How to translate between Windows and Mac -style file locations? For an office with mostly Windows workstations and a few OS X workstations, what's the easiest way for the Mac users to translate to and from a Windows-style file paths?

For example, to automatically translate \\fileserver01\client-files\client01\comp.psd, if sent in an email, to //fileserver01/client-files/client01/comp.psd?
This site has a way to translate into a mac network location and open it: http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20040322155331393

So you could easily save that as a text service and be able to select a windows network location, right-click it, and have it translated and opened.

I imagine you could sort of reverse the function and translate back into a windows network location string.

Here's how to set up a text service/quick action to convert to a Mac path and open it in Finder:


Open up Automator
Choose "Service" (called "Quick Action" in macOS Mojave)
Drag a "Run AppleScript" item from the library into the main area on the right.
Copy and paste this AppleScript into it:
https://gist.github.com/2211017 (it wouldn't properly format in here)
Save it under "Convert and Open Windows Path" or whatever you like.
Select a path in an application, right-click it, and look for the service you created (it might be under a "Services" sub-menu)


Here's what your Automator service should look like: