Can I access USB or Firewire drives connected to my Mac?
Yes.
Note, though, that if nobody is logged in on your Mac, external drives aren't available. If you log out for security reasons you might like to start locking your screen instead, or use OS X's Fast User Switching.
Alternatively, you can make your external drives available even when logged out by running the following command in Terminal:
sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/autodiskmount AutomountDisksWithoutUserLogin -bool true
Can I access shared files on other computers, or the files on my Time Capsule?
Yes, but only if your Mac is already connected to the share (although see below). Your options are:
- You can automatically connect to a shared disk/files by adding the share to your login items (see System Preferences -> Accounts -> Login Items). This will make sure FarFinder can always see the share if you leave yourself logged in.
- Otherwise, browse to the share in the Finder to connect to it, then you'll see an eject symbol next to the share - this means it's connected. You might need to make sure you do this before you leave your Mac.
But...
A future release of FarFinder will handle the process of connecting to (ie. mounting) a new share. This is available to licensed users now, in a preview release - see the downloads page.