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macOS 13.4 Broke File Sharing Settings with Reboot

southerndoc

southerndoc

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I have a BrotherMFC L8900CDW configured with a scan to network ability to send PDFs to my desktop. I'm using SharePoint Scan to STP/SFTP/Network. Unfortunately, this ability broke with 13.4 update today.

Sharing is still enabled for my Desktop. Any idea what might have changed to affect this?

EDIT: Changed the title to reflect the true problem. Sharing settings are not retained or don't work after a reboot. Requires deleting the shared folder from the list, turning off file sharing, rebooting, then setting up file sharing again. This is lost with the next reboot.
 
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It's probably a driver problem. I would try two things:

1) Delete the printer from Settings and reinstall it, but this time set it up for AirPrint, which requires no drivers. Or,
1) Delete the printer from Settings and reinstall it using the Brother driver (make sure you have the latest).
 
I was able to get it to work just now.

I went to System Settings -> General -> Sharing and clicked the "i" next to File Sharing. I deleted the shared folders. Then I turned off file sharing and rebooted the computer. Turned it back on, selected the folders, and it's now working again.

Never had to do this with any upgrade before. I know there were SMB issues with Ventura. Maybe Apple finally addressed those and it caused this.
 
On another note, is there a way to get a sharing account to be used instead of my administrator account? I tried creating a sharing account, gave it write only access to the folder where my scanned documents is placed, and entered in its credentials in the scan profile in the BrotherMFC settings page. However, it gives me a time synchronization error with logging in. I change it back to my administrator account info and it works without a problem.
 
Unfortunately, this solution doesn't survive a reboot. Reboot the computer and I have to turn off sharing, delete the shared folder in the settings list, reboot again, then set it up all again. This is all new since macOS 13.4.
 
southerndoc said:
Unfortunately, this solution doesn't survive a reboot. Reboot the computer and I have to turn off sharing, delete the shared folder in the settings list, reboot again, then set it up all again. This is all new since macOS 13.4.
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Obviously, the solution is "Don't reboot".
Thanks Apple, much obliged.:mad:
Have you reported this bug to Apple?
 
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FWIW, this bug still persists with macOS 14 RC. I've reported it to Apple with the computer using macOS 14.

Hopefully this is fixed soon.
 
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