Mounting Network Disk at Startup - How to do?

Hello,
I would like to get advice, how to mount a Network Disk directly at startup (it is no problem to do this by using the Finders GoTo-Menu...)
Is this done easiest using an AppleScript or is there another better possibility?
Thanks in advance for your advices
Andreas

Do you mean startup (i.e. when the machine boots, even if no users are logged in)?, or login (e.g. when the user logs in a share mounts on their desktop)?
There are different options depending on quite what you want.

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Mount a network disk at startup?

OK, so I know I can create an alias to a network drive and copy it into the System Preferences > Accounts > Login Items list.
But on my config when I startup, I pass over the login screen and go straight to the desktop. This seems to mean that the startup items don't run like they should... or at least the alias isn't called correctly, thus my network drive isn't mounted correctly.
Any ideas how to mount a network drive at startup without having to first stop at the login screen?
Thanks!
Jake

Hi, Jake.
1. You wrote: "But on my config when I startup, I pass over the login screen and go straight to the desktop."I presume you have configured your Mac to "Automatically log in as..." your account in System Preferences > Accounts > Login Options.
Automatic login should not prevent items you have added to System Preferences > Accounts > your_account > Login Items from running. The items placed in this list are known as Login Items and are run when you log in to your account.
If you're interested in the technical details, see "The Boot Process".
2. Under Tiger, the term Startup Items applies to applications that are run when you startup your Mac. They are in the following folders:• Macintosh HD > System > Library > StartupItems. These are System-related Startup Items included with Mac OS X.
• Macintosh HD > Library > StartupItems. This is where third-party applications install other applications that are executed when you start up your Mac. Such applications run after the System-related Startup Items.Do not place the alias to your network volume in either of these folders. Never change the contents of the second folder unless specifically instructed to do so as part of troubleshooting.
3. You wrote: "...my network drive isn't mounted correctly."Can you be more specific? What is incorrect about the mounting? By "network drive" do you mean network-attached storage (brand/mode?) ? Or is this a volume being shared by another Mac or a PC?
4. Are you saying that, if you disable automatic login on your account and restart your Mac, you are prompted to authenticate mounting the network volume, and then the volume mounts normally?
5. Note that if the "network drive" is a volume being shared by another computer, and the computer sharing the volume isn't available (asleep, shutdown, AirPort off, offline, etc.) this could delay your login process a bit as your Mac tries to find it.
Good luck!
Dr. Smoke
Author: Troubleshooting Mac® OS X

User permission on SMB mounted network disk

I have a Buffalo TeraStation automounted via "NetInfo Manager" in my G5. But only the user that I used to mount the disk, and the root user can access the mounted disk. Other users in the same machine can't get permission to the network disk.
Does anyone know how do I add the permission for other users? Thanks!
G5 Mac OS X (10.4.4)

Ok found a sollution, i tried a couple of things, it boils down to this.
login as admin user
1. demote the network user to a local user,
     use workgroup manager for it use export in menu to export user from LDAP
     import to Local directory, reset the password and delete the LDAP user.
2. you chould now be able to localy login to the account, do that.
3. open the terminal and run the following commands (probably need sudo for it and you need to change <username> to the user you want to change)
     chmod -R -N /Users/<username>/
     chown -R <username>:staff /Users/<username>
     chmod -R 700 /Users/<username>
4. check that every thing in you're account is working again as should.
5. promote local user to network user.
use workgroup manager for it use export in menu to export user from Local
     import to LDAP directory, reset the password and delete the Local user.
this did the trick for me, hope it helps.
Ben

Mounting Network Drive Upon Startup

Is it possible to mount a network drive upon startup so that my auto backup program can see and backup to it?
If so, how is this setup?
Thanks,
James

Try doing i manually instead of using sharepoints tool.
http://www.bombich.com/mactips/automount.html
Ive always doen it this way and had success wheher wired or wireless... unless ofcourse the network jsut wasnt avaialble.

