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zoranm Author

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24 points

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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mxyzptlkQC

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17 points

Posted on Feb 27, 2023 2:44 PM

- After launching SSH for SFTP connections on the miniMac server (option = -> Settings -> General -> Sharing -> Remote Session), I connected with the client " FTP-Mounter ". I appreciate its function where links appear as mounted disks on the Desktop. Nonetheless, it was exceedingly slow. I tickled and worked the server side trying to improve the speed, but to no avail. Then, on a whim, I installed a new client : " CloudMounter ", with similar functions. Well, my problem was on the client side because now file transfers are blazingly fast with SFTP.

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Jan 29, 2023 7:01 PM in response to brian163

OK. So there is really no work-around until Apple fixes this issue?

Feb 1, 2023 8:19 AM in response to zoranm

Me too. I even bought a new router, but all to no avail.

gwicker

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5 points

Feb 2, 2023 6:36 PM in response to zoranm

Cutting the icon of the shared folder did the trick for us. We are working off of a Mac mini with the folder being shared, and us working on 3 iMacs.

Feb 3, 2023 5:46 AM in response to mxyzptlkQC

I should say that my previous router was starting to run a bit flakey, although it was a wifi-6. Nonetheless, I decided to replace it with a wifi-6E.

brian163

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44 points

Feb 3, 2023 8:47 AM in response to brian163

p.s. You can find this setting in the external disks/Volumes Get Info dialog.

Feb 3, 2023 8:48 AM in response to brian163

I actually have both scenarios - on one Mac 'ignore permissions' is checked for the external drives, on another one it is unchecked. File sharing with these external drives works well in both cases.

Feb 3, 2023 12:03 PM in response to brian163

Please provide the command again how to check for icons. The Macs are running the latest OS (13.2) and they are all Intel models.

gwicker

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5 points

Feb 3, 2023 5:13 PM in response to gwicker

The rddit fix of 'Cutting' the folder icon only worked temporarily for us.

brian163

Level 1

44 points

Feb 4, 2023 8:29 AM in response to gwicker

If you want to see how many custom icons a volume (disk) folder hiearchy has just go to to the top of any disk in /Volumes/<diskname> in Terminal and type:

find . -name Icon?

Feb 6, 2023 6:20 AM in response to gwicker

Worked just for a short time. After a couple of hours it's broken again!

Hope for a fix from Apple. Does anybody know, if Apple really works on it?

Feb 6, 2023 3:35 PM in response to brian163

Yes, you have posted this multiple times, but it is only a temporary fix.

ctphoto1

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46 points

Feb 8, 2023 8:19 AM in response to trehling

trehling,

I like your way but unfortunately I can not turn off SMB1, using it to connect to a Windows 2000 PC shared folder(it is running very old piece of equipment).

Feb 12, 2023 10:37 PM in response to murrayE

Tried it today, but worked just for a very short time and it's broken again.

I also called with Apple several times (got 2 new M2) and should get more information, when they found anything...

ctphoto1

Level 1

46 points

Feb 13, 2023 6:17 AM in response to murrayE

Did this continue to work or did file sharing stop after some time like other suggested solutions? I would think it is doing the same thing with the SMB type connections?

Feb 13, 2023 6:19 AM in response to ctphoto1

The sharing was broken (stopped) after a short time, like the other ideas.

Our solution is still running an old Mac with an older version on it. Everything else have we tried, without success.

Ventura 13.2 File Sharing broken