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I managed to activate and successfully use the new iOS 9 file sharing feature in my OSX Server 5. I can store and load the files on my server with all my iOS devices, but how do I access them with my other Macs and PCs? I expected to have access to my home folder, but it seems to be a separate location, which I cannot find with the Finder.
I don't have a Server.app 5 configuration handy to check where that data is being stored.
Here's how I'd look for this, though. Launch Terminal.app from Applications > Utilities and issue the following command:
find / -iname "OneOfYourFilenamesHere" -print
That'll take a while to run, but it'll find any file with the filename OneOfYourFilenamesHere anywhere on your file system. Use the double-quote character to quote the filename, to avoid any odd characters that might be present in the filename.
You may (will) get some "Not a directory" and "Permission denied" diagnostics. That's normal.
If the filename does not show up, then change to the following command:
sudo find / -iname "OneOfYourFilenamesHere" -print
You'll have to enter your administrative password for the sudo, and that might generate a one-time message about the use of sudo. The command will then run (again, this takes a while), and you should see rather fewer of the "Permission denied" errors, and the path to your file should show up in the output.
Ok, the files seem to be located under /Library/Server/ServerDocs/Personal Folders.localized/<User Full Name>/, so the iOS file sharing is iOS only, it is not possible for iOS devices to collaborate with OS X or Windows PCs in my network, this folder is not subject of the normal file server shares. This is disappointing.
Well, activating "SMB" in the home folder access settings does the trick. I only had activated "AFP", this does not seem to be enough for Macs to find the share. With SMB activated Macs see a share "Personal Folders.localized" and you get access to the iOS home folders. But I did not check if the access rights are correct, it seems to me that I can access all home folders, not only mine.
SMB seems to be the new universal secure/fast connection. AFP is now specific to Time Machine.
I've been doing the opposite, taking normal/smb shares and getting them to work on ios.
OSX Server 5 iOS file sharing: Where are the files?
