User Guide

Managing Network Shares

The new SwiftUI user interface makes it easy to add and organize your network drives.

Adding a new share

  1. Click the Network Share Mounter icon in the macOS menu bar and open Settings.
  2. Navigate to the Network Shares tab and click the "+" button.
  3. Enter the URL of your share (e.g., smb://server.local/projects).
  4. Select an authentication profile: Choose an existing profile or create a new one. The app will attempt to automatically assign a profile based on your username or Kerberos realm.
  5. Set a custom name (Optional): Define how the share should be named locally to avoid conflicts.
  6. Click Save. The share will be mounted immediately.

Managing Authentication Profiles

Profiles allow you to update your credentials in one place without having to adjust individual share configurations.

  1. Go to the Authentication Profiles tab.
  2. Click "+" to create a profile (choose between Kerberos or Password).
  3. Enter your credentials and assign a color or icon for easy visual identification.
  4. Any changes made here are immediately applied to all shares using this profile.

Renaming Mount Points

If you want to change the local folder name of a mounted share:

  1. Select the share in the network shares list and click Edit.
  2. Change the Share Name field.
  3. Click Save Changes. Network Share Mounter will automatically unmount the share and remount it under the new path.

⚠️ Note on Finder display: Due to a macOS limitation with SMB mounts, the Finder sidebar always displays the original share name from the server. However, your custom name is successfully applied in the file system (Terminal, scripts, and absolute paths will use your chosen name).

Using Shortcuts

Network Share Mounter also provides support for macOS Shortcuts to automate network share management and monitor status.
Currently, the following actions are available to you:

  • Check Kerberos Status
    Checks if a valid Kerberos ticket is present (e.g., for pre-checking before mounting shares).
  • Renew Kerberos Ticket
    Updates an existing ticket or requests a new one if it has expired.
  • Check Mount Status
    Verifies all configured network shares and returns their current connection status.
  • Disconnect All Network Drives
    Safely unmounts all currently connected shares.
  • Connect All Network Drives
    Mounts all configured shares based on their settings and authentication profiles.