Automatically Connect to Multiple Servers on Login

Question

Following the instruction from Apple: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4011

I can't get this to work for my multiple server logins, because they all have the same name (my user name). When I try to add the connected share to the Login Items nothing happens, because one with the same name already exists. How can I get around this?

Answer 1

You are correct. Since both server volumes have the same name, Login Items will think you are trying to add the same exact shares to Login Items.

To get around this, create an Automator application that follows this basic pattern: Then drop this Automator application into your Login Items. Every time that you login going forward it will run the script, thereby mounting each of your identically-named volumes.