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How do I configure smbfs to not use "mfsymlink" option when mounting an SMB share?
I am connecting to a home storage server via SMB. I suspect that Apple's smbfs automatically adds an "mfsymlink" option when mounting server volumes. Is there a way to have it not add that ...
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What exactly is the concept that macOS calls "Windows sharing/Windows File Sharing"?
The file sharing dialog has confused me in every version of macOS I've used so far (Mojave, Ventura, Sonoma...) and I would like to understand the situation once and for all.
In advanced sharing ...
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Making Finder play nice with SMB shares
Currently on Sequoia 15.2 although this is evident on earlier versions.
Summary: Finder's leftmost column which normally displays a selection of useful folders and any mounted drives also shows SMB ...
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How to change the Network name of a MacBook?
I am on MacOS 15.1, and want to change the name my MacBook broadcasts to the network. My MacBooks name is MyNames-Macbook-`pro in Settings > General > About > Name and the same in General >...
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Automatically disconnect network drives when connection is interrupted
I use Virtual Machines on macOS via tart. To transfer files between the host and guest, I use SMB which is enabled in System Settings > General > Sharing > File Sharing. That works well.
The ...
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Authentication prompt for "Connect to server" - Touch ID?
Is there any way to make the 'Connect to server' routine in Finder authenticate in a different way?
As a basic password prompt, it's a bit annoying to have to find the password and paste it in. But I ...
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SMB Mount despite being connected to local network (MacOS 13.7.1)
I'm flabbergasted by an unexpected SMB mount on my MacOS. Here the situation
I'm not connected to my local network (actually in a hotel connected through a vpn to the internet, hence not even the IP ...
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MacOS mounted SMB share is not directly aware of new files?
I was absolutely pulling my hair out on what I thought was a bug in my code, where it kept telling me a file did not exist, even though just a second ago my code created that file successfully.
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Configure Samba correctly for TimeMachine and other shares
I have configured a Linux container on a Proxmox host as a Time Machine target.
However, every share is now displayed as a possible Time Machine target.
This is not the case with my Synology. There, ...
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What do the different Spotlight PolicyProcess types: "mdutil" and "STORE_ADD" do?
I have two volumes both with VolumeConfiguration.plist files:
/Volumes/Media_1/.Spotlight-V100/VolumeConfiguration.plist
/Volumes/Media_2/.Spotlight-V100/VolumeConfiguration.plist
Spotlight works ...
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How to get Spotlight working correctly on SMB mounted volumes?
We've been having this strange issue on an 18TB drive that is nearly full (1.4TB available). The larger of the two directories will apparently not stay indexed or available for search once indexed. I ...
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Network and local search showing "zero byte" files that don't exist, even using `mdfind`
It seems like a stale cache somewhere (local or remote or both) but I don't know where and need help understanding how to remove these references to deleted files.
After doing a command+f to search a ...
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Need to set up Time Machine for 2 MBP to a Windows server - need help
While I've researched and found some answers about similar setups, none have really touched on using a full-on Windows server (Dell PowerEdge R730xd attached to a Dell PowerVault M1200 that houses 9 (...
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Can't access Desktop, Documents, etc. from remote machine on same network using SMB since upgrade
I have two Mac machines running macOS 14.5 (Sonoma) on the same LAN. With a previous machine which was running an earlier version of macOS (forgotten which one), the following worked:
In Finder, from ...
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Using Automator to connect to SMB shares
I’m trying to write an Automator Workflow to reconnect macOS to some not-very-remote SMB shares (on a server beside the Mac). For some reason adding them to my login items doesn’t always work.
Using ...
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How to share a folder stored on an external USB drive?
I am struggling to get share a folder that is stored on a USB drive connected to my 2019 Mac running Sonoma 14.5.
I have added the folder via System Settings > General > File Sharing > i and ...
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Issue with TimeMachine drive hosted on TrueNAS - cannot connect to backup drive
I set up Time Machine according to instructions I found online (but didn't bookmark) utilizing account name for child dataset (path suffix %U) which allows multiple machines to use the same Time ...
