File sharing stopped working after macOS 13.7.5 update

wat-agan wrote:

for some reason or other in Files my username and password only had to be entered once, at the creation of the connection.

Possible difference: our iPad and iPhones are still at iOS 17. (There are some reasons for not upgrading them yet.)

G_R_H wrote:

I was asked for smb1 login

Usually we use VLC on the iPad to watch archived TV recordings *) stored on a HD attached to our old Time Capsule (gen. 4, 2012), and using SMB1 is apparently the required protocol here.

The Files app can't connect to the Time Capsule. Readdle Documents app can.

So a Mac Pro 2010 is probably about as limited as that 2012 Time Capsule.

*) don't ask… ;) my late dad was obsessed with recording all his favorite shows and movies…

I would like to try this:

>This "smb://name of computer._smb._tcp.local/name of shared folder"

method works for me also as a workaround, but what a thing for Apple to

break!<

Please, can someone supply a step by step where to put "smb://name of computer._smb._tcp.local/name of shared folder" ?

Which machine(s?) in the home network does it go on and where? Does "name of computer" mean name of home network? Does local/name of shared folder refer to the name of an external drive if that is what is desired to be shared?

Sorry to be a luddite on this, but would really appreciate detailed guidance on how and where to insert that line.

TIA

Me too. I further upgraded one of the two running Ventura to Sonoma. I can connect from the other to it but not the other way around. I can’t upgrade the Ventura machine any further to totally fix the problem. 🥴

StephenHarrington thank you for your response to my post.

If I tell you that one of my Ventura machines is a 2013 'trashcan' Mac Pro you'l realise that I already use the method you prescribed to update! But it seems Apple has removed that post anyway! 🤣

I love my Mac Pro and use it as a music server which plays all day, every day in my office. It now has a 4TB NVME SSD and I have rebuilt and fully serviced it many, many times to prolong its life. It's testament to the quality of the original design, components and fixings that this machine can be stripped down, properly serviced and rebuilt with confidence. There are no tiny ribbon cables, glued components or non-removable parts to hinder progress. Oh how I wish they were still built this way!

rustyintegrale wrote:

StephenHarrington thank you for your response to my post.

If I tell you that one of my Ventura machines is a 2013 'trashcan' Mac Pro you'l realise that I already use the method you prescribed to update! But it seems Apple has removed that post anyway! 🤣

Figured they would but I'm new here so worth a try. Love a trashcan! Used one for many years at work back in the day, mainly as a video transcoding workhorse. Never missed a beat despite being treated brutally often 18 hours a day.

Since you've got Ventura going I suggest you try out Sequoia in a cloned partition on your SSD - worth experimenting. Bit of a brute force method of solving the 13.7.5 sharing issue, but it does work. Not sure how "the hack that cannot be named" and 15.5 do on a trashcan. Most likely it will be the final macOS that will install on Intel anyway if rumours are true?

:-)

StephenHarrington wrote:

rustyintegrale wrote:

StephenHarrington thank you for your response to my post.

If I tell you that one of my Ventura machines is a 2013 'trashcan' Mac Pro you'l realise that I already use the method you prescribed to update! But it seems Apple has removed that post anyway! 🤣

Figured they would but I'm new here so worth a try. Love a trashcan! Used one for many years at work back in the day, mainly as a video transcoding workhorse. Never missed a beat despite being treated brutally often 18 hours a day.

Since you've got Ventura going I suggest you try out Sequoia in a cloned partition on your SSD - worth experimenting. Bit of a brute force method of solving the 13.7.5 sharing issue, but it does work. Not sure how "the hack that cannot be named" and 15.5 do on a trashcan. Most likely it will be the final macOS that will install on Intel anyway if rumours are true?

:-)

StephenHarrington thanks for the suggestion, but my Mac Pro will connect to any non-Ventura 13.7.5/6 equipped Mac, so the problem is surmountable.

The Mac Pro is the machine I use as my 'master' music server and where I manage additions. But I just built up a 2019 iMac 21.5in with a VESA mount to put on the wall in my house. That runs Sonoma, so it is easy to copy over new music as and when I load it on the Mac Pro because connection works to Sonoma even with 13.7.6.

I'm very protective of my music library as it stems from many moons ago. It is frequently updated as high resolution versions of albums become available. I've thought about subscribing to Apple Music but I remember the mess iTunes Match made of my music years ago. Fortunately I had it backed up but lost all the correct album art, playlists and play counts...

Never again!

Just have to wonder what "smb://name of computer._smb._tcp.local/name of shared folder" actually means?

Do you really write "._smb._tcp." to that?

I have had normally no folders shared. Used to just login to my account and choose any disk and foler I like to access. Now I have to pick some folders? Like "Volumes"?

With the update to 13.7.6 the Samba connection between Android Mobile and MacPro was working again and I have to admit I was very happy about that. However I heard rumors that things will fail with the first reboot of the mac.

This was the case now. Can somone help me? Is there a workaround except for avoding Apple for the rest of my life?

The new version presents other problems. If I am streaming from my desktop to my laptop video files, no matter what media player I use—MOvist Pro, VLC, Quicktime—the video and the audio will sometimes stutter, but more often the media player will crash. Reopening the file goes back to the beginning rather than rejoining where it crashed.

This started immediately after the recent update to 13.7.7—the problem was never seen before 13.7.7

Anyone else seeing this?

13.7.7 introduced a new problem. When watching a video over my home network, no matter what video player I use, will crash after about 5-6 minutes tops, sometime shorter. This happens with VLC, QT, Movist, and IINA. Movist is the worst in this regard often only going about 3 minutes before crashing, then VLC, then IINA, but again, the longest I can go is about 5-6 minutes before a crash.

If I reload the video file on any of the players, rather than going to the spot where it crashed, it reopens the file from the beginning. Sometimes, if I go back to the file after a period of time it will reopen at the crash point, but that is rare.

I've re-installed 13.7.7 without relief, I am now reinstalling Sequoia on my peripheral computer...Mac Mini M1.

All video players were working 100% fine before 13.7.5. I've run disk utility to check for errors...nothing amiss.

Same here. Help!

re edit: problem back again after few days...

I have the same problem, iMac 5K. After reistalling Ventura it works OK, but after the first reboot, it stops working.