I got the Mac OS, Office 2011, Windows Server shared drive blues...

[jbutlin]

Hi folks - I'm having some specific problems and I wonder if anyone can help me?

 

The staff here are using macbooks (all on Mavericks OS), which are part of a windows AD domain (don't ask). They access a shared folder on the ancient, and soon-to-be-replaced 2003 server. They can browse the contents of the shared drive, and can open documents contained within it, but when they come to `save as', an browse to the shared folder - it shows as completely blank, and they can't save to it...

 

This problem seems to happen specifically with Office 2011 programs.

 

Is there anything I need to do to the shared folder on the Windows server?

 

Any advice would be useful, thanks!

[pooley]

Take a look at this thread

http://www.edugeek.net/forums/mac/82734-saving-mapped-network-drive.html

[jbutlin]

thanks for that, some interesting stuff in the thread. My users can actually see the windows server in the sidebar already, but when they click on the `shared' folder it shows up as blank and won't let them save to it.

[pooley]

IS it a hidden share ? i.e. share$ ? OSX doesn't like hidden shares at all.

[jbutlin]

it's not a hidden share. I read somewhere about putting some kind of hidden folder on a windows server share, at the root, in order for mac users to be able to access it properly, but I'm damned if I can find that information again!

 

I am also wondering if I need to update Office 2011 on each macbook - there could be a fix for this.