharename.You can choose either of two techniques to create one of these network shortcuts, which I've numbered in the accompanying screenshot: The time-saving, frustration-free alternative is to create mapped shortcuts to those shared locations so that they're always available when you click This PC in the File Explorer navigation pane. It can also be frustrating if an available network resource isn't visible in File Explorer's Network node. 2) When the preferences window for Finder opens up, open the General tab. You can move the shortcut to the location youd. Your shortcut will appear with alias appended to the name of the file.
Google Drive alternative: Decentralized and encryptedīrowsing for shared network resources can be a tedious process. Once you’re on the same page, simply follow these steps to show all your Mac’s storage disks on the Desktop: 1) In the Menu Bar, go to Finder Preferences. Click Make Alias (or Make Link on Linux).