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  1. DominikHoffmann

    Users home folder on network volume?

    Is it possible to place a macOS user home folder on a network volume. Something that can be accessed via smb://user:password@host/share ? OS X Server had that capability, I believe. That‘s many years ago, however.
  2. rhett7660

    Unable to connect to Synology NAS via Ethernet, but can over WIFI

    Hello, So I have an issue, and I don't know how to fix it. I have two Mac's running the same version of OS, OSX 14.6.1. I have three Synology NAS's (SN) on my LAN, all running the same DSM. I can connect to all three SN's from Mac "A", however I can only connect to all three from Mac "B" if...
    • rhett7660
    • Thread
    • ethernet mount drive mount through network network access disk smb terminal wifi
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: macOS Sonoma (14)
  3. J

    Spotlight issue on network share

    I have searched hi and lo to figure this out. Hoping against hope that someone can point out what the issue is. I have a simple network (iMac - ethernet 10g - Mac Mini) The MacMini has two external disk enclosures attached with one enclosure using JBOD and a few disks. Media_1 is an 18TB HDD...
  4. C

    Sync Videos to Apple TV?

    I have a handful of videos that I'd like to be able to play on my Apple TV. I would like to be able to play them on my Apple TV directly without having to have my Mac on (for Apple TV app Home Sharing) and without AirPlay from my iPhone. Additionally I'd like to store these videos in iCloud...
  5. S

    Can’t connect to SMB share from Win11

    I have an SMB share on an M1 Mac mini running Sonoma 14.2.1 When I try to connect from a Windows 11 client it says username or password is incorrect Console log on the Mac says this: smb2_dispatch_session_setup: session_setup_transact status: 0xc000006d
  6. Astrohunter

    File sharing through SMB - select only 1 folder

    Hi, I've enabled file sharing and selected only 1 folder I want to share on my Mac Mini. Then I've connected to the SMB file server using my iPhone and using credentials that I use normally to login to my Mac. The issue is that it shows all kind of partitions, external disks etc. Why is that...
  7. K

    MacOS Sonoma - Slow SMB, Finder Thumbnail and InDesign Performance

    Is anyone else experiencing slow SMB share performance on MacOS Sonoma? It was running fine on Monterey, but now Finder Thumbnails take several seconds to load and Adobe InDesign also freezes while loading assets. I already made sure it's not a load issue, everything is in the green and I can't...
    • kkit
    • Thread
    • ds_store networking smb smb smbv3
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: macOS
  8. Buadhai

    SMB Agony - M1 MBA

    On my LAN I currently have three Macs, an M1 iMac, an Intel iMac (2019) and an M1 MBA, all running 13.4.1. I also have a couple of Raspberry Pies, a couple of Apple TVs and an assortment of phones and tablets and IOT devices. I'm having problems with SMB on the M1 MBA. I can connect via SMB...
  9. Giffel

    Can't get SMB3 Multichannel to work correctly

    I would like to use my 10gb ethernet in my Mac Mini to get higher transfer speeds from/to my NAS, is it possible? My setup: Mac Mini M2 Pro with 10gb ethernet (Ventura 13.3.1) Synology Diskstation 916+ with 2x1gb ethernet and DSM 7.2 beta Netgear GS110EMX switch with 8x1gb and 2x10gb ethernet...
    • Giffel
    • Thread
    • diskstation multichannel nas smb synology transfer speed
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Networking
  10. Buadhai

    Resolved Networking Woes: Airdrop, AFP, SMB

    I'm posting this only because it seems so baffling and because someone else might run in to the same thing. This morning my wife needed to access an iCloud file from her MBA still on Catalina 10.15.7. The original file was on her M1 iMac sitting right next to the MBA and connected to the same...
    • Buadhai
    • Thread
    • afp airdrop file sharing icloud networking smb
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Networking
  11. TheRiddler1982

    How to get the "connect as" button to work on finder or how to show mounts properly

    Hi all, I have set up a new Mac Mini M1 computer with macOS Ventura as a file server. I have created shared only users and I can mount the shared folders on the connected macs. They get properly shown first in the list after clicking on the Mac Mini on the Finder's sidebar. But after some time...
  12. J

    Running Music.app & Photos.app from SMB Shares

    I would like to move the data from these 2 apps to a NAS, which presents it to the LAN as a SMB share. To regularly and conveniently use these apps from my (only) MacBook Air laptop without having to be physically tethered to a USB device... Photos - to be able to simplify the syncing of photos...
    • jingo_man
    • Thread
    • music app nas photos app smb
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Mac Apps
  13. J

    Trouble with SMB shares

    I have a strange problem with my macs at my workplace. It started from macOS 11. I can reproduce it on macOS 11, 12 and 13. And on Intel and Apple Silicon. We work with network shares from Windows 2019 and Synology servers. It does not happen on the local HD or USB drives. If I move a file to a...
  14. W

    SMB File Sharing Nightmares / Corruption on M1 MacBook Pro

    Hello everyone. A little backstory. I was a hackintosh user for over a decade, with my latest machine being an i7 6700k running Catalina. The machine was/is absolutely bombproof, super stable, quiet, and always worked with everything I threw at it. Never felt any bottlenecks with even the most...
  15. M

    Excel is crashing after saving in network drive (SMB) - Ventura

    Hello, I have BIG problem after updating to macOS Ventura. When I try to save changes to an excel file located in a network location (SMB) I get the message - " The document was saved successfully, but Excel cannot re-open it because of a sharing violation. Please Close the document and try to...
  16. lawlietkm

    Resolved How to read local files on Apple TV through VLC SMB?

    Hello, A friend told me to use VLC on my Apple TV so I can stream the local files from my iMac onto the Apple TV through SMB. Now that I've tried to set up, I'm confused and can't make it work for various reasons : - First, I'm not sure of which one is the right folder on the VLC tab because...
  17. S

    Shared folder (SMB): Ownership, permissions + ACL

    Hi! On macOS (Mac M1 hardware) I created a shared folder and let a device use it via SMB with its own user (e.g. "deviceuser"). The software on the device creates the folders and files with that user ("deviceuser") as sole owner and only the owner can read+write. When the macOS admin user that...
    • strarsis
    • Thread
    • acls owner samba shared folder smb
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: macOS
  18. bjrnptrsn

    TimeMachine over SMB (APFS) only with double-click

    Hi, I have the issue getting a APFS sparsebundle volume (copied to smb server) work with Time Machine by attaching the volume via "hdiutil attach /path/to/sparsebundle/" (for automated attach on startup). Time Machine starts up (prepare backup) but stops without copying any file. Instead, if I...
  19. MagnusVonMagnum

    Actual Shared Folder list location (KODI Issue)

    Here's the problem. I had to restore my Mac from backup that is being used to share movies/tv/music to KODI around the house. Unfortunately, it was a version just before KODI went to requiring names/passwords. I created a user for sharing only. This worked fine. The problem is something...
  20. DominikHoffmann

    Can’t authenticate with networked Mac serving files through SMB

    Over the years, from what I can tell since Mavericks, Apple has made change to the LAN file sharing infrastructure between Mac hosts. AFP is now out completely and even in Catalina, where the protocol was still available, APFS volumes could not be shared, unless SMB was used. This has made what...
    • DominikHoffmann
    • Thread
    • catalina 10.15.7 file sharing macos server monterey 12.3.1 smb
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: macOS
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