Questions tagged [smb]
Server Message Block (SMB) is an application-layer network protocol allowing access to shared files and shared printers over a network.
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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.
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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
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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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How to make SMB mounted volume act like a local volume?
The question is vague and also suggests exactly what I have been trying to do for over a month now. I moved a few external enclosures to a Mac Mini "server" and am connecting to them over ...
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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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