Two easy ones for the gurus...

[glashoppah]

Just replaced my PC with a Mac and need to know:

1. How do I designate certain software to always run when I log in? How about when the machine is booted (prior to log in)?

2. How do I cause OS X to automatically mount file server shares when they're needed?

I am very familiar with UNIX operation, but I have to believe there are nice pretty Apple ways to do this stuff.

Thanks,

G.

 

[angelwatt]

1. Auto-launch applications: System Preferences > Accounts > Login Items

2. Define "when needed." You'll likely need to reconnect though, but under the Apple menu > Recent Items, it will list recent servers as well for easy access.

 

[pastrychef]

If you want the file server mounted automatically after a reboot, you can drag the server's icon to Login Items, as well.

 

[Dave Braine]

1. Auto-launch applications: System Preferences > Accounts > Login Items

You can also right click on the apps icon on the dock and choose Open at login from there.

 

[FourCandles]

...How do I designate certain software to always run ...... when the machine is booted (prior to log in)
...

Could you explain what specific software you'd want to run before login?

 

[glashoppah]

Could you explain what specific software you'd want to run before login?

None currently, but I might have some in the future.

Thanks everyone for the suggestions. I'm running a NAS and the disks are set to spin down after 15 minutes of inactivity. I'm finding that when that happens, the Mac loses the mount and I have to manually reconnect (by clicking the resource) to re-mount the share. This is bothersome, I'm guessing that if I reconfigured the NAS to leave the drives active this problem would go away...? Any other potential solution?

G.