How to: Auto mounting and recheck on a Mac

Question

Hello all, i've been using the below for a couple of months on my WD, its worked great in all that time and havent had an issue.  The reason I started using this was so that my PLEX software would always be able to access my WD and stream, as they are located on difference machines. I have no idea if anyone has found a better way, but for me this is the best I could initally find and then adapt to make it more centric to my needs. We're going to make an automator application, so on your desktop goto 'GO -> Applications -> Automator'When Autormator loads up, click new doccument and then select 'Application'. We want application because we can make this process automatic on log in, and as an application we wont need the automator software to load up. With the new application, search of 'AppleScript' in the search bar and then drag across Applescript into your work flow. Copy and paste the below into the box, changing what your need.  If you only want to mount one share, then its just { "ONESHARENAME" } without the need for a comma. property myDisks : {"YOUR", "SHARE", "NAMES", "HERE"}
set mountedDisks to paragraphs of (do shell script "/bin/ls /Volumes")
repeat with aDisk in myDisks
if aDisk is not in mountedDisks then
mount volume "afp://YOUR.WDMYCLOUD.IP.HERE/" & aDisk as user name "USERNAME" with password "PASSWORD"
end if
end repeat If you were to save this now, whenever you double click the application it would mount the said shares for you without needing you to log in or select which shares you want to mount. The reason I use AFP (this scipt works with SMB too for windows users BUT....) is that it is unbelieveably faster than SMB, however, I did notice that the connection would randomly unmount itsself if it hasnt been used for a couple of hours - which makes sense I suppose, but for my system - it needs to be ALWAYS mounted.  So with just two more steps we can make it so the script will automatically check every 10 minutes for the shares, and if they arent mounted then it will remount them again wihtout any human intervention or popups. STEP 2).  Drag another blank applescript underneath the one we just created.  Paste in it; on run {input, parameters}
delay 300
return input
end run  Delay 300 is how many seconds it will wait before redoing the check. STEP 3).We now need to make this loop infinitely for an always on system, or atleast always doing it whilst you are using the computer. Where you initally searched for the term 'Applescript', delete that off and search for 'Loop'.  Drag the loop option below the two applescripts and select the options;"Loop automatically" and for everytime write -1 -1 is importnant as this makes the loop cycle infinite, then finally the last setting is "use the original input".  Save it as an Application somewhere, then goto your System settings, USER, Login items, click the + to add one, and search for where you just saved this application and.. Success!   Everytime you log in or start the mac, it will initiate this always on script .  Hopefully someone else finds this useful.  The inital part of the script was found on the internet somewhere, I cant find the link now to give credit, it was adpated for multiple shares and the log in section.  

Answer 1

cpt_paranoia wrote:
Interesting workaround, but, like Raphael, this puzzles me: > I did notice that the connection would randomly unmount itsself if it hasnt been used for a couple of hours - which makes sense I suppose Unmounting autonomously doesn't make any sense to me. But who knows what's in the mind of the Ghost of Steve Jobs...My Mac Mini does not have the random unmounting nor have I ever encountered the Ghost of Steve Jobs, although Quality Assurance has gone down a notch as I notice the askewness of some fonts in the calendar since the passing of Jobs and this random unmounting could be the QA of a thousand people working on Yosemite rather than a hundred. RyLeTo wrote:
 Im personally very very happy with the WD, I think its hugely versatile and its been on 24/7 for over a year and I have never had a problem since I stopped installing 3rd party software via terminal.My sentiments exactly. For me I never had a problem since I stopped installing the latest firmware and impatiently rebooting when the white light stayed white.  Everyone remember to give RyLeTo a Kudos to ensure his trapping allegiance as a future FREE Volunteer WD tech supporter.