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Offline leeincm

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OSX Maverick Issue
« on: October 31, 2013, 04:05:24 am »
Ever since updating to Maverick a few days ago, my Mac refuses to copy any large files (via Samba) to the 2TB HDD on my MED1000X3D

Little files like text files copy fine, but even a sample .avi file (6MB), copies till the end then says "Operation cannot be completed because file sample.avi is in use", and Maverick promptly deletes the file from the MED1000X3D hard disk.

Just wanted to know if anyone else had experienced this strange behaviour on Maverick?

 I understand its a OSX Maverick problem, but its driving me barmy as its stopping me copy any streams across to my Mede8er. Any tips / workarounds to get this working again, or just wait for a Maverick update and hope that sorts it out?

thx

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Re: OSX Maverick Issue
« Reply #1 on: October 31, 2013, 09:31:51 am »
Is it only media files?  Do you have a Mac software media player set up  to  auto library your folders?

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Re: OSX Maverick Issue
« Reply #2 on: October 31, 2013, 12:09:51 pm »
Ever since updating to Maverick a few days ago, my Mac refuses to copy any large files (via Samba) to the 2TB HDD on my MED1000X3D

Little files like text files copy fine, but even a sample .avi file (6MB), copies till the end then says "Operation cannot be completed because file sample.avi is in use", and Maverick promptly deletes the file from the MED1000X3D hard disk.

Just wanted to know if anyone else had experienced this strange behaviour on Maverick?

 I understand its a OSX Maverick problem, but its driving me barmy as its stopping me copy any streams across to my Mede8er. Any tips / workarounds to get this working again, or just wait for a Maverick update and hope that sorts it out?

thx
I didn't try yet as have both macs under moutain lion (my main imac) and mavericks (macbook air laptop), and of course movies are maintained using the imac, so I didn't experience your copy problem myself (and I will certainly keep mavericks away for a while).
But I've read that apple did changes on their  protocol with SMB as they are using SMB 2 now by default.

Workaround seams to force SMB1 share connection using CIFS: (instead of SMB:) :


related articles :

http://macdailynews.com/2013/10/28/workaround-for-os-x-mavericks-smb2-issues/
http://www.mac4ever.com/actu/84721_astuce-regler-les-problemes-de-connexion-avec-les-nas-et-smb-sous-mavericks
« Last Edit: October 31, 2013, 01:00:18 pm by funkycochise »

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Re: OSX Maverick Issue
« Reply #3 on: November 01, 2013, 03:34:45 am »
Thanks for the info about SMB 2. Seems like a big change.

Where do I go on my Mac to find this "Connexion au serveur" setting?

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Re: OSX Maverick Issue
« Reply #4 on: November 01, 2013, 03:39:31 am »
I mean at the moment (and previously) I just went to:

Network -> x3d -> Connect as guest

and I could then access the HDD on my Mede8er. Just click click click.

Where do I have to go to force what type of connection is made?

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Re: OSX Maverick Issue
« Reply #5 on: November 01, 2013, 04:22:13 am »
Is it only media files?  Do you have a Mac software media player set up  to  auto library your folders?

I just copied a 100MB app file across ok. Then tried to copy a 50MB .mkv file across and got the error. Then just to make sure it wasn't a "first file succeeds and subsequent files fail" error, I copied a small text file across successfully. And another app as well.

But then I tried a 5 MB .rar file and it failed. Then just tried a 6MB sample.avi and it worked.

The other day I did manage to copy a 2 GB .mkv after a reboot of both Mac and mede8er. But I've rebooted lots of times since and no luck with large media files.

So .... who knows. Just seems Apple's currently implementation is bugged to *****.

The smaller the file, the higher the chance of success, that's the only conclusion I can draw at the moment. 1K text files work every time.

Sorry not to be clearer but the result set is a complete mess, and I can't keep rebooting systems every 10 minutes to run new trials.
 
I don't have anything set up to auto library folders. No other software is running.

