Re: Applescript to mount external HD

Jerry Kindall <jerrykindall@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> In article <1i2ynxm.1123k7gsm1ywcN%syochelson.nospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, S
> & B <syochelson.nospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> 
> > Is it possible to mount o dismount an external Hard Dissk? If so, how?
> > 
> > I usually dismount my external backup disk after startup to reduce
> > desktop clutter (the HD is partitioned into many partitions). 
> > 
> > I would like to automatically mount one of the partitions just before
a
> > SuperDuper! backup job starts.
> > 
> > Thanks.
> 
> From a script I use for pretty much the same purpose with Retrospect
> (disk is named "Backup"):
> 
>    tell application "Finder" to if not (disk "Backup" exists) then do
> shell script "diskutil mount " & last word of (do shell script
> "diskutil list | grep 'Apple_HFS Backup'")
> 
> Note that this all goes on one line.

Thanks for the info. Pretty much what I am looking for