Questions tagged [automount]
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Where does a Mac get the configuration to mount volumes from?
The /etc/fstab is empty and I know I can still use it, but I am trying to find where a specific line item in the mount output is configured.
Btw, /etc/auto_master is also empty
I installed ...
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Ansible M3 mac target cannot edit /etc/auto_master
My ansible controller is on a rocky linux 8 server. I have roles that edit files in /etc/ on a variety of target systems, all of which work fine.
Having just updated my Mac to one using Apple Silicon, ...
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Monterey automount of ntfs RW partition
before writing I made a lot of trials and I did read a lot of posts and google results: the results are or very old and no more working or claiming the /etc/fstab solution is no more working and that ...
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Restart Mac without it automatically mounting additional AFPS containers (that exist on the internal drive) [duplicate]
I have two extra AFPS containers on my (4TB) MacBook Pro internal drive. These containers/volumes hold large archives that cause some issues if left mounted, so I keep them unmounted when not in ...
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I want to not auto-mount a partition, but I messed up: /etc/fstab asking for encryption password and does nothing (macOS Ventura)
I want to have two partitions, one for home and one for work, but do not want the partitions to “see” each other, hence not-automounting the partition came in mind.
So I made two partitions, and then ...
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automount is broken after upgrading MacOS Monterey
I'm having issues with automount with my NFS shares after upgrading to MacOS Monterey 12.3.1.
/etc/auto_master:
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# Automounter master map
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/System/Volumes/Data/mnt auto_mounts
+auto_master ...
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10 external Optical Disk Drive (ODD)
I want 10 usb odd connections to my MacBook Pro. I have provided dedicated power to the drives and use a sata to usb converter cable connected to two usb bridges.
I find the disk mounts are ...
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MBP can only connect to B-BOX-3V+ SMB share once, not twice or more
The setup:
8TB drive partitioned into 2 partitions of which one is 3.99TB (NAS-HOME)
This drive is hooked up to a Proximus (ISP) B-BOX-3V+ (router) USB1 port
The partition is formatted EXT3 as the ...
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Computer automatically mounting install disks when plugging in Mini DisplayPort
I have a MacBook Pro 2015 running Mojave. Whenever I plug in a Wacom Cintiq (output VGA converted with a dongle to Mini DisplayPort) my computer mounts a whole bunch of installer images (appear where ...
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Can I disable auto-mounting of *all* external USB-connected storage media? [duplicate]
I’ve got an external USB storage device (hard drive) which I’m using for backups. Unfortunately manually deleting some old backups seems to have destroyed the hard drive, and now whenever I connect ...
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How to automount an SMB share and keep it mounted and remount automatically if disconnected temporarily?
Been using a gem of an app called AutoMounter, but it seems to have perhaps been having some issues in Big Sur occasionally.
How can one automatically mount SMB shares in macOS 11 (Big Sur) with just ...
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Disks won't stay unmounted
When not using my 2019 MBP, I keep it in a back room plugged into a bank of backup drives.
When I want to use it, I want to take it into the living room. So, I go and dismount any drives that aren't ...
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Prevent encrypted APFS volume on partition to automount / ask for password on login - Catalina
I know similar questions have been asked before but I just can't believe this can't be solved, so I am going to ask again with specific details.
I have two partitions that are bootable on the internal ...
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What does it mean when df returns the same mount over and over?
I am on the latest MacOS Catalina 10.15.5. I have the following automount setup:
/etc/auto_master:
/- auto_smb -nosuid,timeout=35
/etc/auto_smb
/System/Volumes/Data/Users/myuser/Volumes/mymount -...
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How can I automount a network share on macOS Catalina?
I want to connect to a network share and I want the connection to remain active after logout. I tried:
$ echo "/- auto_smb -nosuid,noowners,nofail
/- auto_afp -...
