I have just updated the whs 2011 with rollup 4. When i come to install the mac connector for launchpad it asks for network username and password. I have put in the whs2011 administrator and password as well as tried a various home server user's username and password but both return 'cannot connect to server using the name that was entered'.
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- Download Windows Home Server for Windows to easily access your files, photos, videos, and music from any PC or TV in your home, or even while away from home.
- Our dashboard add-in for Windows Home Server 2011 (and original) makes it easy to set up independent local and online backup configurations, and our connector makes it easy to backup Windows and Mac workstations to your server. Robust end-to-end encryption and compression are configurable for online and local backup jobs. You can schedule.
- There is also a connector for the Mac which at first I thought great I can backup my Mac to WHS but alas that is not the case, the application called Launchpad enables access to the shared folders on the server and has a Backup button that doesn’t do a backup to Windows Home Server instead it launches Time Machine backup application for the Mac.
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WHS 2011 has a handy app called Launchpad (do not confuse this with the LaunchPad that comes with Lion) for connecting from a Mac.It does three things:
1. Connect your computer to the server.
2. Monitor the health of your computer.
3. Manage your server using this computer.
4. Backup through TimeMachine
5. Remote Web Access (with the correct setup)
Due to the two apps have exactly the same name, users have problem with the installation of the WHS 2011 Launchpad. When they try to install the app, the installation console will suggest that the app has already been installed (in which it has confused with the LaunchPad that comes with Lion). See the last comment from NightFox for the solution.
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Adding to that, if you do not like the LaunchPad from Lion to be called LaunchPad copy, you can rename it to something more friendlier by opening up the Application folder and highlight the filename (keep the mouse pointer stay on the file name). After about half a second delay, a rectangle will appear on the name. Click the mouse again to see the cursor and modify the name as you wish. Click somewhere after finishing renaming that you will have a friendly name.