Mapping network drive on mac at startup

Sign Up. I can manually map the drives no problem and even add them as a startup item at login, but since this Mac is in a Windows domain it hasn't really played nice with the map at login, and I would like to create maybe a simple script that can run at login to map a few drives but maybe delay the mapping for about 30 to 60 seconds after login. Any apps that can accomplish this task would be cool too. Appreciate any insight.

Start Free Trial. Do more with. View Solution Only. Verified Expert. Commented: Create an automator script to mount the drives and include a delay function for 30 to 60 seconds. Then set the automator script to run as a log in item. For instance, adding the line delay 60 in the script just before the instruction to mount the drives will delay the action 60 seconds.

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In another words, I want to see this script in any domain computer. There is a lot wrong with what you've posted: Missing necessary declarations and other items that are syntactically incorrect or factually won't accomplish anything other than to generate an error message. With all due respect, you may wish to hire an expert. Apple's Enterprise Connect will do this very easily. I use it in my environment to provide better Active Directory integration with macOS.

It creates a valid Kerberos ticket, syncs passwords, and provides automatic SMB file share mounting whenever the Mac is connected to the corporate network.

Mapping a network drive

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Get answers from your peers along with millions of IT pros who visit Spiceworks. I would like to map network drive permanently on mac for all domain users. How could I do that? We found 5 helpful replies in similar discussions:. Fast Answers! Nick Jul 30, Was this helpful? Craig M Jan 12, See all 5 answers.

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My first thought was symlinks. Apple expert. Radz This person is a verified professional.

David This person is a verified professional. Woland Sep 20, at UTC. If you are only wanting to mount a home drive for example and the share is on windowsfs. I also had to create a LogoutHook since we use PaperCut for printing which runs from a samba share and doesn't exit properly when a user logs out. Rhya Sep 20, at UTC. Where should I write this xml file? Should I write in script editor or terminal? Please explain me step by step. I am pretty new for apple script I am not finding in finder application. Thank you. At this point you are just making sure that the script executes at login, if the test file is created after you have logged in you know you are on the right track.

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It's apple's fault really, they have deprecated AFP years ago now. Woland however has been pretty explicit. Rhya Sep 21, at UTC. Now I understand the first script.