Mount Parallels HDD automatically at boot?

[danieltharris]

I currently have a HDD file on an SD Card that stays in my machine permanently, it contains my picture and video libraries for within Windows.

Is there a way to tell Mac OS to run up Parallels mounter and mount that drive stored on the SD card automatically when booting?

I rarely do a full shutdown anyway and just use sleep, but when I do shutdown I sometimes forget to re-mount it.

 

[Tony Carreon]

create an apple script, save it as an "application" and add it to your login items.

1. open "AppleScript editor" (in \Applications\Utilities folder)

2. copy and paste the script from below into the editor window

3. change the path / folder location of your virtual machine you want to automatically mount.
*note the path is "backwards" so if your VM is located in the folder My Virtual Machines on your SD card called "SD Card" you'll tell apple script to open document file "Windows XP.pvm" of folder "My Virtual Machines" of disk "SD Card"

4. File -> Save the script, as File Format "Application" (remember where you put it)

5. open System Preferences and select Users & Groups

6. select your user and choose the Login Items tab

7. drag and drop the "Application" you saved in step # above into the list of login items.



--copy and paste from the next line--
tell application "Finder"
activate
open document file "Windows XP.pvm" of folder "Parallels" of folder "Documents" of disk "Storage HD" using application file "Parallels Mounter.app" of folder "Parallels" of folder "Library" of startup disk
end tell