Our Mac keeps losing its connection to our Windows 7 PC (server)
We have a Windows 7 PC that act as our file server in our 6 PC workgroup. We also have a MAC that needs to connect to the Data share. We are constantly having to add it back into the Finder and sometimes we can;t add it back because it doesn't find the Windows 7 PC
jhyiesla
You don't specify, but typically a Mac will not maintain a "mapped" drive or share once the user logs out or the Mac is rebooted. I've never tried this on a Windows 7 desktop,but when I connect to any share on my server network, that share usually sticks until I log out. How are you connecting to the share in the first place on the Mac?
There can be problems with network SMB shares timing out randomly - ofeten when either has recovered from sleep
Have you looked at idle timeout settings on the Windows-side?
http://www.figured-it-out.com/figured-out.php?sid=6
If that doesn't resolve or isn't the cause you will have to use some script that runs every few minutes, checks if the network drive is mounted and if not .. re-mounts it. There are several appleScript and shell scripts online that do this.
http://forums.macrumors.com/archive/index.php/t-119882.html
Have you looked at idle timeout settings on the Windows-side?
http://www.figured-it-out.com/figured-out.php?sid=6
If that doesn't resolve or isn't the cause you will have to use some script that runs every few minutes, checks if the network drive is mounted and if not .. re-mounts it. There are several appleScript and shell scripts online that do this.
http://forums.macrumors.com/archive/index.php/t-119882.html
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The Mac also seems to freeze up a bit with anything so maybe its a hard drive problem
Hi Nifyit,
If the Mac is freezing up it could be a list of things. Here is a short list to check: (1) Limited hard drive space (2) Small amount of RAM (3) A lot of applications open at once and left open (4) Indexing taking place
If you think the problem is just a software issue you can just troubleshoot the application. However, if it is the OS I would try a basic reinstall (this doesn't delete information, but it's always best to perform a backup before you do this). If that clears things up then it could have been something with the System files.
That said, if a reinstall doesn't fix the problem then I would recommend performing a disk check with Disk Utility while in Recovery Mode. If Disk Utility says that everything is fine, I would then perform an Erase and Install (Make sure you perform a backup before erasing your hard drive). When you erase the hard drive make sure that after thing is erased and the format states "Mac OS X Extended Journaled". Here are the official instructions from Apple on an Erase and Install: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5943?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US
Hope this all helps.
MacGuy47
If the Mac is freezing up it could be a list of things. Here is a short list to check: (1) Limited hard drive space (2) Small amount of RAM (3) A lot of applications open at once and left open (4) Indexing taking place
If you think the problem is just a software issue you can just troubleshoot the application. However, if it is the OS I would try a basic reinstall (this doesn't delete information, but it's always best to perform a backup before you do this). If that clears things up then it could have been something with the System files.
That said, if a reinstall doesn't fix the problem then I would recommend performing a disk check with Disk Utility while in Recovery Mode. If Disk Utility says that everything is fine, I would then perform an Erase and Install (Make sure you perform a backup before erasing your hard drive). When you erase the hard drive make sure that after thing is erased and the format states "Mac OS X Extended Journaled". Here are the official instructions from Apple on an Erase and Install: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5943?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US
Hope this all helps.
MacGuy47