<FILENAME filename="index.html"><html><head><title>Removable Devices</title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="help:/kdoctools5-common/kde-default.css"><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="help:/kdoctools5-common/kde-docs.css"><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="help:/kdoctools5-common/kde-localised.css"><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets Vsnapshot"><meta name="keywords" content="KDE, Systemsettings, automount, device"><link rel="home" href="index.html" title="Removable Devices"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="GENERATOR" content="KDE XSL Stylesheet V1.14 using libxslt"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div id="content"><div id="header"><div id="header_content"><div id="header_left"><div id="header_right"><img src="help:/kdoctools5-common/top-kde.jpg" width="36" height="34"> Removable Devices</div></div></div></div><div class="navCenter"><table class="navigation"><tr><td class="prevCell"></td><td class="upCell"> </td><td class="nextCell"></td></tr></table></div><div id="contentBody"><div lang="en" class="article"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title"><a name="solid-device-automounter"></a>Removable Devices</h2></div><div><div class="authorgroup"><p class="author"><span class="firstname">Trever</span> <span class="surname">Fischer</span> </p></div></div><div>Revision <span class="releaseinfo"><span class="productname">Plasma<br></span> 5.20 (<span class="date">2021-04-08</span>)</span></div></div><hr></div><p> This dialog allows you to configure automatic handling of removable storage media. </p><p>If you enable the automatic mounting features in this module, you will not need to use the device notifier applet or the navigation panel in the file manager to get access to a recently plugged in device. </p><p>At the top of the dialog you find the global settings, which can be overridden for each single device in the <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guilabel">Device Overrides</span></span> list. For a single-user desktop it is recommended to have all the check boxes above the overrides list enabled. </p><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guilabel">Enable automatic mounting of removable media</span></span></span></dt><dd><p> When this is unchecked, no device automounting of any kind will happen, regardless of anything selected in the <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guilabel">Device Overrides</span></span> section. </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guilabel">Only automatically mount removable media that has been manually mounted before</span></span></span></dt><dd><p> When this is checked, <span class="productname">Plasma</span> will only automatically mount devices it remembers. A device is <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">remembered</span>”</span> if it has ever been mounted before; <abbr class="abbrev">e.g.</abbr> plugging in a <acronym class="acronym">USB</acronym> media player to charge is not sufficient to <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">remember</span>”</span> it. If the files are not accessed, <span class="productname">Plasma</span> will not automatically mount the player next time it is seen. Once they have been accessed, however, <span class="productname">Plasma</span> will remember to automatically make the contents accessible to your system. </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guilabel">Automatically mount all removable media at login</span></span></span></dt><dd><p> If any removable storage devices are connected to your system when you login to your desktop, <span class="productname">Plasma</span> will automatically make the contents available to your system for other programs to read. </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guilabel">Automatically mount removable media when attached</span></span></span></dt><dd><p> When this is checked, <span class="productname">Plasma</span> will automatically make the contents of any storage device available to the system when it is plugged in or attached. </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guilabel">Automatic mount</span></span></span></dt><dd><p> This list contains the storage devices known to <span class="productname">Plasma</span>. If <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guilabel">On Login</span></span> is checked, the device will be automatically mounted even though <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guilabel">Automatically mount all removable media at login</span></span> is unchecked. The same applies for <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guilabel">On Attach</span></span>.</p><p> If <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guilabel">Enable automatic mounting of removable media</span></span> is unchecked, the overrides do not apply and no devices will be automatically mounted. </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guibutton">Forget Device</span></span></span></dt><dd><p> Clicking this button causes <span class="productname">Plasma</span> to <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">forget</span>”</span> that the selected devices ever existed. This is only useful if <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guilabel">Only automatically mount removable media that has been manually mounted before</span></span> is checked. Once a device is forgotten and <span class="productname">Plasma</span> is set to only automatically mount familiar devices, the device will not be automatically mounted. </p></dd></dl></div><p> </p></div></div><div id="footer"><div class="navCenter"><table class="navigation"><tr><td class="prevCell"></td><td class="upCell"> </td><td class="nextCell"></td></tr><tr><td class="prevCell"> </td><td class="upCell"> </td><td class="nextCell"> </td></tr></table></div><div id="footer_text">Would you like to make a comment or contribute an update to this page?<br>Send feedback to the <a href="mailto:kde-doc-english@kde.org" class="footer_email">KDE Docs Team</a></div></div></div></body></html></FILENAME>
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