So I wanted to keep my PowerBook from automatically mounting the backup drive if I happen to have it connected, and went trowelling through macosxhints.com to see what I could dig up. I can’t remember my search terms, unfortunately, but I did find a link in a comment to a MacGeekery.com article explaining how to hide partitions or volumes and keep them from automatically mounting. Bingo! Exactly what I was looking for.
In my searching, though, I found a very useful article detailing the voodoo necessary to install Mac OS X with multiple partitions for the OS, /Applications, /Users and a seperate swap volume. If I ever get myself that Mac Mini I’d love to have and a copy of OS X Server, I’ll have to give that a try.
Finally, as I’m getting ready to go to bed, I’m scanning through my RSS feeds inNetNewsWire and found this article on TUAW pointing to this article on TidBITS explaining how to stop your PowerBook, iBook, MacBook or MacBook Pro from waking up from sleep when you open the lid. Score.
Three helpful tips in less than five minutes.
