How do I speed up SMB connections?
I'm using a MacBook Pro and an iMac (Mountain Lion on both) on a Windows network at the office. There are several SMB drives I need to stay connected to daily. Every time I connect in a new session (after a restart or sleep mode), the Finder will take a long time to populate the list of files and directories. When I click on the folder I need, it also takes a long time to load its contents and so on for every folder on the server. As long as the session is active, the folders that have been loaded will load quickly. The problem is not server-side as all the Windows clients load files and directories very quickly.
I have done a lot of research on this issue and can't find anything at the "normal user" level to fix it, at least not with the search terms I'm using. There are plenty of sites with Terminal processes or tweaking system files to make it work. I need something that doesn't take that level of expertise or expose the system to that level of risk (can you trust all these sudo commands you find online?).
This is an issue I've had with every Mac I've ever used in a mixed OS environment but this is the first occasion I've had where I need to manipulate those shared files so often during the course of the day. Any help is greatly appreciated. Apple, if you're monitoring this thread, it would be a great time to buck up and help the enterprise side of your business by fixing this by default.
- Servers are Windows Server 2008
- Macs are OSX Mountain Lion
- My Mac login is the same as my Active Directory login in all cases
Thanks.
MacBook Pro, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2)