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Ventura 13.2 File Sharing broken

After the update to Mac OS Ventura 13.2 none of my Macs are unable to access each others' files. I am using iMacs, Macbook Air M2 and MacMini M1 on my network and everything was working flawlessly for years until this update (including latest additions of MBAir M2 and MMini M1).

The said, affected machines are still able to access the files on other Macs, on the same network, that have previous versions of Mac OS.

Sometimes, after turning off File Sharing and restarting the machines and turning back on File Sharing I am able to access the shared folders on internal SSD, but never on external disks. All of these external disks I've been using all the time shared between all of the machines.

Anyone?

I reported this, presumable, bug to Apple.

MacBook Air (M2)

Posted on Jan 26, 2023 4:03 AM

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gwicker

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Posted on Feb 3, 2023 5:09 PM

I just got off the phone with Apple. The fix I used was this:

Shut down the effected Mac mini that was being used as the file server (not running server software).
Restart.
Turned File Sharing 'Off' on the Mac mini that was sharing the files.
Quit system settings (SS).
Restart the Mac mini again.
Turned File Sharing back 'On'
Quit SS
Went to each of the other 3 iMac's needing to share those files, and then was able to reconnect to the Mac mini as we always did.

Now everything is working as it should (for the last couple hours I should say—so far, so good).

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