Cannot open mounted network disk

I have 2 Macs on my home's LAN (wired). My G4 Gigabit Ethernet (dual 500mhz) can access the MacBook Pro (running 10.4.6) across the network, no problem. The MBP can access the G4, even mount the hard disk, but when I try to open the disk it opens a blank window and then hangs the finder; only a power cycle will fix it.
I've tried repairing permissions on both machines; all the network settings look fine. Any suggestions as to what else to try would be welcome. Thanks.
G4 Gigabit Ethernet Mac OS X (10.4.7)

Hi, John--thanks for the suggestion. I saw several mentions of SharePoints before I posted my question, but it wasn't clear that it was what I needed. I'll go back and take a closer look now, and see how it does.
Thanks again,
Barbara

12 hours...no result -- Mounting Network Disk

I am writing to you in a frustrated mood. But fortunately still sane.
I am trying to remote access my Airpot Exrtreme usb drive on windows 7 and mac lion.
I feel I am almost there, just can't get the little details.
I am confused with the port mapping part of Airport Extreme. I am not sure to use "personal file sharing", "windows sharing", "web sharing".
Also, in windows, do I just mount the drive or do I need to add a "network place"
I followed the instructions here:
https://discussions.apple.com/message/15283514#15283514
You do not need the AirPort Utility installed on your computer in order to access a shared drive from either a remote location or on the local network. This utility's primary purpose is for administering the base station.
You will need to both enable File Sharing and configure the AirPort for Port Mapping. It is pretty much described step-by-step in the article you referenced in the beginning of your post.
Ok, so let's go over the basic steps to see if anything was missed.
Start the AirPort Utility > Select the AEBSn, and then, note the IP address shown.
Select Manual Setup.
Verify that Connection Sharing = Share a public IP address is selected on the Internet > Internet Connection tab.
Select Disks, and then, select File Sharing.
Verify that both the "Enable file sharing" and "Share disks over WAN" options are enabled.
Verify that Secure Shared Disks = With a disk password. (Recommended)
Verify that AirPort Disks Guest Access = Not allowed. (Recommended)
Select Advanced, and then, select the Port Mapping tab.
Click the plus sign to add a new port mapping.
For Service, select the "Personal File Sharing" option. (Note: This option would only allow Mac clients to access the AirPort Disks. If you want both Macs and PCs to connect, you would need to leave this field at its default value and enter the appropriate SMB ports to the mix of ports to be opened.)
In the Public UDP Port(s) and Public TCP Port(s) boxes, type in a 4-digit port number (e.g., 8888) that you choose. In the Private IP Address box, type the internal IP address of your AEBSn that you wrote down in step 1. In the Private UDP Port(s) and Private TCP Port(s) boxes, type 548. Click Continue.
In the Description box, type a descriptive name like "AirPort Disk File Sharing," and then, click Done.
Click on Update.
To connect to the shared AirPort Disk from a remote location using a Mac:
From the Finder > Go > Connect to Server.
Enter the DynDNS-provided Domain Name or Pubic (WAN-side) IP address of the AEBSn, followed by a colon and the Public port number that you choose in step 11 of the previous procedure. For example: afp://www.mydyndnsdomain.com:8888 or afp://123.456.789.123:8888
Click Connect.
You should be prompted for your user name and password. The user name can be anything you like; the password should be the Disk password for the AEBSn that you created in step 6 previously.
Click Connect.
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Mounting network drives at startup?

I know this could be done in 10.4, but I can't figure it out in 10.5. I am wanting to have a couple network drives connect at login and mount to the desktop. Currently I have to go into the shared computers and drives via the finder, then connact as. Is there a way to get these to mount at startup?

You can also create Automator applications that launch at login. Take a look at this tutorial:
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=144914
(the post at 08-20-2005, 10:13 PM has the answer I used)
Since I have a Storage Area Network, shared drives and a cluster, I have to make sure that each node (computer) can see the shared storage, the cluster controller and the place where the source file for rendering is located. So, instead of worrying about keeping it all configured, I just made a Workgroup, assigned Read/Write privileges for any admin user, turned on Apple Talk, and made a script to mount all the local drives (ComputerName.local) for all computers, except for the local one.
Since managed, render services can also be flaky, I also wrote a script that resets the services at login (in case the IP changes or what ever).
It works like a charm, and better yet, I can see it running at login.
Cheers,
Jeff W.

How to NOT mount a harddrive on startup?

hi,
on my macbook pro 13" (2,3 GHz, early 2011, macosx 10.8.2), i replaced the DVD drive with an SSD. so now, the macbook has a 256GB SSD and a 500GB harddrive inside. i only use the harddrive as a media drive for final cut pro editing, all other things are done by the SSD alone.
right now, on every startup the harddrive would mount, although i most often do not need it.
question: is there a way to keep the harddrive from mounting, so the default startup would bring up only the SSD? is there even a control panel or utility like that to manage that task?
thank you!

