Friday, 18 January 2013

Automatically mount an AirPort-attached USB drive

http://www.macworld.com.au/help/automatically-mount-an-airport-attached-usb-drive-83776/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=27in+iMacs+reviewed+iOS+61+coming+soon+BatmanArkham+City+for+Mac+and+much+much+more&utm_content=27in+iMacs+reviewed+iOS+61+coming+soon+BatmanArkham+City+for+Mac+and+much+much+more+CID_732e6424d10c1c51fc03125710d7182c&utm_source=Email%20marketing%20software&utm_term=Heres%20how%20to%20set%20it%20up / WiFi attached USB hard drive AirPort Extreme Base Station storage location computers network LAN manually mount drive log out restart Mac Macintosh configure automatically mounts desktop Finder window select base station sidebar Shared setting mount drive launch System Preferences, select Users & Groups preference Accounts earlier versions of the Mac OS OSX OS X click Lock icon enter user name password click Unlock Login Items tab drag icon mounted drive list login items quit System Preferences log in restart drive attached base station should automatically mount more reliable solution Launch Automator template sheet appears select Application click Choose button Automator's Search field enter server drag Get Specified Servers Connect Servers actions workflow area Click Add button Get Specified Servers action Choose URL window base station address along smb://10.0.1.1:445 Server Address field Click OK Run button workflow window prompted name password server Registered User selected enter your Mac's user name base station's password not network password  configure the base station enable Remember This Password In My Keychain option click Connect drive attached to base station mount desktop Save workflow to the desktop workflow application to your login items Unlock preference drag workflow login items area log in restart drive should mount Repeat this procedure for each Mac you'd like to use with the networked drive /

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