OtterHome storage that stays mounted
Keep photos, media libraries, family backups, and Finder shares available after your Mac sleeps or switches Wi-Fi—and pause reconnecting whenever you need to.
Keep a paw on Shares
for macOS.
Otter quietly watches your SMB shares and reconnects them after sleep, network changes, VPN reconnects, and unexpected disconnects.
Native macOS app · Optimized for Tahoe, runs on macOS 15+ · Open source
Set it once
Let Otter
Let Otter
keep watch.
Built for the small macOS moments that break shared storage: sleep, wake, Wi-Fi hops, VPN timing, and slow NAS or server wakeups.
Office shares without babysitting
Use per-share rules, actionable notifications, Shortcuts, and redacted diagnostics so business folders reconnect only where they should.
Home lab friendly
Discover SMB servers, wake sleeping hardware, retry slow mounts, and safely detect unresponsive NAS volumes without force-unmounting them.
Conditions per share
Set Wi-Fi, VPN, reachability, and Wake-on-LAN rules for each share, so Otter only reconnects when it makes sense.
Status at a glance
See which shares are connected, checking, or waiting without opening Console or Terminal.
Finder credentials, in Keychain
Add shares already mounted in Finder, and Otter checks Keychain for the saved password so you don't have to script it.
Otter vs Launch Agent
More than a mount
More than a mount
at login.
A Launch Agent can mount a simple share at login, but reliability on a Mac means handling sleep, VPN timing, reachability, and useful status.
Otter
- ✓SetupAdd mounted Finder shares from a native UI
- ✓DifficultySimple to set up, adjust, and understand later
- ✓RecoveryReconnects after sleep, wake, and network changes
- ✓ConditionsWi-Fi, VPN, and Wake-on-LAN rules per share
- ✓StatusSee connected, checking, and waiting shares at a glance
- ✓CredentialsChecks Keychain for saved share passwords
Launch Agent
- ✗SetupRequires plist and script maintenance
- ✗DifficultyHarder to set up, debug, and safely change later
- ✗RecoverySleep, VPN, and network changes need custom logic
- ✗ConditionsVPN, Wi-Fi, reachability, and wake rules need scripting
- ✗StatusDebugging usually means Console or Terminal
- ✗CredentialsDoes not check saved credentials for you
Meet your new share keeper
Ready to keep your
shares close.
Free, open source, and built for the Macs that rely on home storage, office shares, and home lab servers.