There's another way to solve your problem: rather than preventing it from mounting, you could have it automatically dismount after you log in to your user account.
This might not seems as neat as not mounting it at all (after all, the system has to mount then dismount it), but it does have some advantages:
1. It's very quick and simple to set up, and to disable at any time if you wish.
2., It means your disk is still available if you ever have to do some troubleshooting in the recovery HD or Safe Mode (say if your SSD is playing up or something).
Here's how to do it if you wish:
1. Open the Applescript editor (click on Spotlight in the menu bar and type 'applesc' and hit 'return' on your keyboard).
2. Copy and paste the following in the editor window:
tell application "Finder" to eject (first disk whose name starts with "Name")
3. Replace the word "Name" with the first word of the name of your disk as it appears in the Finder sidebar (not the first word in its pathname),. E.g., in Finder sidebar, my disk is called 'Buffalo 500GB HDD', so I'd put 'Buffalo' in the script).
IMPORTANT: be sure to retain the double quotation marks "" around the name of the disk.
4. Now let's test it. Click the 'Compile' button in the task bar and, assuming there's no errors, then 'Run'. Check in Finder sidebar that your disk has disappeared.
If you get any errors on compile or run try deleting the script and typing it by hand. Sometimes copying and pasting text over introduces buggy characters. If you type it, watch the punctuation. If you get errors and can't solve them, post back.
5. Assuming the test works, choose 'Save as' from the Applescript File menu and in the dialogue box change 'File Format' to Application. Choose a location to save to ( /Applications is preferred ) and click the 'Save' button.
6. Go to
 > System Preferences... Users & Groups | Login Items.
Click the '+' sign in the Login Items tab, and add your new application to the list.
7. Restart the mac and test. The disk should dismount after the login process has finished.

Multiple mounting of network disk not wanted

I use a MacPro with 10.5.8 and a LaCie network disk. On this machine are several users which I want to give shared access to the information on the LaCie disk.
I kept having trouble with access and found that each user mounts a different device (/Volumes/disk, /Volumes/disk-1, /Volumes/disk-2, etc.). I have had several months of discussions with LaCie help desk without any results and have given up on them.
A possible side effect of the current method of connecting is also that each user has to re-connect after each login
I have looked at the forum entries for multiple mounts and these all seem to be connected to partitioned disks, which is not the case here. And I frankly don't understand enough of these posts to use that information for this specific question.
How to set up a transparent and reliable disk connection with a single mount?
Regards,
Bob

Hey there!
Well now your post is over one year old but recently I had the same problem.
Solution was what you were thinking: Redirect the path. But where??? I searched the registry and there you have it:
Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\Common 8.0\Media Cache
There's a key called FolderPath. Set that to a local drive and Premiere should start again.
btw adobe: that's really a bad bad bug or misbehaviour. if something is not working software should ask for another solution instead of just crash...

Auto-Mounting Network Shares/Disk Images

Hi,
I'd like to share how I solved my problem with auto-mounting a network disk image/folder share to be used as a custom library/location for Aperture 3.xx. I can now either reference the master photos from the network or have it copy to this disk image volume on the network, although it might be better to have it copy to the disk image volume, so one can move it around as a file later. I researched hard over these forums and internet resources and discovered what I thought was the best way to accomplish this. Initially, I found right away that Aperture doesn't allow you to create a library over your network drive or a home server such as mine, unless it is partitioned/formatted to Mac OS. This wasn't acceptable for me as I also run Windows 7 PCs that need to utilize the network folder shares, as well.
I don't understand why I don't have this problem using iPhoto 2011, and do with Aperture 3.0, which is a far more expensive application. Anyhow, I read a little about NFS, but didn't know how to implement this or if it required the Mac Server and/or a non-built in application, it probably isn't compatible with windows. So, I found that by creating a .DMG disk image file, as a partitioned/formatted Mac OS file in Disk Utility, and saving it to the network folder of my choosing, did the trick.
Steps I used to accomplish this:
-Go to Disk Utility and create "New Image"
-Select format w/ MacOSX Extended(journaled) and choose "single partition/GUID" type (or whatever you want)
-Enter a custom size of your disk image (ex in 1GB or 1TB). Click "Create"
* I created this locally 1st and then I copied it over the network, to the network folder/subfolder on my HP Mediasmart Home Server EX495. I found that creating it over the network took too long and would crash Disk Utility.
-After it's copied to your desired location over the network folder, open Automator.
-choose "Application" workflow, double-click to add "Get Specified servers". Enter location of your server (ex smb://hpserver/)
-Then add "Connect to Servers",
-Then add "Get specified Finder Items". Click Add, and locate your disk image file over the network. (this will automatically add the location path. For ex. smb:/hpserver/photos/aperture_library.dmg)
-Then add "Mount Disk Image".
-Then test workflow by clicking on "Run" button on top right of window. If your
Finder->Preferences->General settings on your Mac is set to show "Connected Servers" on your desktop, your disk image will appear on you desktop.
-Finally, save this Application workflow as an application by clicking File menu->Save As. Save this to your documents folder area.
-To have your Mac auto-mount your disk image automatically when you login:
->go to System Preferences->Accounts->your "Admin account name"->Login Items
->click "+" sign and navigate to the Documents folder, to where the Automator application you saved
->click Add. Once done, it will appear on the Login Items area. You can choose to hide it, if you want by clicking the checkbox.
-Now Restart your Mac, and now your disk image should auto-mount.
Hope this helps, as it helped me solve the issue. Too bad one must have to program this and it is not native on MacOSX.

