We will now create a file entitled auto.smb in the /etc/ directory to hold our server details.
#Xslimmer alternative password#
You will be prompted to enter your administrator password at this point. To start with open up the Terminal application as an administrative user and then use sudo to create a bash shell. This is a pain because if you have a couple of Samba servers on the network that need to be connected all the time, a good example being a network share for iTunes music.įortunately all is not lost as we can still edit the automount configuration files directly so that our Samba shares are always accessible. Unfortunately whilst this tool includes the ability to define automounted NFS shares the same capability is not provided for Samba. Many of the functions performed by this Registry-like tool have been incorporated into the far tidier Directory Utility tool. Plus if it helps remember that for this money you are reclaiming storage space, so it could be argued $13 is a very small price to pay when your laptop's hard drive cannot be replaced and external USB drives look ugly.Īpple have pleased a number of people by laying to rest the NetInfo Manager in OSX 10.5 'Leopard'. Whilst this application does cost a handful of dollars (US$12.95) it has a great interface and keeps a 'blacklist' of applications that experience issues when they are placed on a diet, for example Skype. Fortunately there are a few tools out there that can do the job for you, my favourite being Xslimmer.
Now whilst it is possible to do this task manually it is hardly fun or a good use of one's time. So if like me you only understand English, removing superfluous languages and binaries will free gigabytes. Not only is multiple language support installed by default, but most applications come with both x86 and PowerPC binary files. This dilemma is not helped by OSX 10.5 Leopard's installation bloat.
These days disk space is not a huge problem, but on a MacBook Air it can get a little tight once all your applications and media libraries are installed.
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