[Help] SMB Connection Drops on macOS 15 - Need Help! (F4-424 Pro, TOS 6.0.694)
Posted: 25 Jun 2025, 23:04
Hi everyone,
I'm using a TerraMaster F4-424 Pro running TOS 6.0.694-00165 with several Macs on macOS 15.5, and I'm having persistent SMB connection issues that are driving me crazy. Hoping someone here has found a solution!
My SMB connections keep dropping randomly - I get the "spinning wheel" in Finder, Adobe Illustrator, and InDesign for about 60-90 seconds, then everything works again. The weird thing is that a Windows 11 machine connects to the same NAS perfectly with no issues at all.
I've been reading through this forum and tried pretty much everything I could find:
- Disabled the Recycle Bin on shared folders (saw TMzethar's recommendation)
- Turned off SMB Multichannel, Opportunistic Locking, and Durable Handles
- No USB drives connected to avoid any kernel panic issues
- Applied all the VFS fruit settings for better Mac compatibility
Ping works fine even during the disconnections
Same network works perfectly with a Synology NAS
I previously had an issue where created files would appear grayed out which that has been fixed with the latest TOS version but this problems with the smb connection dropping makes it pretty much unusable.
Current SMB settings on TOS
vfs objects=fruit streams_xattr
fruit:metadata=netatalk
fruit:resource=file
fruit:locking=none
oplocks=no
durable handles=no
force create mode = 0664
force directory mode = 0775
force group = allusers
Any help appreciated, thanks!
I'm using a TerraMaster F4-424 Pro running TOS 6.0.694-00165 with several Macs on macOS 15.5, and I'm having persistent SMB connection issues that are driving me crazy. Hoping someone here has found a solution!
My SMB connections keep dropping randomly - I get the "spinning wheel" in Finder, Adobe Illustrator, and InDesign for about 60-90 seconds, then everything works again. The weird thing is that a Windows 11 machine connects to the same NAS perfectly with no issues at all.
I've been reading through this forum and tried pretty much everything I could find:
- Disabled the Recycle Bin on shared folders (saw TMzethar's recommendation)
- Turned off SMB Multichannel, Opportunistic Locking, and Durable Handles
- No USB drives connected to avoid any kernel panic issues
- Applied all the VFS fruit settings for better Mac compatibility
Ping works fine even during the disconnections
Same network works perfectly with a Synology NAS
I previously had an issue where created files would appear grayed out which that has been fixed with the latest TOS version but this problems with the smb connection dropping makes it pretty much unusable.
Current SMB settings on TOS
vfs objects=fruit streams_xattr
fruit:metadata=netatalk
fruit:resource=file
fruit:locking=none
oplocks=no
durable handles=no
force create mode = 0664
force directory mode = 0775
force group = allusers
Any help appreciated, thanks!