Too many steps. Do this:
1. Go to Disk Utility and create a disk image with the following properties:
Format: Mac OS Extended (Journaled)
Partitions: Hard Disk
Image Format: Sparse bundle disk image
2. Copy the image you just created to the share on the network where it should reside.
3. Open System Preferences, and click on the Accounts icon
4. Select *your account* and click on the Login Items tab
5. Drag the icon for the disk image from the network share into the Login Items list
If a login item is something on a network share, it will reconnect to the share it's located on automatically first.
If a login item is a disk image, the disk image will be opened and mounted.
It's important that the image is a journaled one because if it isn't, being disconnected from it while writing would be potentially disastrous.
It's important that the image is a sparsebundle for two reasons: sparsebundles only take up as much space as they need (e.g., a 1Tb sparsebundle with 100M of data takes up about 100M of space), and they also break the disk down into smaller files. If the underlying filesystem on your network share is FAT32, then no file can go over 4Gb. If you use a sparsebundle, of course, there's no practical limit to how large the disk image can get. Also, it can speed up certain types of backup procedures.
I suggest using partition type "Hard Disk" instead of "1 partition GUID" because, as a disk image, there's no sense in having a partition table or making it bootable (because you can't boot from the image).

Vista PC's connect to network but cannot mount TC disks!!!!

I will start by saying that I have never had a problem with connectivity between my iMac and Macbook.
I have 2 PCs in the house running Vista. Both can connect wirelessly to the TC and access the internet through this without a problem. However when trying to connect the disks (TC disk and also one connected USB drive) I get an error.
Error reads "Unknown User, incorrect password, or login is disabled. Please retype the login information or contact the Disk's administrator (67)." I know the password I entered is correct.
TC firmware version is 7.4.2
File sharing is enabled.
Secure shared disks with TC password
AirPort Disk guest access is Read and Write
WIndows workgroup is set the same as on the Vista machines.
WINS Server is blank.
The frustrating thing is that it used to work just fine and it appears that this is a recent event (the kids have been complaining for a while and I have only just now got around to looking at it seriously).
When I first purchased my TC 9 months ago we were a Windows only household. There was never any problem with connecting to the drives. It appears that the connectivity has got progressively worse over time.
At one stage I dumped the Windows AirPort utility and just tried to manually map the TC and other drive within windows (i.e. select Map Network drive, enter IP address of TC and then select the shared name) This worked for a while but now windows will not even see the shared drives. The TC is visible on the network considering it is the point where the two PCs connect.
Does anyone have any advice on how to get the two Vista PCs to connect?

OK. I have had a closer look at things and believe I am closer to identifying the source of the problem.
It appears that I am unable to use the Airport Agent to mount the disks because of the (so-called) "smart" firewall in Norton 360.
If I disable the Norton firewall I am able to get the disks mounted (mapped).
Now I do not want to have to permanently disable the firewall just so I can access the disks.
Does anyone have any suggestions on how to configure the firewall so that it allows communication between the Vista PC and the TC? (i.e. any specific ports to open, protocols to allow, etc.)
It is also interesting to note that I get the same problem is I manually map the disks from within Windows Explorer (i.e. no problem with firewall disabled but constant invalid password with firewall active).

How do I mount a disk image that won't open?

