Automatic Connect to Server on Boot-up...

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in windoze you can have a "mapped drive" automatically be there on bootup etc. Through apple you can Connect To Server and it puts the drive on the desktop. I've found myself doing this everytime I boot up.

So my question is obvious. Is there a way to do it automatically? Startup script?

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with these drives mounted , open systenm preferences>accounts>select your admin account>startup items tab>drag mounted drives into startup items.
 
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Macman said:
with these drives mounted , open systenm preferences>accounts>select your admin account>startup items tab>drag mounted drives into startup items.

ahh the simplicity. i always find myself overthinking things with a the mac. seems to always be a simple way, :). thanks macman
 
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jbsengineer said:
ahh the simplicity. i always find myself overthinking things with a the mac. seems to always be a simple way, :). thanks macman
yes, another reason why the mac is so great.
 
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Thanks Macman!

with these drives mounted , open systenm preferences>accounts>select your admin account>startup items tab>drag mounted drives into startup items.

Thank you Macman. I had actually the opposite problem where a network drive no longer existed and I needed to unmount that drive on boot up. All I had to do was go to System Preferences > Users > ( me ) , select the drive and hit the "-" button. No more boot up errors.

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Good to see a 8+ year old thread is still helping out..:)
 

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