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Mounting a shared network folder using an active directory domain security group
Background:
I am trying to deploy a custom backup strategy in my lab. A "trigger" script is executed periodically on the computer, fetches the most recent backup instructions for the machine ...
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How can I keep a connection to a file server active?
I have an M1 mac mini connected to my television. I use it to watch content including a library of movies stored on a Windows file server. I access these files using the "connect to server...&...
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Sonoma smb file share icon is a question mark
I have a machine on my LAN running Sonoma 14.2. It shows up as a share another desktop running 10.14 as a question mark ("?") icon.
I resolved a similar issue with a Linux server by adding ...
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Replicate Finder's behaviour when mounting SMB share with mount
I'm trying to mount a smb share on Sonoma 14.2.1 (23C71). It works perfectly using Finder (open smb://username@host/Directory), it asks for my password and mounts it successfully, but I can't make it ...
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Migrating TimeMachine backup from USB-C flash drive to SMB mounted TimeMachine dedicated TimeMachine share
I'm looking at the following scenario.
On laptop with macOS 14.2.1 I've run a TimeMachine backup to a pendrive connected via USB-C
The backup completed and I've switched it to manual backup.
Now I'm ...
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Automatically remount smb share on disconnect
I'm trying to write an Applescript to automatically remount an smb share when it is disconnected for whatever reasons.
I have a script to check if the share is present in /Volumes and if not then ...
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Carbon Copy Cloner slow backups to Raspberry Pi NAS using SMB
I recently purchased Carbon Copy Cloner, and set it up to backup my Mac to an external SSD (Crucial X6, not especially high-performance). This works wonders, and I can finish an incremental backup in ~...
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All files in SMB share have executable bit when they shouldn't have
I have a samba share on a Linux machine SHARE. I then mounted SHARE on my MacOS computer on dir dir. However, when I list the files in dir, all files had the executable bit. If I mount SHARE on my ...
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smbd on macOS: Shares appear empty, only directories (no files)?
I hope to make samba.org's smbd run on my MacBook Pro (M1, 13.6.2) to provide shares to some VMs (qemu/ UTM) on and restricted to the same host. I succeeded in installing Samba via MacPorts and via ...
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hdiutil: create failed - Operation timed out
I am trying to create a Backup.dmg disk image in a folder on an SMB file system.
Using Disk Utility
Using hdiutil
hdiutil create -size 4t -fs APFS -volname backup Backup.dmg
Both operations start, ...
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How to automount an smb server after connecting to a specific IP address with the OpenVPN Connect app?
I am running MacOS Monterey 12.7.1. I am connecting to a VPN server using the Openvpn Connect app (The official openvpn app for mac os). After accessing that server via OpenVPN Connect, I mount an SMB ...
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How to remove and restrict “Connect to server…”?
Using MDM, how can one remove and restrict “Connect to server…” including Command+K?
Want to make sure users cannot access local or remote servers.
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Why can I no longer open Synology shares on Sonoma? [duplicate]
Up until I upgraded from 12.x to 14.1 yesterday, I could do the following:
Open Finder
Cmd+K
Type in smb://IP-ADDRESS/SHARENAME
Enter the name/password at the prompt, and I will be able to access ...
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How to mount an smb share with `rwx` permission for all using `mount` command?
I am trying to mount two network smb shares so that all clients/users have rwx access. Network shares are on a Mac mini. Accessing from an iMac. Two shares are smb://192.168.5.1/PlexMedia_2 and smb://...
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Sonoma 14.0 can't connect to linux Samba server V.3
I have a long-running linux Samba server version V 4.3, and since upgrading a Mac to Sonoma I can't connect to it anymore.
mount_smbfs //user@server/share ./localmt
mount_smbfs: server rejected the ...
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Spotlight: "VolumeConfiguration.plist" missing. Is it required, and how to modify?
I am seeing inconsistency in how Spotlight is working on Shared Volumes and it appears the presence, or lack of, and the content of
/Volumes/GodzillaClone/.Spotlight-V100/VolumeConfiguration.plist
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Unable to connect to SMB share on macOS Sonoma from Windows but from another Mac works
I'm having problems connecting to an SMB share on macOS Sonoma—I cannot authenticate from a Windows system or a Linux system—I just get a password error. I can only successfully connect to the SMB ...
