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Something to keep in mind is that once a network share has been found or favorited, anytime it is located, it will also appear in the “Shared” section of a Finder window sidebar for quick access.

As a side note, targeting the IP and adding it to the Favorite list can be a meaningful workaround to LAN discovery issues in OS X, particularly when attempting to connect from older versions to newer OS X versions. Selecting something from the Favorites list will populate the address field instantly, but you can edit it if desired. Now when you want to connect to that server again, rather than entering the full target IP address or network share name, just hit Command+Shift+K and select the favorited server from the list below. * Note that you can also browse servers and connect that way, which will then appear in the Recents list. Before hitting “Connect”, click the plus button to add the target server to the favorites list, this will appear directly below the server address field in the “Favorite Servers” list.

Enter the networked server destination address* as usual, often this is an IP address in the format of something like: afp://192.100.1.155.

From the Mac OS X Finder or Desktop, pull down the “Go” menu and choose “Connect to Server” (or hit Command+K to bring up the “Connect to Server” screen).

Let’s cover the basics and understand how to use Connect to Server and the simple Favorites option: Connect to a Favorite Server from Mac OS Using it is pretty simple, and you can favorite many types of server or network shares, be it another Mac (AFP), Windows PC or Linux ( SMB), FTP, FTPS, VNC, amongst others.