Questions tagged [mount]
A computing concept whereby physical storage devices, or certain datafiles such as disk images are made available to the user so there contents can be accessed.
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Mount network device from login-script without entering password or using sudo? [duplicate]
In Finder you can cmd-k and mount a network device just clicking Ok a few times, without manually entering a password, if the device is known and its login details are stored in Keychain. Can this be ...
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How to attach a DMG with different mount AND browse name?
I have a DMG foo.dmg which when I attach it via
hdiutil attach foo.dmg
appears in the Terminal under path /Volumes/foo and in the Finder side bar as "foo".
Now when attaching the DMG I want ...
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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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Mounting a shared network folder using an active directory domain security group
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I am trying to deploy a custom backup strategy in my lab. A "trigger" script is executed periodically on the computer, fetches the most recent backup instructions for the machine ...
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Remount encrypted APFS volume without explicitly providing password
It is possible to remount an HFS+/CoreStorage Logical Volume using diskutil mount diskXsY if keychain stores the password for that volume, but trying to remount an APFS Volume even though the password ...
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Mounted usb drive gets Operation not permitted on write
My mounted usb drive gets Operation not permitted when I write to it:
$ sudo touch /Volumes/NO\ NAME/aaa
touch: cannot touch '/Volumes/NO NAME/aaa': Operation not permitted
$ mount | grep NO
/dev/...
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Why are certain mounted volumes not listed by diskutil?
mount and df show that disk1s5 is a mounted volume:
bash-3.2$ mount
/dev/disk1s4s1 on / (apfs, sealed, local, read-only, journaled)
devfs on /dev (devfs, local, nobrowse)
/dev/disk1s2 on /System/...
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Sonoma 14.4: NFS shares automounted, but contents not visible
On my Mac Studio I have three folders that I use as mount points for NFS shares. I manage the NFS mounts with NFS Manager. Up until recently (I suspect the update to Sonoma 14.4, but I'm not sure) ...
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What happens to existing files when changing the mount points of volumes?
On 7/17/17 @bingbomboom asked this question about creating a permanent /etc/fstab entry for an external drive. My head spun thinking about this next question. Instead of hijacking its thread, I'm ...
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how can I require macOS user password before mounting a USB device to the mac?
How can I require macOS user password before mounting a USB device to the mac? I don't mind that all USB devices need the same password to mount.
I had a thought that this would improve security, that ...
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rsnapshot backup fails with cryptomator mounted volume
I have rsnapshot (on macos) setup for my backups and in the config file one of the locations I am trying to back up is a Volume mounted by Cryptomator. Relevant line in config file:
backup /Users/...
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How to mount and get full access to an apfs partition from linux
I broke my laptop some how (I think from overheating). I dual-boot linux on a Macbook that has got a T2 chip. I can't boot up MacOS, but for some reason linux does. I've got a couple of files in my ...
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Replicate Finder's behaviour when mounting SMB share with mount
I'm trying to mount a smb share on Sonoma 14.2.1 (23C71). It works perfectly using Finder (open smb://username@host/Directory), it asks for my password and mounts it successfully, but I can't make it ...
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How to make SMB mounted volume act like a local volume?
The question is vague and also suggests exactly what I have been trying to do for over a month now. I moved a few external enclosures to a Mac Mini "server" and am connecting to them over ...
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Mount image only for active user
I have an encrypted dmg with private files. When I mount it I see is as drive but when another person opens their users they see the unit available too which I don't want.
I even tried changing the ...
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