MacOS – “Connect to Server” option missing

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Running OSX Lion, I have no "connect to server" option listed in Finder > Go menu. Everything I've read about connecting to a Windows file share references that option. Why would it be missing and where did it go? I am trying to connect to a SMB share at work from my personal laptop, so there is no corporate policy file disabling that option on it. The network admin knows of no reason why it would be missing.

I hope someone can help with this.

Best Answer

Chad, Thanks for the link. Petrock had the solution. Here it is:

I used the free Pref Setter app to edit the plist file.

You probably used one of those "set hidden finder features" apps/utils, didn't you... naughty person you is... If you open up ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.finder.plist with Property List Editor and see an entry for "ProhibitConnectTo", then thats the problem. Set it to false and save the changes. Then Control-Option-Click on the Finder icon in the dock and select Relaunch. When the Finder comes back up, Connect To should be available again.

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