what is the "network" Folder for?

michaelm8000michaelm8000
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in macOS edited January 2014
This might be a dumb question but what is the network folder for that in the "computer" area of your computer? I can not see what it dose, how to make it go away, or what I can use it for, or how I can use it. Any help? <img src="confused.gif" border="0">

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  • Reply 1 of 4
    chromoschromos Posts: 191member
    Maybe it's for a NetBoot setup?
  • Reply 2 of 4
    michaelm8000michaelm8000 Posts: 297member
    [quote]Originally posted by chromos:

    <strong>Maybe it's for a NetBoot setup?</strong><hr></blockquote>



    if it is for that why is it not just in OS X server? or an option to turn on? Why dose my grandma have to have a big old network thing to confuse her?
  • Reply 3 of 4
    ghost_user_nameghost_user_name Posts: 22,667member
    Indeed... I too am perplexed by the placement of this peculiarly prominent picture.



    Any info guys?



    [edit: had to add more consonance for effect]



    [ 12-08-2001: Message edited by: starfleetX ]</p>
  • Reply 4 of 4
    buonrottobuonrotto Posts: 6,368member
    It is a link to a server-based application/library and user folder. The idea is that it's the same as the computer icon, only across the network. In other words, a mapped network drive (as opposed to the temporary login to AFP/SMB servers, this one is a fixed address).



    It's how we use our win2k network here at work, except we have the "P-Drive," the "S-Drive" and so on which are hard links to server domains. I can still go to someone else's local D-drive in the network neighborhood (something OS X needs like the old Network browser in OS9) but the link is dropped when I reboot (i.e., not mapped).



    I imagine that OS X Server allows this to happen in the Network icon.



    [ 12-08-2001: Message edited by: BuonRotto ]</p>
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