File sharing - temporary empty folder are being created

Turns out rebooting the Mac Mini server fixed the Finder crashing when moving files on workstations. For now...

Uh no nevermind Finder still crashes. I will submit a new topic. This is so bad.

I've also had this issue.

Hi, has this been solved??

We are seeing the same problem. If you repeatedly hit save over and over, more and more .sb temp folders get created. It’s possible to create unlimited .sb folders by repeatedly hitting save. This behavior is particularly replicable using TextEdit, although it certainly happens with Excel and Word 2016 as well.

Worse, once these .sb temp folders get created, the next time the source file is opened, the OS may report it’s read only, even though it was not prior to the creation of the .sb temp folders. The existence of the temp folders fools the OS into believing the file is still in use by another network user.

This is a MAJOR issue that has rendered file serving on Server 5.4 virtually unusable!

Apple - please fix!

I'm managing a macOS High Sierra server for small office and we had this issue on smb mounted file shares. switching to afp resolved the problem but is not an ideal solution (we are mac only so it's ok for now.) I then read that giving full write access for the ACL on the root of the share(s) solves this problem. this meant clicking the disclosure icon for Write and checking the "Delete" box. screen grabs attached. hope this helps.