I have an external drive Samsung 500 GB that was failing. I think my MacBook Air (10.6.8) caused it to fail because it wouldn't allow me to eject the disk even though I forced quit all programs. I eventually had to just unplug the drive and this caused the external disk to fail as it had not been ejected properly. Not my fault. It's the MBA's fault for not letting me eject the disk. Now the Samsung disk won't mount properly and I get a message that the drive is failing and I should save the data.
Anyhow, I used the free version of Data Rescue 3 to try and save the data on the failing Samsung 500 GB drive and move it onto a brand new Toshiba 1 TB drive.
I was unable to use the normal scanning function of Data Rescue 3 as the hardware of the drive was too damaged, and so I used the clone function on Data Rescue 3 to clone the data onto a non-failing hard drive, with the intent of restoring the data later.
I am not sure if I was successful in making the disk image. It hung up at the 99.6% point for about 12 hours when I decided to give up on it, and I shut down Data Rescue so I could eject the hard disks.
However, it would not let me do it. I tried force ejecting but still I could not eject the disks.
I ended up just unplugging the drives. I think the Samsung drive died almost completely then because it made a whole lot of clicking noises after that (it was only making a few clicking noises before that).
Anyhow, I plugged the Toshiba 1 TB drive into the computer again and used Data Rescue to scan the drive with the disk image on it to see if I could detect files on that drive.
It opened up the structure and I was able to see that most or all of the files were there (abbout 450GB of data) just from seeing the information about the files in the structure tree - the labels of the files (file type labels such as jpg, mp4 etc) and the size of the files, although I could not open up the files to check all of them.
I tested out the restore function of Data Rescue by downloading one file (<10MB) file. I am using the free version and can download one file for free to test things out.
It worked and I was able to save that file onto a second external drive (Western Digital 500 GB) I had plugged in. I had bought this drive just to do the data rescue.
So I think the files are salvageable and the disk image is OK.
However, when I tried to open the disk image in Disk Utility, by opening it as the source and choosing the WD drive as the destination I could not open it. I got an error message. I can't remember what the message was.
I tried just opening the disk image in Finder by just clicking on the disk image but it won't mount.
Is that because my hard drive doesn't have enough space? My Desktop on the MBA only has 12 GB free and the WD drive has only 500 GB on it even though the disk image is about 501 GB.
I don't know why the disk image is that size when the failing Samsung drive only had 450 GB of data on it.
Anyway, what should I do to mount the disk image?
I want to mount the disk image so that I can copy or move the files from it to another external drive so that I can save those files.
Is it because the WD is only 500 GB or does it mean there's a problem with the disk image I made?
Should I try Carbon Clone Copy? I use that to make backups of my MBA internal HDD though I have never used it for opening or making disk images.
I have never dealt with disk images before except for dmg files of applications downloaded from the internet.
I am trying to avoid using Data Rescue 3 as I have to pay for it and if there is a free option, such as Disk Utility, CCC or other, I want to try it to restore the data in the disk image.
Sadly, I think the Samsung drive is ruined beyong repair as it's making a lot of clicking sounds and doesn't mount properly in Disk Image and I get a message that it's beyond repair or something like that in Disk Utility.
So I am relying on the disk image I made on the Toshiba drive to restore my files.
(I think it was the last movie file that caused the problem because it was when I was trying to copy it onto the Samsung external drive, all the problems began - hanging up when copying it, not being able to eject the Samsung disk, causing hardware issues on Samsung disk and getting warning messages on Disk Utility.)
BTW, I learned how to eject a drive when it won't eject the normal way, I have to use command window and type in commands, but that's another post ....
Any advice?
I am thinking of going out and buying a second 1 TB external drive so that I have a disk with enough space to open the 501GB disk image on it, just in case that was the sole problem.
However, I am not sure that is the case, and I think there may be a problem with the disk image or I am not going the right way about opening it.
Thanks for any advice.

