How can I achieve auto mounting AFP shared drives in OS X?

Question

I would like to automatically mount remote AFP shared drives.

The ideal solution would be to auto mount the remote drives even before the session was opened.

Edit: I currently use login items, but as stated above auto mounting before the session or even without the session starting would be ideal.

Examples would be very appreciated.

Answer 1

You can put aliases to the remote volumes in your Login Items folder.

A nice explanation of this feature is available from Apple on the web and the built-in help:

• http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.7/en/mh15189.html

Answer 2

I have a shell script that I run via a launchd plist every few minutes to automount an NAS drive. I use it from home to mount my NAS as it contains our shared iTunes Media folder.

You can look at the script Code on Pastebin.

I you have questions about the code I'll be happy to discuss. It has a lots of error checking etc. Using a shell script and a launchd plist has the benefit if the the mount becomes unmounted for any reason.

Answer 3

You can write a shell script that gets exectued with an AppleScript script.