I have upgraded to Ventura and while the modifications are not bad, Apple managed to wreck something that was working very well on previous macOS versions and also on countless linux servers around the world. Yes, I am talking about Samba.
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Sometimes, when you desperately need file sharing to work, the quickest way is to downgrade. I gave up after hours of time wasted with timeouts, reboots, disable/enable file sharing, chasing custom attributes and what not...
So, like in this situation, you may need to roll back. But downgrading is not as easy as upgrading. For example, in this situation it involves removing the current operating system along with the data. So, before doing that you need time machine backup or to clone the existing disk on an external one.
In short steps to downgrade from Ventura to Monterey:
1. perform a time machine backup - use an external usb disk with spare space
2. boot into the already created macos monterey installation USB stick
3. quit installation and open disk utility - erase the existing disk (the one with Ventura on it)
4. you will be restarted after the erase process (stupid new thing) so you need to boot again to the USB stick mentioned at point 2
5. install monterey on the disk erased at point 3
6. during the migration assistant process, connect your backup disk (with time machine backup files) and choose "from a mac, time machine backup or startup disk" and select as source the disk
7. done!
Video timeline:
00:00 - intro
00:38 - off-topic: thunderbolt over usb-c to usb-c cable
01:05 - file sharing problems on macOS Ventura (custom icons - custom attributes)
02:17 - how to create a bootable usb stick with macOS Monterey installation
03:46 - off-topic: small demo about macOS continuity
04:26 - mac startup key combinations to reach startup manager/options screen (Intel vs. ARM)
05:44 - warning about the importance of creating a backup before moving forward
06:07 - uncheck find my mac in iCloud settings
06:45 - ERASE the disk with existing OS and everything on it
08:20 - select the erased disk to install macOS Monterey
09:29 - using migration assistant to restore from backup (time machine)
10:10 - off-topic: short info about how I use old mac mini, ESXi and linux for time machine backups
10:18 - using migration assistant to restore from backup (time machine)
12:20 - macOS Monterey installed and files restored
13:28 - recap and conclusion
#monterey #ventura #filesharing #samba #cifs
