After installing 13.2.1 file sharing stopped working on my iMac. Tried turning off/on with a reboot but does not work. Even worse, when turning off File Sharing, the Sharing pref panel becomes unresponsive and the Restart and Shut Down commands do not work. Have to do a hard shut down with the button.
To my surprise I can read and open files on my macbook pro now, from my iMac. The other way around does not work, it's very frustrating!
Or use dropbox. That worked for me without all the Apple insanity.
Glad it worked for you! Of course, Apple engineers must still provide a fix so that upgrading to ventura will be seemless. Many of us have wasted many hours trying to figure this out!
abromber: I just saw Ken's note now and was about to type out the detailed sequence...Thanks much for saving me the time and for providing succinct instructions.
Hope our problems remain solved!
I never had a problem with the shared folders on the Mac hosting, but the external drive still doesn't' work. even with all these suggestions.
Daniel, Most of the shared volumes, now successfully shared, are APFS formatted on external 4TB SSDs, connected via USB-C ports on my 2019 mac mini.
Mine are 4tb drives Mac OS Extended (Journaled), they were all working fine up until this update. now I have to unplug and plug them into my Mac Studio to use them.
Well said.
Welp, when 13.3. is released this week who is going be the first to test it and see if it fixed or breaks anything else?
Has anyone tried the new update yet? Did it fix the sharing issue?
I am the OP of this thread. At least for a couple of hours, 13.3 has fixed the problem. None of the other suggestions worked more than briefly, if at all. Keeping fingers crossed.....
The update solved the sharing problems! Happy!
Ventura 13.2.1 broke file sharing and related issues
