David Schwartz <[email protected]> squaked out on Fri 05-Aug-2011 12:22 > On Aug 5, 2011, at 10:27 AM, Nathan Sims wrote: > >> When a user is logged in, the TimeMachine drive is mounted. When no user is >> logged in, the drive isn't mounted. > > On current versions of OS X non-server, directly attached external drives are > only mounted at /Volumes when there is a user logged in. Very early in OS X > this was not the case; Apple changed it around 10.2 or 10.3 IIRC.
And, to be honest, this is a feature. When no one is logged in drives can be disconnected without having to shut down the machine. > http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20031103155828117 You needy o put a blank line at the end of posts, ESPECIALLY if there is a URL, else the list footer gets attached at the end of the line and ruins the link. I can’t confirm if this works or not since there is *always* someone logged into the machine, even if they are ‘switched out’. -- Don't be afraid to be weak, Don't be too proud to be strong. _______________________________________________ MacOSX-talk mailing list [email protected] http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk
