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Mac OS can't connect to SMB shares after sleep

Fresh5 days ago
Mar 15, 202636832 views
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Problem

I used to access my local Windows 2008 file server's SMB shares on my recent (3 weeks old) MacBook Pro without problems. However, for a few days now, it fails to (re-)connect to the server after it woke up from sleep mode. Finder just shows "connecting..." and hangs indefinitely. The same thing hap…

Error Output

mount -t smbfs

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Fix for: Mac OS can't connect to SMB shares after sleep

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I'm having the same issue with my MacBook Pro. I followed the instructions here - http://blog.djmnet.org/2009/02/09/macs-needing-unix-network-geekery/ and my issues seem to be resolved.

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