Comments on: Automatically Connect to a Network Drive on Mac OS X Start Up & Login

By: Rahul Shah (@shortduck)

Rahul Shah (@shortduck) — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 15:38:51 +0000

Yes, the check bot does not work atleast in this case. Has anyone figure out how to resolve this issue ?

By: Ricardo

Ricardo — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 12:36:47 +0000

Yes I get the exact same problem, it’s annoying.

By: Dan

Dan — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 17:00:48 +0000

I use a simple Automator application i made. Simply drag get specified server into workflow, enter the address; afp://xx.x.x.x:548 then drag connect to server into the workflow. Run it to verify and then save as application. You can then set it to run at login from your System preferences.

By: James

James — Sat, 05 May 2012 20:09:56 +0000

Has anyone seen when using this method the drive shows up multiple times on the desktop if you have them visible? Every login it increments by one on the desktop. I have found no viable way to stop this behavior.

By: Fred

Fred — Fri, 04 May 2012 17:48:46 +0000

Checking the “hide” box DOES NOT prevent the drive window from opening on boot/login. If only it were that easy – I’ve been searching for how to not have the window open, but only mount the drive for years (and through OS X 10.5, 10.6, and 10.7) now.

By: Carlos

Carlos — Fri, 04 May 2012 16:34:49 +0000

For mounting on boot rather than login you must use a command line option

- mount_ntfs

- mount_smbfs

- mount_msdos

- mount_afp

Stored as a LaunchAgent, ~/.launchd.conf, or set up with launchctl