Sometime ago I removed a NAS drive from my MAC but I keep getting pop-ups every time I log on with Connection Failed and informing me that server xxx may not exist or it is unavailable at this time etc.
Does anyone know how to remove this annoying pop-up?
Thanks
iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
Not sure if this will work, but try ( is Apple Menu)
-> Recent Items -> Clear Menu
Not sure if this will work, but try ( is Apple Menu)
-> Recent Items -> Clear Menu
Unfortunately not, thanks for the suggestion though
In Sys Prefs>Accounts>Login Items, is anything listed there?
only usual stuff like mail, google chrome and dropbox etc
Putting my "Guessing Hat" on.
Is there an /etc/fstab with a reference to your NAS mounted file system?
Is there anything related to your NAS in /etc/*auto* files?
Does Disk Utility have any entries related to your NAS?
Do you remember ever creating an Alias to any file on the NAS? An Alias contains network file server connection information, and opening an Alias will attempt to reconnect to the network file server.
Does this happen if you boot up in Safe mode?
<http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1564>
Safe mode skips starting various 3rd party additions, as well as your startup items.
Couldn't find any Tab in the NAS drive which references /etc/fs nor /etc/*auto*.
I have replaced the old NAS drive with a new one and hence the reason it keeps searching for the old one.
Tried rebooting in safe mode but came up still.
Sorry no good so far.....
Couldn't find any Tab in the NAS drive which references /etc/fs nor /etc/*auto*.
I not sure if it is just a wording issue, or if I sent you to look in the wrong place. I was suggesting that you look in your Mac's /etc/fstab (if it exists) and any /etc/*auto* (for autofs/automount) files that may exist on your Mac's /etc directory (also know as /private/etc). Not for you to look for those files on the NAS.
If I was just confused by your wording, I apologize.
Tried rebooting in safe mode but came up still.
I find it really strange. What would try to access a NAS even when booted into Safe mode?
Have you ever played with "LoginHooks"?
Can you create a new test user account? If you set that account as the default login account after boot, does the NAS try to mount? The idea is to figure out if this is associated with your account, or if it is something global.
Remember to change your default login account back to your normal account when done.
Maybe BDAqua has some more ideas?
Oh yea. With all this experimentation, are you maintaining good backups? I wouldn't want to suggest something and have it go bad. I do not think I have suggested anything dangerous yet, but as my ideas get more far fetched, you never know.
If you can, disconnect from your Network.
Open Console in Applications>Utilities , reconnect to the Network & see if there are any clues or repeating messages when this happens.
So I've discovered that its linked to my user account as other accounts arent affected.
Any idea how to remove from my login account without losing all my data?
Cheers for the help so far, think we are narrowing it down!
Removing connection failed pop -ups
