Mapped drive on OSX?

[frenchi6625]

I have OSX Tiger, can access shares on my PC, but how can I make them persitant, so that they are recreated oon boot?

 

[bwana]

There are many ways but this is the one I use

Open System Preferences > Accounts > Select your account > Login Items and just drag whatever you want opened at login onto the list.

 

[frenchi6625]

thanks, just a problem in that it opens the folder on login. would be nice if it just created the mapped drive.

 

[bwana]

What I also do it create symlinks of the share on my desktop. Then in my finder preferences I turn off connected servers under the general tab in order to avoid duplicates when the share is active.

When I need the share all I need to do is click on the icon and voila.

EDIT - this is osx we're talking about - there are plenty of ways to do this, and most things

 

[frenchi6625]

ya it does rock. i'm just getting to know it... love it so far!

 

[BobJones]

The shares should show up automagically under Network in the finder if you're using workgroup sharing on windoze.

 

[bwana]

The shares should show up automagically under Network in the finder if you're using workgroup sharing on windoze.

They should but frequently dont for some reason. In fact it often doesnt even show my other macs' shares.

I also think he wanted them pre-mounted on his desktop to save time.

 

[BobJones]

For some reason a lot of things under that Network tab can be pretty flaky... I hope its more reliable under Leopard.
The command-k (⌘k) shortcut has quick access to favourites, and then there is the recent items list under the  menu, but I'm not sure that saves between boots.

 

[bwana]

For some reason a lot of things under that Network tab can be pretty flaky... I hope its more reliable under Leopard.
The command-k (?k) shortcut has quick access to favourites, and then there is the recent items list under the  menu, but I'm not sure that saves between boots.

A server or share is on the recent servers list until it is replaced by a newer one (or until you clear the list).