![]() ![]() This is exactly where SMBUp comes in play – it does it all for you. And it does.Īs with most of these type of applications, a lot of command-line work might be involved and for the average user I do not consider this a good option. So I’m leaving that behind as an option as well.Ī better trick would be to actually install Samba 3.0, after all it’s freely available, and should run on a Mac. With NFS I have zero experience, and Windows users would need a special client application for that (requires a Windows Enterprise edition), if even available. The main problems with AFP, an Apple product, would be that even Apple is abandoning it, and you can’t simply browse for a share in for example Kodi/XBMC. One trick would be using another type of connection, like AFP or NFS. ![]() I’m not even going to start about the fact that it can no longer index network shares … but that’s another problm for another day … Mac OS X SMB Fix solution: SMBUp So much for the “user experience” I’ve come used to with Apple products. ![]() The Apple instructions are simple, but simply do not work, or work only on occasion. The biggest problem I’ve run into, is that it seems impossible to simply share a directory or drive on your Mac with other devices – like for example Windows computers, certain Android devices, etc. Well, to be honest I’m not quite sure … for now I’ll blame Apple, either for no longer using Samba 3.0 or for creating a crappy implementation on their own and doing (seemingly) zero effort to fix issues with their implementation. ![]()
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