Uncheck SMB 1.0/CIFS. AFP vs SMB not as clearcut anymore For a long time SMB was recommended over AFP for Mac users for stability reasons. Instead, use SMB. Change Maximum SMB protocol to SMB3. Zuletzt noch die AFP auf SMB Umstellung am Mac. Go to Control Panel-->Programs-->Turn Windows features on or off. In DSM>Control Panel>File Services>Advanced I ensured that Bonjour discovery was enabled for both SMB & AFP. Beim Script afp durch smb ersetzen oder gleich so erstellen. I kept AFP enabled even though it has been deprecated in Big Sur. Enable FTP log : Die ist einfach getan, wer seine Volumes manuell verbindet über CMD+K und dann smb://HOSTNAME/FREIGABE oder wie ich hier im Video zeige per Script. Enable SMB (Window File service) log : Control Panel > File Service > SMB/AFP/NFS > SMB , tick Enable Transfer Log. On Windows 10. Dementsprechend ist der Umstieg von AFP auf SMB hier abgeschlossen. 3. Enter the IP address of your Synology NAS preceded by afp:// or smb:// in the Server Address field. Go to Finder > Go > Connect to Server. SMB being open standard affords better implementation compared to AFP, where it has to be by necessity based on reverse engineering of the protocol. On the SMB/AFP/NFS tab, select Advanced Settings. Enable AFP (Mac File service) log : Control Panel > File Service > SMB/AFP/NFS > AFP , tick Enable transfer log. Synology lists the file-sharing protocols that are supported by each OS. In Mac's Keychain Access app you could delete any saved credentials used to automatically log into NAS SMB. - Authentication of network clients via SMB fails: o With CIFS plain-text auth enabled, Mac OS clients running OS X 10.7 through 10.12 fail to authenticate with an error: “The version of the server you are trying to connect to is not supported. The connection uses SMB (have also tried AFP). As of 10.14, it is still very useful, and seems a bit better overall than SMB to me. It will be interesting to see if 10.15, or perhaps 10.16 could have SMB overtake AFP for Mac users in either performance or features. Try logging in with a different DSM user. Change Minumum SMB protocol to SMB2 with large MTU. AFP instead of SMB: since you're using a Mac and Finder still seems to default to displaying AFP 'Mac' devices in the sidebar. I use both on a Synology, and AFP still edges out SMB just a bit for features. 4. I have to keep AFP running for my TimeMachine backups, but would like my file shares to use SMB2 because it is much faster (better than double write speed in my tests). I am using El Capitan (latest version) on a Mac Mini and have setup a shared drive to my Synology NAS. Check SMB Direct (Windows 10 Pro only I think. Go to Control Panel-->File Services. Umstellung Mac. To troubleshoot on Mac: Try using a different file service protocol to connect to Synology NAS. Difficult to say whether the issue is a bad SMB implementation by Apple, or just differing interpretations of the SMB standard by Apple and Synology leading to some incompatibilities in the implementations. In DSM>Control Panel>File Services>SMB/AFP/NFS select SMB Advanced Settings and set maximum SMB Protocol to SMB3 and minimum to SMB1. Problem: after a period of time (hours / days) the network share will disappear. For me AFP is much faster than SMB from a Mac. - Authentication of network clients via AFP works fine. On Synology NAS. 2.