Have a quick shufti at this thread. Generally just chucking an app in the bin is good enough to get rid of it because all that will be left behind is a preference file that has no residual effect. Something like the appdelete mentioned there will also remove the preference files.
You might struggle to get something free but I can recommend Automounter. It’s about a tenner (including the ‘pro’ pack).
I wouldn't have paid that much for it but I don't have a copy of the invoice to check. I doubt I'd have spent more than a fiver on it.
If connecting on login is all you need, then mount (remember credentials in Keychain) and then add the mounts to your User 'Login Items'.
It's not as simple as that, macOS is dreadful at remembering and staying connected to network shares. It only takes the slightest thing for them to disconnect and they don't reconnect.
Be interested to know how well it works (and whether it gets updated for apple silicon).
It's not been updated since 2019 so I doubt it!
If it's two devices and a 'one and done' scenario then just do it manually, either through GUI or using Preferences via the 'defaults' command, or you can roll out Profiles (essentially what a MDM does on Apple devices) using the 'Apple Configurator' app (should be on the app store).Morning all, got a work question!!
I'm not a MAC/Apple user so struggling to get a firm answer. I have 2 macbooks that i want to security harden:
I am told that this can't be done natively and i need additional software such as MDM. Is this correct? Anyone know how much MDM costs for 2 devices? Monthly or one off licence cost?
- I need to be able to add admin, manager and individual user accounts.
- I need to add an enforced password policy, such as character length, forced renew (password expiry).
- Device encryption.
- Other stuff.
Happy with Windows OS, Android etc, but not an Apple fanboy
Sure, they won't reconnect automatically with that method, without logging out and back in again, but i guess it depends how often your network shares disconnect.
