Automatically connect to networked hard drive

Following some recent advise I run a buffalo external hard drive from my wirelss router which works fine.
My question is that each time I power up my imac, I have to click go-connnect to server etc before I can access data on my hard drive. Is it possible to configure the imac so the hard drive will show up automatically as a drive when I log on?
Many thanks

Yes, but it doesn't always work as well as you would hope.
Mount the drive using Apple-K as you do now, then open sys prefs and select "accounts." From that option, select "login items" and you will see a list of apps that your Mac will startup when you boot up. Drag that icon of the network drive to the list.
This is the way that I use, but sometimes when I boot up I get a message saying the it cannot connect. I have not taken the time to figure it out.
Some people had suggested creating an alias of the network drive icon, but that didn't eliminate the problem. It connects most of the time, but not all.

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I have a MacBook pro. I want to store media on an external hard drive. Can I connect my G Drive external hard drive to my existing home network? I have AT&T internet provider, and their modem (residential gateway) only has ethernet ports.
It would work if you had:
A router with a USB port and a disk sharing feature (my ISP's router does)
An Apple Airport Extreme or Time Machine, because they have USB ports and a disk sharing feature
A Network Attached Storage (NAS) device, or you can buy an adapter that just puts a hard drive on the home network
Another computer that you can plug the disk into and then turn on file sharing enabled for that volume
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Can apple tv connect to networked hard drive?

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Everywhere I search, it says that Time Machine will automatically backup every 24 hours and so on.
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If the drive is not connected then TM pauses until the drive becomes available. Yes, if the drive isn't connected then there are no backups.
A whole lot about Time Machine for help with TM problems. Also you can select Mac Help from the Finder's Help menu and search for "time machine" to locate articles on how to use TM. See also Mac 101- Time Machine.

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I Want to connect the external hard drive so that I can transfer files faster then the USB 2.0. There is a thunderbolt to Ethernet adapter that you can buy I I just want to know if the hard drive can be accessed thru the Ethernet line instead of the USB. I think it will work faster than the USB. But not sure

It won't work.. the thunderbolt to ethernet adapter doesn't work without drivers and the external thunderbolt drive is not now or ever a network drive.
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eg Another TC is a network drive.
Seagate or WD make reasonably priced network drives. But they will not have the HFS+ format which the TC does.
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I just recently purchased the new AirPort Time Capsule. The network set-up easily. However, when I connected my external hard drive (via USB) to it, the external hard drive does not show up in my Finder and I am otherwise unable to access the external hard drive from any computer connected the the network. When I plug the external hard drive in directly to my iMac, the external hard drive is recognized right away and I am able to access all folders. Any tips?

Check to make sure that the drive is formatted in Mac OS Extended Journaled or FAT32.
If the drive is formatted correctly and recognized by the Time Capsule, it will appear when you open AirPort Utility and click on the Disks tab.
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Click the Time Capsule icon, then click Edit
Click the Disks tab at the top of the next page
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Automatically connect to networked hard drive

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