#Make a shortcut on mac desktop mac osx#
#Make a shortcut on mac desktop full#

You can move the webarchive file around as normal in the Finder, group into folders of your own making, etc.

#Make a shortcut on mac desktop full#

This can give me the full info on a web page for off-line use, but will not be 'connected'. After saving onto your Mac, it will have the '.webarchive' file extension. Of course, if you do not have a current internet connection, the links and buttons will not function correctly.

Ive googled around a little bit and it doesnt seem like the answers Ive found are quite right for my problem. Proceed to File in the Menu bar and select Make Alias. Click the file or folder and make sure that it’s highlighted. You can do this on a Mac or Windows 10 computer. Finally, name your shortcut and click Create. The webarchive format will take up a bit more space since it saves all graphics embedded in the file, but it gives a complete web page experience regardless of internet connection. I need to place 3 desktop icons that link to 3 websites on 22 mini macs in our only mac lab in the 5th and 6th grade building for our school district. Read through the steps below to create macOS keyboard shortcuts: Use Finder to locate the file that you wish to make a desktop shortcut of. To create a desktop shortcut to a website using Google Chrome, go to a website and click the three-dot icon in the top-right corner of your browser window. If you have current internet access, the links and buttons will be 'live' and can be interacted with as normal.

Give a new name to the shortcut or just keep the default name. Select Create shortcut, Add to desktop, or Create application shortcuts (depending on the OS you use). Navigate to the More tools option from the drop-down list. Click on the three dots button in the upper right corner. This resulting page can be opened in Safari and will be fully intact, regardless of current internet connection. Go to the website you’d like to create a shortcut. You will end up with the complete web page as a file on your Mac, including all links, buttons and graphics.

The following will walk you through creating a 'Network Folders' shortcut that will contain quick access to your network drives / shares.

#Make a shortcut on mac desktop mac osx#

In Safari, move to File Menu, choose 'Save as.' This will save the current Safari web page as a webarchive. Mac OSX machines do not save persistent mappings to network drive connections and you may find shortcuts are needed to reconnect when on the network and when connecting remotely via VPN. Something I do to save individual web pages as a file on my Mac.