Show Network Mounts on Desktop in Mac OS X 10.5

Apple Hints HOWTOs

After spending more time than I would have liked trying to figure out how to get any network shares/mounts to show up on my Desktop like they did before I upgraded to Leopard, I finally figured it out. It is possible and it is easy to set up. If you want to have your servers to appear as icons on the desktop:

  1. Click anywhere in the Finder
  2. Choose the Finder menu > Preferences
  3. Click on the “General” tab
  4. Check the “Connected servers” option

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