Resolved Not able to create Music library with files on a NAS

[dexxxtro]

Hi all,
I own a Synology DS110j which contains my music library (files). Files are accessed without a problem through a AFP share that is mounted at boot time as a "Login Item" setting.
I have a Music library that worked perfectly fine until I updated to 10.15.2. After that I was unable to modify any file in the library (add artwork, change genre,...). I was able to add and delete songs though. Anytime I tried to change a file the applications stalls and I cannot access the NAS anymore until I reboot.

I decided that It could be a file sharing error on the NAS side. So I reset the NAS side (stopped AFP, set a new share with file, and star everything again). I then mounted the share with the same results/issues.

Next, I tried to create a new library with a reduced set of files located in the same NAS. The process cannot be completed and iTunes stops responding when selecting the network share as the library location. Even when creating a new local library and then changing the files locations in preferences the application also stop responding.

Anything that can help me

Thanks in advance.

Cheers

 

[jamietshaw]

Have you tried connecting via SMB rather than AFP? Apple seems to be moving away from AFP.

I found that since upgrading to Catalina, I have had to connect to my Synology NAS with cifs://192.x.x.x rather than smb://192.x.x.x, I think because my Synology 207 is too old to support the newer versions of SMB.

 

[dexxxtro]

I thought of that, but did not try. I will, and let you know
Thank you so much for your hint.
Cheers.

 

[dexxxtro]

Hey @jamietshaw thanks a lot. Changing the access method from AFP to SMB V3 did the trick. Plus apparently performance should be better, according to:

AFP vs NFS vs SMB Performance on macOS Mojave

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Best regards