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Roaming profiles without a server
Authored by: r2242 on Aug 07, '03 07:32:17PM

I have something similar setup with one addition. It is not a totally foolproof setup, but works well and any errors (my screw ups) are easily corrected.

I do much the same. Store Mail.app files, etc. on a remote volume on my "basement server". When at my desktop or on my TiBook at home, everything is up to date since all is on the same remote volume.

The additional thing I have set up is a Disk Image with the same name as the volume on my server (I append the host computer's name during sync operations). When on the road I mount the disk image, which provides the correct path names. While away and using the disk image, all works the same, but it is a local volume instead of a remote one.

If I screw up and launch Mail.app while neither the remote or disk image is mounted, OS X simply creates a folder by the name of the missing volume in the invisible folder /Volumes/ (which I keep an alias to in my Home folder). Just quit the app, delete the bogus folder in /Volumes/, and all is well.

Rob



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