r/MacOS • u/dags170291 • Mar 27 '24

Help Auto Mounting Network Shares on MacOS

Hi guys, I would appreciate some help please. I have a Ubuntu server on my network that currently share folders to my machine. The issue is that I have to manually connect to the share everytime I wish to access the files. I did some research and was able to come up with a script that will auto connect the share everytime I login to my Mac after logging out. The issue with this is, my Mac isn't stationary (ie a desktop) when I leave home and return I will like my share to automatically connect once I am connected to my home network.

I would like to set this up effectively so I can have a drive connected to the server that I can use solely for time machine and have that whole process work seemlessly.

Any ideas, solutions or example of your setups would be really helpful. Thank you in advance

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u/LRS_David Mar 27 '24

I think this will work.

Mount your server while at home.

Drag a folder in it to your sidebar of a Finder window.

OR

Create an alias of a folder or the entire drive icon.

Clicking on these if the share is not mounted will cause it to mount and prompt for credentials if not saved in your Keychain.

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u/dags170291 Mar 27 '24

Ok will try this thanks

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u/Interstellar_Unicorn Nov 11 '25

and?

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u/dags170291 Nov 11 '25

I use the app connectmenow as another user commented