Unattended backups to USB Harddisk, how??

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gero

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Hi,

I'm using Superduper to do backups of my Mac Mini to an external USB harddisk. Works nice and no complains on Superduper. In Superduper I scheduled backups such that they are executed on a daily basis but.... this only works as long as I'm logged in on OSX because the external USB disk get unmounted as soon as I log out.

How can I force the USB disk to get/stay mounted even when I'm not logged in?

Regards,
Gero
 
Thanks. I checked the Superduper FAQ and learned that it cannot work without a user being logged on. A workaround seems to be to install/run superduper as root.. but I haven't quit understood how you can log in as root...

But apart from Superduper, my original question still remains and is independent of Superduper:
How can I force the USB disk to get/stay mounted even when I'm not logged in?

Gero
 
Look in this file;

/Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/autodiskmount AutomountDisksWithoutUserLogin

It should say NO

Chane to YES and see if that helps.
 
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