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How to solve "The operation couldn’t be completed. Socket is not connected" on time machine
When I use the time machine in the new macOS Sonoma to connect to my smb device, something goes wrong.
It says "The operation couldn’t be completed. Socket is not connected"
But I directly ...
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Mac Studio and Macbook Pro keep losing connection to Synology NAS
I recently got a Mac Studio and also upgraded my old Synology box (10 year old DS413) to a DS1522+. We have used our Synology for Time Machine backups, and continue to do so, but are now seeing ...
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Word for Mac on NFS share thinks documents are read only
I have a strange issue with am Unraid server running NFS shares.
Facts:
Running a fresh install of Word on a fresh Mac on a fresh Unraid server
Documents are on an NFS4 network share
The share and ...
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Has something changed in Ventura/recent version of MacOS with respect to ssh tunnels? Can't tunnel VNC nor SMB despite SSH working as expected
I connect ssh like this:
% ssh -L 1445:127.0.0.1:445 -L 15900:127.0.0.1:5900 -p 2216 -v myhost
Excerpt from the verbose log when connecting:
debug1: Local connections to LOCALHOST:1445 forwarded to ...
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difficulties with file metadata (mode, modtime) on NAS under SMB
I just got a new NAS (Synology DS923+), and my Mac was able to see it and write data to it right away. The Mac is running Ventura 13.0.
I do most of my work from the command line in a Terminal window....
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SMB Server on Ubuntu is transferring to and from my Mac really slowly
I have an iMac from mid-2011 with Ubuntu 23.04 on it, with an SMB server set up on it. When I connect to this server via my MacBook Pro (running macOS Monterey) in Finder, it's extremely slow to copy ...
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Setting up file sharing with Mac for VLC streaming
I am trying to set up streaming from my Mac running on Ventura on the VLC app on a Google TV stick. I followed the instructions to set up smb file sharing from here from the user iPatch: Streaming ...
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Which users should I connect as when backing up multiple hosts to a shared drive?
Alice and Bob both have MacBooks. There's an always-on mac mini with a 5TB external drive they want to use for Time Machine backups. Bob signs in to the Mac Mini and plugs in the 5TB drive, and ...
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Possible method to mount a Linux SMB share on macOS Ventura before user login
I am trying to mount a Linux SMB share onto a macOS machine running Ventura 13.4. I must have the share mounted after the macOS machine bootup is completed, but before any possible user has logged ...
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Apple accessing Samba Share on Linux The operation can't be completed because the original item can't be found
I'm trying to connect to samba shares on a debian machine in the same network from a Mac running Ventura 13.4.1. It all works perfectly fine if I do CMD+K, and input the credentials there (like smb://...
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Connecting to SMB server from WAN not working
I have a new Mac set up as a home server. I can use the Finder's Go | Connect to Server... from local Macs to connect with smb://my-new-server.local, but can't connect from outside my LAN. I've tried ...
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How to mount a SMB volume owned by root as r/w and visible in the Finder on the Mac?
Before you tell me all the security implications I am well aware and this is for convenience testing. I have a server running smbd on Debian 11 and it is configured correctly such that I can mount and ...
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Ill effects from vetoing .DS_Store files on an SMB server?
I am in an environment where I have a Samba file server accessed by multiple users on both managed and unmanaged Macs.
I've noticed that performance in the Finder gets pretty terrible in folders with ...
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What's the easiest way to automatically connect to a SMB/AFP share on login?
Back in 2020, when I updated my 2017 iMac to Catalina, I found that the Samba shares on an old Linux box (the same one that was our original automated backup controller) wouldn't mount because ...
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How to copy files from a Mac in "Disk Sharing" mode to another Mac? [duplicate]
I have a borked Macbook Pro running apple silicon, and to recover files from it I've shared Macintosh HD in "Shared Disk" mode via startup options and connected it to a working mac with a ...
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Is there any way to stop Ventura from endlessly loading while typing in a directory?
On MacOS Ventura, when you type a path into Finder using Shift+Cmd+G, or alternately, when you type a path into a "Save As" dialog, if that path leads to an SMB share, the UI will lock up ...