I think I've found the solution to this problem.
http://superuser.com/questions/19426/im-unable-to-mount-a-dmg-getting-a-no-mount able-filesystems-error
I am following the instructions here:
I ran into a similar situation. I did what simonair suggested and I received a message in Terminal that Volume mounted successfully. However It did not help me access the mounted Volume neither was I able to confirm the mounted Volume. Nor was I able to mount the image using Disk Drill or even scan through. Nothing succeeded.
Here is what I did to solve my problem. I see that in this post some suggested that we should convert name.dmg to writable file. I used the command from Terminal to convert but was not successful. INSTEAD alternatively, I used Disk Utility, attached the Volume (yes I got the same message again, ''no mountable system files'' however, Disk Utility nevertheless attached the image, which I was able to do before anyways. This time, I selected it and then clicked New image, and then selected image format read/write, not the compressed option. I created a new image. This time this image was writable however, it still would not mount using Simonair's solution. However, this time I was able to scan it with Disk Drill with exact file locations and folder hierarchy as I had. Recovering all from thereon was a breeze. Just remember: when you create new image of an attached volume and chose not compressed but read/write, you need to have a disk with exact amount of space that totals the total space allocated within that name.dmg file (not the amount of space the data takes). Mine was huge, and luckily I had an external disk with enough space to do that and it took about 5 hours for about 400GB of disk allocation. Good luck.
And so far it seems to be working. Even though the volume is grayed out on the left side of Disk Utility, I am still able to select it as the source for making a new disk image. I chose Read and Write and no compression.
The only thing I might be doing differently is that instead of choosing the disk image as the source, I chose the volume as the source. The volume is grayed out, but the disk image is not.
It seems to be working all right. Keep my fingers crossed.
If this doesn't work, I will use Data Recovery 3 as a last resort.

How can I access photos on a network disk with apple TV ?

I just bought a WD network disk to put all my photos. I wish to look at them with apple TV but can't find how. The only thing I see is what shared in my laptop Itune. Can't I just acces the content on network device without going through Itune?
It should be easy as looking what's on the network and brows through the content!

fouiiin wrote:
I just bought a WD network disk to put all my photos. I wish to look at them with apple TV but can't find how. The only thing I see is what shared in my laptop Itune. Can't I just acces the content on network device without going through Itune?
It should be easy as looking what's on the network and brows through the content!
AppleTV2 does not support directly accessing media on network drives.
All media viewed must be via itunes.
If you can point iTunes to a folder on the network drive (Advanced>Choose Photos to Share) you maybe able to access them but only when itunes is running.
AC

I used a partitioned HDD for time machine, using a partition already containing other data files. I am now no longer able to view that partition in Finder. Disk Utility shows it in grey and "not mounted". Any suggestions of how to access the files?

I used a partitioned HDD for time machine, using a partition already containing other data files. I am now no longer able to view that partition in Finder. Disk Utility shows it in grey and "not mounted". Any suggestions of how to access the files? Does using time machine mean that that partition is no longer able to be used as it used to be?
HDD is a Toshiba 1TB, partitioned into two 500GB partitions.
OS X version 10.9.2

Yes, sharing a TM disk is a bad idea, and disks are cheap enough so that you don't need to.
Now
Have you tried to repair the disk yet

Word for mac 2011 keyboard commands hang when network disk mounted

After much trial and error, I have found that, for my system, at least, MS Word for Mac 2011 hangs on keyboard commands when a network disk is mounted on my desktop.
Just wanted to alert all who get the beach ball when use keyboard commands in MS Word.
Symptom was that Cmd-C would take 8-13 seconds or so to copy 1 word, versus immediate when using menu commands. Same with Cmd-V paste. Also, opening a document took much longer.
Once I ejected network disk, problem disappeared.
Hopefully this will save someone else the time I spent tracking down the issue. I'd still love to know the root problem, though, as I prefer to have a remoe disk mounted on desktop while I work, and now I can't.

Follow these instructions to uninstall MacKeeper. They have been tested with the most recent version of MacKeeper (v 2.8). Earlier versions than the one released in 2012 require more extensive work to uninstall all its components.
The effects of having actually used MacKeeper to do anything are a completely different matter. The fastest way to take an exquisitely designed and painstakingly engineered Mac and make it run like a steaming pile of dung is to install and use such ill-conceived "cleaning" or "security" products. This is just one example of a broad category of time- and money-wasters capable of causing damage that can only be rectified by reinstalling OS X, restoring from a backup, or completely erasing your system and rebuilding it from the ground up. Never install such junk on a Mac.
If you used MacKeeper to encrypt any files or folders, use MacKeeper to un-encrypt them first.
Quit the MacKeeper app if it is running.
Open your Applications folder: Using the Finder's Go menu, select Applications.
Drag the MacKeeper icon from your Applications folder (not the Dock) to the Trash.
You will be asked to authenticate (twice):
You do not need to provide a reason for uninstalling it:
Just click the Uninstall MacKeeper button. You will be asked to authenticate again.
After it uninstalls you may empty the Trash and restart your Mac. All that will remain is an inert log file that does nothing but occupy space on your hard disk.

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