So I definitely need a way to default back to SMB 1 - could be weeks or months before Apple sort this out ...............

Thanks for all help

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Re: OSX Maverick Issue
« Reply #6 on: November 01, 2013, 06:18:45 am »
I mean at the moment (and previously) I just went to:

Network -> x3d -> Connect as guest

and I could then access the HDD on my Mede8er. Just click click click.

Where do I have to go to force what type of connection is made?

Don't have mavericks yet. still on mountain lion.. But I'd imagine "Connexion au serveur" is another language for "connect to server" which is the last option of 1 of the drop drown menu items when the desktop or finder window is in focus.. Not at my pc now but I think its the 4th menu on the menu bar. Please let us know if the force smb1 works.

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Re: OSX Maverick Issue
« Reply #7 on: November 01, 2013, 06:42:15 am »
In finder, select Menu Go / Connect to server (last option)
you can open it with [Cmd]+[K]





of course, use CIFS instead of SMB.



other explanations from http://cammodude.blogspot.fr

Workaround Option 1:

To force your connection to be SMB1, simply type cifs://servername instead of smb://servername when connecting to a Windows or NAS share.  This is by far easier and requires no real configuration changes.

Workaround Option 2:

To force all connections to be SMB1:
Open A terminal window
paste in the following line followed by the return key(should be all on one line):  
echo "[default]" >> ~/Library/Preferences/nsmb.conf; echo "smb_neg=smb1_only" >> ~/Library/Preferences/nsmb.conf

What the command does:
Creates a file called nsmb.conf  in your  home directory at the path ~/Library/Preferences/nsmb.conf.
Adds directives to force SMB connections to use the SMB1 protocol.  This is slower but stable.

How to remove the workaround:
Open a terminal window
paste in the following at the prompt and then hit the return button:
rm ~/Library/Preferences/nsmb.conf

Notes:

Its a good idea to restart your mac before trying to connect to your storage again. This will clear any hung SMB processes from previous attempts to connect to your storage before implementing this workaround.
« Last Edit: November 01, 2013, 07:27:26 am by funkycochise »

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Re: OSX Maverick Issue
« Reply #8 on: November 02, 2013, 05:05:53 am »
Many thanks for all the useful replies. I'm just doing:

1) Connect to Server
2) cifs://x3d

and all is reliable again. Shame Apple don't test their software much before releasing it, but there you go

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Re: OSX Maverick Issue
« Reply #9 on: November 02, 2013, 06:30:54 am »
I do have a follow up question ..... currently I have:
Wired Lan Setup: On
Wireless Setup: On
PCI-E WiFi: On

And the network info confirms I have both a wired and wireless connection running.

How do I:
a) Know whether it is using LAN or wireless to send data?
b) Select LAN over wireless as a preference, or just plain turn wireless setup off? In wireless setup, I don't see a way to turn it off .... is it just a case of turning PCI-E WiFi off?

Update: I turned the PCI-E WiFi off, so ended up with just a wired lan, but even after rebooting, the Internet part of mede8er wouldn't run, seems to need the wifi to access the Net so I'll just leave both wired and wireless on.
« Last Edit: November 02, 2013, 06:53:21 am by leeincm »

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Re: OSX Maverick Issue
« Reply #10 on: November 02, 2013, 07:48:25 am »
The issue with not being able to connect to the internet when using lan and are able connect when using wifi must be some DNS issue.

Check which DNS setting is used on your lan interface of your mede8er.
It might be 127.0.0.1 now.
Try to change it into your router ip address.
Read the  Mede8er 400X/500X Beginners Guide
or Mede8er 500X2/400X2/450X2 Beginners Guide

Also check the Couto X3D Newbies Guide first.

Please don't PM me but post on the forum.

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Re: OSX Maverick Issue
« Reply #11 on: November 08, 2013, 08:36:38 am »
And dont forget to repair permissions on Mavericks ;)