MacOS – GUI for managing automounting of fileshares

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I have a bunch of MP3 files on an SMB share. They play great if I use Finder's Connect to Server to mount the disk first, iTunes thinks they have names like /Volumes/musicshare/foo.mp3. But if I reboot and launch iTunes first the files are as if they don't exist until I manually remount the volume in Finder.

How do I arrange for my network share to automatically mount after a reboot? Searching for answers turns up a lot of information about hand-editing autofs configuration files. I'm new to MacOS but an old Unix hand and am OK editing files in /etc. But it feels like the wrong way; does MacOS have a user friendly way of automounting network shares?

Best Answer

Mount the share that you want and then open "System Preferences - Users and groups - Login items"

Click the + symbol to add a new login item and then select the network share from the window that opens. The volume should open on every login.

Check the box next to it to hide the item. This should keep the Finder window from appearing.

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Setup your NAS to export a NFS-share. Refer to the Synology knowledgebase how to do this or use the following how-to to set it up, fine tune and secure your set-up.

You may do it manually in the command line also:
Let's assume your media folder is /Shares/Media. Create or edit a file named exports in /etc. The example below restricts the access to computers with an IP address in the range 192.168.0.1 - 192.168.0.254. You may have to restart your NAS or at least nfsd (nfs-daemon).

Linux/NAS file /etc/exports:
```
/Shares/Media 192.168.0.0/255.255.255.0(rw)
```
if you use a Mac Server use this line:
```
/Shares/Media -network 192.168.0.0 -mask 255.255.255.0
```

Edit /etc/auto_master on your Mac and add the line:

/-                                  auto_media

file /etc/auto_master:

#
# Automounter master map
#
+auto_master                        # Use directory service
/-                                  auto_media
/net                                -hosts      -nobrowse,hidefromfinder,nosuid
/home                               auto_home   -nobrowse,hidefromfinder
/Network/Servers                    -fstab
/-                                  -static

and create a new file auto_media in /etc on your Mac

file /etc/auto_media:
```
/Media         IP-NAS:/Shares/Media
```
Please don't forget: all files mentioned above need a trailing empty line

enter sudo automount -vc in Terminal on your Mac with the output:

$ sudo automount -vc
automount: /Media updated  
automount: /net updated  
automount: /home updated  
automount: no unmounts

/Media will now always be visible in the root folder of your Mac and accessible for both of you as long as the NAS is up & running. No Apple Script to mount it nor a Connect to Server needed.

(Set up and tested on a Server 10.7 (no Synology NAS, because i don't own one, but it shouldn't make a difference) and Client 10.9)

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