A Mac OS X Finder Sidebar Shortcut Repair Tool

Disapearing shortcuts to fileserver folders in Mac OS X is a daily pain. fssrt is just some applescript code and automator app that checks if the configured fileservers are reachable (via ping) and if yes, readds all shortcuts to a list of fileserver folders the finder sidebar.

Read more about the mac os x sidebar shortcut problem here: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5556541

1. Download newest version of fssrt from github

https://github.com/brgmn/fssrt

2. Copy the ffsrt folder to your Applications directory

3. Insert your network fileserver shares in shares.txt file

One share per line (protocol,ip,sharename) like this:

afp,192.168.1.4,myshare

4. Insert the shortcuts to fileserver folders you would like to see in the finder sidebar in config/shortcuts.txt

One shortcut per line (sharename,path) like this:

myshare,inbox/scan/today
myshare,team/marketing

5. Add fssrt to your finder menu (optional)

You can just add the fssrt app by drag & dropping it to the finder top menubar holding cmd+alt pressed.