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10.4: One way to automount SMB network shares
Authored by: operator207 on Feb 07, '07 08:18:02AM

Maybe this will help some, being that if the share is mounted, you still have to click on the icon to open the finder window.

I use my PB at work and home, I have shares I connect to on my home internal network that I do not need access to at work and vice versa.
This is how I do it:

1. Mount your share the way you normally do.
2. Create an alias for that icon on the desktop. (cmd+click: create alias)
3. When you reboot, and need that share, you just click on it.

I keep my aliases in a folder on the desktop (I have a lot of shares at work), and when I need a share, I open the folder and click on the icon. Has worked great for me. And for those of you that are in the same boat as I am, but do not want to goto finder: go: connect to server, for every connection every day you need it, maybe this will help you out too.

BTW, the above, I believe I got that from a post here somewhere ~2005



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10.4: One way to automount SMB network shares
Authored by: beepotato on Feb 07, '07 10:19:45AM

Indeed, I think aliases are the best (and easiest) solution if you don't absolutely need your shares to be automatically mounted at login but you just want easy access to them.

It seems a lot of people who are new to MacOS don't know about this and how useful aliases can be, so it is worth repeating it.

It's also worth mentioning that you can also create an alias directly to a folder somewhere deep in the hierarchy of a network share. When you later open the alias, the share will automatically mount and you will be taken directly to this folder, which gives you even faster access.



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10.4: One way to automount SMB network shares
Authored by: lar3ry on Feb 07, '07 10:47:22AM

I do something similar, only I put the aliases into Favorites, which is my default Finder window. If I need something mounted, double-click and I'm set.

I try not to use the Desktop, except for transitory things, and for a "bucket" folder that I call "Stuff," which I clean out every few weeks.



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10.4: One way to automount SMB network shares
Authored by: rjbailey on Feb 07, '07 09:13:09PM

I put the aliases in a folder somewhere in my home directory, then put that folder in the Dock. A right-click on the folder and I can select any share to mount.



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10.4: One way to automount SMB network shares
Authored by: taxi on Feb 09, '07 04:56:30AM

I've gone one step further. I've removed Network Drives from my desktop, and placed an alias to each of the drives I mount instead. Then I can double-click, drag-n-drop or otherwise onto any of these.

I still use a script (similar to the one above) for mounting one share, which is where my iTunes library lives.



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