Hi,
Here is a apple script to mount a network drive.
using the script editor, export as app instead of script.
tell application "Finder"
try
mount volume "smb://193.169.0.6"
end try
end tell
replace the IP address with the IP of your drive.
Thanks,
Rob
Sent from my MacBook
On Feb 13, 2015, at 8:25 PM, Barry Hadder <[email protected]> wrote:
> Yeah I see that now.
> Another option is to create an automator work flow and save it as an app.
> The work flow will only have get specified server and connect to server in
> that order. In the get specified server, just enter the server url.
> Then save it as an app. I’ve tried it and it connects and mounts at login
> without the finder window opening.
>
> There is another way as well which involves editing the /etc/fstab file, but
> I’m not sure off the top of my head how to create an entry for a network
> drive.
> I should add that if you want to try to go that root, you only edit fstab
> using vifs.
>
> And, there is yet another way using launchctl, but I’m not going to try to
> tell you how to do that either it as I don’t actually have a nas. I’m just
> using an ftp server for testing. You would want to use something like
> mount_afp or mount_smbfs. You can look at the man page and play around with
> it. The automator app is probably the easiest option though.
>
>
>
>
> On Feb 13, 2015, at 7:30 PM, Rob <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> OK, I tried that but it still opens a finder window of the drive.
> even when the hide checkbox was checked, so I deleted it.
> I will try it again.
> if it continues to open the finder window, do you have any more suggestions?
>
> On 2/13/2015 6:28 PM, Barry Hadder wrote:
>> To keep something from opening at startup, you need to check the box in the
>> hide column next to it in the startup apps table.
>>
>> On Feb 13, 2015, at 5:37 PM, Rob <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>> Can someone remind me
>> How to mount networked drive at startup?
>> I added it to user/log on apps, but that caused the drive to open once the
>> Mac booted.
>> I want the drive to show on the desktop, but not open.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Rob
>>
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