File Sharing Not Working in MacOS Ventura

Hello from Victoria Canada

We have five Imacs using MacOS Ventura and file sharing betweenthe computers does not work any more. I can 'see' the public folder but cannot 'mount' it.

Other people have reported similar problems and I have tried their fixes (delete all settings and put in new ones, re-start all computers, etc) but nothing is working.

Any one can help?

thank you for your time.

iMac 24″, macOS 13.2

Posted on Jan 30, 2023 6:05 PM

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Jan 30, 2023 7:11 PM in response to Eric Wieczorek

Submit a bug report here:

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