I keep getting an error message "application not found" when opening any file on the network. I have tried fixing the problem by starting up in single-user mode or verbose mode and reconfiguring the System Configuration, it's a temporary fix which lasts till I shut down. Im on an iMac using Mavericks. Any help will be greatly appreciated 😉
iMac, OS X Mavericks (10.9.1)
If anyone stumbles across this... I found the answer:
When you mount server with the Connect to Server command in the Finder's Go menu, use not smb, but cifs, as follows:
cifs://server_name_or_ip_address
Then everything gets back to normal.
Mavericks uses SMB2 by default and doesn't switch to SMB1 or AFP if server doesn't support SMB2
If anyone stumbles across this... I found the answer:
When you mount server with the Connect to Server command in the Finder's Go menu, use not smb, but cifs, as follows:
cifs://server_name_or_ip_address
Then everything gets back to normal.
Mavericks uses SMB2 by default and doesn't switch to SMB1 or AFP if server doesn't support SMB2
Or force restart 'Finder' and will also solve issue.
Spot on. Worked great. Much simpler solution.
error message "application not found" when opening a file on the network
