#MOUNTWATCHER PASSWORD#
#5) The Appelscript option appears to be the best so far - however putting the password the script is not an option. so maybe this automater stuff could be explained to the less educated? Are there hooks or options for Keychain (it there a way to confirm if/how it uses keychain)? I would think multiple shares could be put into one Apple (rather not have one app per share - it can work, but its kind of cumbersome). It should also give the creator of the mini "app" the option to specify the userid that will be used for said share (and/ro multiple shares). It should pull any login info from Keychain (I hope this is how it works). #4) Speaking of poor ducementation, its not clear how Automator works either. This is beyond retarded - unless I'm missing something, which is highly likely as I am no NetInfo guru (but there is very little documentation out there that indicates exactly what/how these NetInfo mount points a working - IE auto mounting via the NetInfo feature). The main technical issue is that it appears to log users on as guests. or maybe show me where it is (default install, Dev tools? I dont see it!). Apple needs to provide their ScriptEditor.
#MOUNTWATCHER SOFTWARE#
I have found some 3rd party software but this seems to require purchasing and stuff, which is a huge PITA. #2) AppleScript solution might be the best solution, however ScriptEditor is no longer available from the Apple site, at least I could not find the download, but I did find the 10 page HTML doc that has screens shots and everything else. it was kind of iffy in 10.3.x and seems to be much worse in 10.4.x - IME. #1) The standard way - as in going to Startup Items or Login Items and adding any mounted drives individualy does not always seem to work. There are several issues with the 'standard' way and with AppleScript. This method may also work with FTP shares, etc., but I have not tested any others than CIFS.When you mount the share, you see all of the websites. So instead of each website being an item in your sidebar, we can now have that share be the single item. You can share the directory that all of the website accounts are in. This is most useful on a network with a shared web server.If it was already mounted, you wil not see any errors, and if you did the optional steps, you will be brought to the folder with the view set. If the server was not mounted, it will mount. To test your new solution, unmount the share and then click the new application icon in the Sidebar. Drag the new app into the Finder's Sidebar window. In the Finder, navigate to where you saved this Automator app.I suggest saving it to your user's Applications (~/your_user/Applications) folder, and naming it with the share's name. Select Save As, and set the File Format to Application.To make sure the Finder honors your preferred view, drag Finder's Set Folder Views action into the workflow.'Open with' should be 'Default Application.' Drag Finder's Open Finder Items Action into the workflow.Click the and select the share you want to automate mounting of. Add the Finder Action Get Specified Finder Items to the workflow.They will open a Finder window focused on the mounted share and set the View for it.) Be sure 'Use Results from Previous Action' is enabled in the URLs pulldown. From the Finder Library, drag the Connect to Servers Action into the workflow.Something like cifs://server/share, then click Connect.
Click the and enter the address of your server. From the Finder Library, drag the Get Specified Servers Action into the workflow.Launch Automator, which will create a new workflow.Once that's done (the share must be mounted, in any event), follow these steps: Note that for a truly automated solution, you should first mount the share and store the credentials in Keychain.
#MOUNTWATCHER HOW TO#
Here's how to use Automator to work around this issue. With Automator we can get around these annoyances. So we are forced to use the 'Connect to Server' window.
It will not let you drag a share into the Sidebar. But what about mounted server shares? Nope. You can drag almost anything into it, and those items act like aliases.
Something that frustrated me, though, is the Finder's Sidebar window.
#MOUNTWATCHER MAC OS X#
Mac OS X is great in how it allows you to skin a cat in a multiple of ways.
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