LINKCONVERTER

Use Windows style Links on macOS.

\\server\folder

↑ ↓

smb://server/folder

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HowTo • Drive Letter Mapping • AppStore • Non AppStore • Mountpoint • MDM

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LinkConverter makes it easy to use \\server\folder style links on your mac. All you need to do is to copy a Link to the Clipboard.

HOWTO

Copy Links from Text, Microsoft Outlook or anywhere else

Share your network files directly with Finder Integration

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APPSTORE

You can get LinkConverter on the AppStore

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NONAPPSTORE

Our Enterprise licenses use a license key. Please contact us for pricing and license conditions.
For every device where LinkConverter is installed, a valid token must be entered. If you like to try LinkConverter, grab a test license at

Lumibit Customer Service Portal

Please copy and paste your token into the application in the macOS Menu Bar:

A test token will give you 30 days to test all of LinkConverters features.

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KERBEROS

In the latest release, LinkConverter supports mounting favorite links:

• after launch
• after Apple Kerberos SSO Plugin finished connecting

A mount can be triggered, once the system notification informs LinkConverter, that connection is established.
Notification: com.apple.KerberosPlugin.ConnectionCompleted

Reference:
https://www.apple.com/business/docs/site/Kerberos_Single_Sign_on_Extension_User_Guide.pdf

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DRIVELETTERMAPPING

If you like, you can add config rules to map incoming Windows mounted links like D:\folder to your choice of UNC Link. This feature is also available via MDM config.

Example
D:\folder → \\server\folder
The folder can be opened directly.

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MOUNTPOINT

We are taking your privacy and the integrity of your files, folders and data seriously. LinkConverter has implemented the concept of App Sandboxing

LinkConverter mounts links at /Users/.../Library/Containers/io.lumibit.mac.linkconverter/Data/Documents followed by your file or folder.

This is by design and even if you already have a mounted drive with the same path under /Volumes.

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MDM

Deployment of LinkConverter via various MDM Solutions is possible, fast and easy. You can use the LinkConverter.pkg file from this repository that is signed, packed and notarized for seamless work with Apple Gatekeeper.

License Management can be done with a .mobileconfig or .plist.
A full example is available in ./mdm.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
        ...
            <key>mcx_preference_settings</key>
            <dict>
                <key>managedLicense</key>
                <string>YOURTOKEN</string>
                <key>managedDriveLetterMapping</key>
                <dict>
                    <key>D:</key>
                    <string>\\server\unc\folder</string>
                </dict>
            </dict>
        ...
</plist>

⚠️ Please replace YOURTOKEN in the example .plist with your license key and customize optional DriveLetterMapping Keys as you like.

FORCE NOTIFICATIONS

We recommend to enforce the display of notifications at least with temporary banner style for your users when using MDM.

A sampleconfig is available here: ./mdm/forcenotifications.mobileconfig

Further reference can be found here: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/devicemanagement/notifications/notificationsettingsitem