macOS Sierra / Numbers 4.0: Problem with saving on a Synology via AFP

Hi,

I'Ve experienced a similar issue, albeit related to creating and/or manipulating PDF files.

As long as those are located on a local/internal volume, a NFS one, or SMB, all seams to be fine, only when it comes to AFP-mounted volumes, both the application working with the PDF *AND* Finder are getting stuck. Sometimes forcefully quitting the application and re-launching Finder seems doing the trick, otherwise only a reboot resolves this issue (again, the application has to get forcefully quit, and Finder has to get re-launched, otherwise macOS won't restart).

If you'd be inclined to believe in conspiracy, maybe this is Apple's way of "persuading" users to abandon the AFP-ship, and migrate to SMB? 😉

--MMHein

Got the exact same thing happening with a DS916+ over AFP. Don’t want to switch to SMB for several reasons. Well at least it seems Sierra DOES have new features after all…

Hi, I have the same problem with a DS216j and saving large files from Garageband after upgrading my Macbook to Sierra. I have an older Macbook Air and everything works fine there.

Hi,

I have the same problem after update my mac on Sierra !

Mac with Sierra 10.12

Synology DS214+ with DSM 6.0.2-8451 Update 1

Same issue here. Mac OS X Sierra and Synology...

I had the same issue with my Synology 209+II NAS. The AFP connection from my MacBook-Pro with Sierra seemed to consume almost all resources on the NAS causing it to timeout on saving attempts. I rolled back to El Capitan.

All,

i raised a ticket regarding that issue with Synology yesterday. They responded quite quickly and confimed they are aware of this bug. The support analyst mentioned there will be an DSM patch available this week

This is indeed a known issue [Program (Finder & various apps) hang] which will be fixed in next DSM update this week so please kindly wait for the fix

MS

Great. Where exactly did you do that on their site to have them actually react? There’s another Mac related bug that I’d like them to acknowledge and get feedback to… (creating a .zip with File Station kills filenames that include umlauts öäü or accents éàè and such…)

https://account.synology.com/support/support_form.php

MS

Thanks. Same page I’ve been to then… Well… Let’s wait and see.

Folks! So glad I found this conversation! After driving me mad for 2 days I feel totally relaxed now, seeing that I'm not alone. I've posted my observations here (Writing to NAS disconnects NAS in macOS Sierra). I wouldn't associate the issue with Synology at first, since 4 other MacBooks of mine were updated at the same time from El Capitan to Sierra and communicate fine with the DiskStation. Happy to see that you folks were in contact with Synology. Let's see what the Update will bring!

seems like Synology has released a new DSM version today , but unfortunately no reference to AFP improvements

https://www.synology.com/de-de/releaseNote/DS216se

Version: 6.0.2-8451-2

(2016/10/06)

Important Note

The update is expected to be available for all regions within the next few days, although the time of release in each region may vary slightly.

Fixed Issues

1. Fixed an issue where SHA may fail to set SNMP UPS.
2. Fixed an issue where Synology E10G15-F1 NIC may disconnect under certain circumstances.
3. Fixed an issue where Full File Clone via VMware VAAI could cause NFS protocol to act abnormally under certain circumstances.
4. Fixed an issue where the page at Control Pannel > Domain/LDAP does not respond.
5. Fixed an issue where Snapshot Replication could not open normally in certain timezones.
6. Fixed multiple security vulnerabilities regarding curl module (CVE-2016-5419, CVE-2016-5420, CVE-2016-5421).
7. Upgraded OpenSSL to 1.0.2j to address multiple vulnerabilities (CVE-2016-6304, CVE-2016-2183, CVE-2016-6303, CVE-2016-6302, CVE-2016-2182, CVE-2016-2180, CVE-2016-2177, CVE-2016-2178, CVE-2016-2179, CVE-2016-2181, CVE-2016-6306 and CVE-2016-7052).
8. Fixed an issue where system resources are not released properly after QuickConnect is enabled.
9. Fixed an issue where file indexing is not triggered when files are uploaded through Samba protocol.

DSM Version: 6.0.2-8451-2 fixes the issue

just upgraded and working with MS Office Documents directly on the NAS dont let the apps crash anymore

It still doesn’t work with Numbers or other iWork files although it won’t completely hang anymore it seems.

Granted, the autosave that Apple introduced is the ********* idea and implementation of an idea that I ever saw in software but at least it “works” on a local disk.