Uploading multiple files to SharePoint 2007 using a Mac
(with drag and drop functionality). We all know that you can map a network drive
to your SharePoint document library in Windows Explorer. It utilizes the WebDAV
protocol to retrieve SharePoint data and to upload files into SharePoint.
The default web interface for shared documents on macs doesn’t give me the
option of multiple uploads or explorer view.
Tested a couple different options on Mac OS X. Here are the findings:
Creating a network WebDAV share to the document library (Command + K)
* We could connect and see the contents
* Once we tried a drag and drop upload, the files appeared in SharePoint but
were 0K in size.
We also found a utility application called Mucommander
* Download Mucommander
* Install and connect to the SharePoint site
* The interface looks like that of an FTP program on Windows
* We were successfully able to drag and drop multiple PDFs over to the library
and then view them from within Microsoft SharePoint
* This worked with PDF files which had spaces in the file names as well as
document libraries with spaces in their names
Instructions for creating the connection
* Install mucommander
* Hit Command + K to bring up the connect to server dialog
* Type in the URL to your SharePoint document library
* Click Connect
SharePoint-MAC_Step1
* Enter in your credentials to your Windows authenticated SharePoint site on the
next Dialog
* Click OK
SharePoint-Mac_Step2
* Now, open mucommander
* You should see “Shared Documents” as a folder option as seen in the following
screen shot
SharePoint-Mac_Step3
* Now, just drag and drop files into the left window to upload them to
SharePoint!
Being that Mucommander was the first and only tested application for integration
between Mac OS X and SharePoint; we recommend this application as a replacement
to the Microsoft Windows Explorer WebDAV option if you are using a Mac. In both
Windows and Mac scenarios, you’ll need to update the ocument metadata from
within SharePoint after the uploads are complete.