can't seem to connect to my other mac at home after upgrading to Sonoma. See screenshot below, been trying all the ways to troubleshoot:
tried “Connected servers” tickbox is selected.
File sharing is on.
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MacBook Pro 14″, macOS 14.0
It will initially show 'Connecting' and then display 'Not Connected'. If I select 'Connect As' and choose 'Guest', it displays the screenshot below. However, when I attempt to 'Connect as Registered User', the password does not work. I have not previously registered any user for file sharing.
Hi Barney, it works now. It turns out the username, when I tried to 'connect as,' is missing a space. Previously, before updating to Sonoma, when I clicked on my 'host' Mac from my laptop, it connected instantly without showing the 'connect as' login, just as you highlighted.
Anyway, many thanks for your help and advice, appreciate it!
What kind of accounts are you trying to log in as? Are they accounts on that Mac or are they Sharing Only accounts. Are they the same as the account you are using on the client?
With Connect to Server, you can use:
smb://user@host/share
That forces it to try the user you want before trying the current logged in user.
I have a couple of setups, the primary being a Time Machine Sharing Only user. That connects automatically without issue.
The user accounts on both my Macs are the same. When I click on my "host" Mac from my laptop, it connects instantly. It is almost immediate which is a tremendous change over past connections before Sonoma.
How complicated would it be to flush everything and reconfigure it all?
Tried, still cannot connect. The Connected Servers is showing the other Mac but it just can't be connected, see screenshot below:
On the server, have you tired toggling File Sharing Off then back On?
Any errors from the connection attempt?
How about Connect to Server… with an smb://host/share address?
File sharing across devices on local network doesn't work after upgrading to macOS Sonoma