Can the Macbooks restore previously open subdirectories onb network folders ( i.e. folder several levels on share) when waking from sleep?

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I store terabytes of working files on my NAS, and I’m often working on a folder several levels deep e.g. /really/long/path/you/don’t/want/to/have/to/click/to/get/to/again/my/index/finger/is/getting/tired/from/clicking/the/mouse/please/make/it/stop when I take a break, usually to wind down before going to sleep. I’ll likely have another finder window open to another network folder on another server that I’m transferring files from/to the NAS.

When I return to my Macbook and wake it from sleep, the Automounter utility does a good job of making sure the network shares are connected. It does a great job at doing that. No complaints.

BUT…finder doesn’t restore network drive subdirectories that I had open. I have to navigate to them again before I resume my work.

Is there a built-in setting or 3rd party application that can remember my place and reopen in finder when my computer wakes up? Unfortunately, the paths are not predictable, so I can’t link them or configure keyboard maestro to open them for me.

I guess I could try an “on sleep” trigger and see if I can capture open paths in Finder and then restore them. I haven’t checked to see if this is possible , but that is all I can think of at the moment.

Am I alone in this problem? If not, does someone have a vetted solution to Finder “forgetting” where I was when my system wakes?

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No. But have you considered putting a temporary alias on your desktop to "/really/long/path/you/don’t/want/to/have/to/click/to/get/to/. . . " until you finish your work?

I used to do this for some people so they could quickly get to a directory on a file server. It would even mount the directory and ask for a logon, if one was required.

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It’s worth considering!

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I wonder if default folder X could keep that in its recent.

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Or make them “Favorites” in the Finder sidebar? Or make use of “file:///…” URLs?

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I’ll check that out. Basically , have it save wherever I’m at, and restore it on wake. I don’t ask it to remember between logins, that would be a bit much.

So for example, if I have 8 Finder tabs open, and some of them on open subdirectories on network shares, it restores them on wake/unlock.