Is AutomountMaker still the best tool for mounting NAS drives in OSX?

[Brovig]

It's been a few years since AutomountMaker was referenced as the most reliable way of mounting a NAS drive in Mac OSX. Do you feel this is still the case or are the better ways these days?

[wgscott]

Are you using nfs?

[Brovig]

Are you using nfs?

 

Yes. Or at least i think I am. It's a Synology server.

[wgscott]

You should be able to simply mount an NFS share with the Finder.

 

I've also got some detailed instructions on how to do it, on a computer at work, and I just realized it is down and won't be able to reboot it until tomorrow.

 

The link:

 

Link

 

Here is a google cache page:

 

Google cache

[Brovig]

Yes, one should and one can. But plain OSX doesn't quite do the trick. I need something that's automatic and robust and that doesn't drop the NAS connection after sleep etc. That's the need that AutomountMaker was designed to meet. I think it remains the best tool for the job but it hasn't been updated in 3+ years so I wanted to check with people here.

 

Thank you for the link!

[wgscott]

I keep all my NFS disks mounted permanently this way.

 

Also, this is an option: http://www.bresink.com/osx/NFSManager.html

 

Interesting observations/warnings on the page as well.