Hi all, A little problem that's not serious but a real pain!
Having read an article that creating an encrypted disk image was a good way to keep documents secure, I created one and put some files into it. This all went well, and the disk image mounted and unmounted OK. Initially, I had set up the disk password as my log-in password - so if I was logged into my account, I just double-clicked the .dmg file to mount the disk. This all seemed to work well for a while, until I noticed that OSX would just mount the disk, from time to time, without my launching it. I could just eject it to unmount, without problem - but then later I would notice that it had been mounted again. I decided that I would change the password and unchecked the "remember password" box, so that it would not mount unless I input the password. The trouble now is that OSX still keeps wanting to mount the disk and prompts me for my password - at annoyingly frequent times. I thought the problem might be spotlight wanting to index it so, with the disk mounted, I opened the Spotlight privacy prefs and dragged the disk image to the list. However, instead of the name appearing on the list there was the "smoke puff" like when you drag an icon from the dock and the disk was no longer listed in the finder window sidebar - though it was still listed with the other volumes if I clicked the computer icon in the sidebar. I have verified all disks, including the disk image, and repaired permissions - but the problem remains. I can't see the pattern as to what triggers the need to mount - I can just click "cancel" and everything proceeds as normal but it is VERY annoying. Any body got any idea as to WHY OSX wants to mount it? And/or hw to stop it. TIA Neil ----- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Fax: +61 8 9841 6137 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
