I am trying to copy files to an external HD on macOS Sequoia The remote server (WebDAV) mounted via Finder -> Go -> Connect The problem is that using sync, the local Machintosh HD runs out of space during the copy. - I tried to avoid caching or setting tmp folders to the external HD, but whatever I do, the space available on the local HD keeps going down during the copy. - The local HD went from 20GB free to 0.5GB during the file transfer, till all stopped because of it. This is an example of the rsync command I use and my shell is zsh: rsync -hvrPt --temp-dir=/Volumes/USB_DRIVE/tmp --max-size=1000M --no-partial /Volumes/dgk.data.uu.nl/research-***/***/***/*.fast5 /Volumes/USB_DRIVE/fast5_pass --temp-dir --max-size and --no-partial were used to avoid clogging my local HD during the transfer, but it didn't work. How can I transfer 500GB from a remote server to a USB drive without using the local HD space (only 20GB free)???

I'm on macos ventura 13.4, Intel processor. I can use https://somelogin@server.work/webdav/somelogin using the Finder "Connect to server" menu. (or ⌘-K). No problem at all. Now, I'm a terminal guy, and I'd like to open this location in Finder from the command line. So far, I've tried: *

open -a Finder https://somelogin@server.work/webdav/somelogin 

but this tries to open the URL in my browser :-( * Use mkdir and mount_webdavas shown on [ask different #176819](https://apple.stackexchange.com/q/176810/389822)

mkdir /Volumes/somelogin 
  mount_webdav -i https://somelogin@server.work/webdav/somelogin  /Volumes/somelogin

but mkdir is denied access to /Volumes: mkdir: /Volumes/somelogin: Permission denied * tried to mount the davfs on some dir in my home

mkdir ~/somelogin 
  mount_webdav -i https://somelogin@server.work/webdav/somelogin  ~/somelogin

I'm prompted for the username and password but then, without any message mount_webdav exits with error code 22. How can I either mount the resource somewhere from command line or tell Finder or any other app to mount it under /Volumes for me ? (even osascript "tell something to mount that webdav resource" would be ok)

I have a network drive, which I mount to Finder using WebDAV protocol. Even though it works with no problems, Spotlight can't index it. However, when I mount this disk using SMB3, it does get indexed. Why is that? Does it mean that Spotlight can't index WebDAV connected network drives? This is what I get in Terminal when trying to turn indexing on when the disk is connected using WebDAV: user@MacBook-Pro ~ % mdutil -s /Volumes/storage.WebDAVdrive.tw /System/Volumes/Data/Volumes/storage.WebDAVdrive.tw: Indexing disabled. user@MacBook-Pro ~ % mdutil -i on /Volumes/storage.WebDAVdrive.tw /System/Volumes/Data/Volumes/storage.WebDAVdrive.tw: Indexing disabled. user@MacBook-Pro ~ %

I'm getting very high CPU usage whenever I access a WebDAV shared drive (in Mac OS Big Sur v11.1, running on a 2019 MacBookPro 16"). My employer uses a WebDAV server for shared files, and I access this using "Connect To Server..." in the Finder. I find that if I mount this shared drive, and leave it mounted for more than a couple of minutes, CPU usage abruptly goes up to 100% and stays there, with fans going at high speed and the machine getting noticeably warm. The problem is immediately solved if I unmount the network share, but that stops me doing my job! Looking in "top" it seems that webdavfs_agent is taking up 98% of one core, and logd is using 12% of another. I'm guessing logd is somehow accessing lots of files on the shared drive, but I can't work out how to stop it doing so. I wondered if it was the Spotlight indexing service, but disabling that with "mdutil -a -i off" doesn't seem to make a difference. I also didn't find anything relevant in the Apple System Log messages (so whatever logd is doing, it's not actually writing any logs that I can see). How can I stop this happening?

I can automatically login to webdav server but have forgotten user/password. Where on OS X High Sierra are these credentials stored so I can access and store them elsewhere?

From my 2018 MacBook Pro I connect to a remote hard disk (located in other town) via WebDAV HTTPS protocol. The remote hard disk is Synology RackStation 2414RP+. Whenever I try to copy files larger than some 2 GBs to the hard disc, I lose the connection, the hard disk stays mounted though. Sometimes the connection gets back itself. This also happens when I calculate an md5 hashsum of a file larger than some 2 GBs or when I use grep command on such bigger files on the hard disk. I'm using the latest macOS Catalina and the Synology hard disk is updated to the latest Synology OS. The same thing happens also when I connect to the hard disk from Windows 10, so it's not macOS specific. I have also tried so far mounting the hard disk using ocsmount for WebDAV , Mountain Duck and ExpanDrive , where the connection is even more unstable using these. The only time I was able to get a stable connection and could comfortably copy large amounts of data (hundreds of GBs) was when I connected to the hard disk using Cyberduck . This is not a long-term solution though as I need to have the hard disk mounted in the file system. I suspect there must be something wrong in the settings of the Synology hard disk, maybe some limits... I have no idea, though. Synology is not my cup of tea. I don't have direct access to the Synology settings, my friend does. Does anyone have at least any idea how I could solve this problem? Thanks in advance!

When I connect to a WebDAV network drive via ForkLift (using CMD+K shorcut), I only see that drive in ForkLift, I cannot access it via Finder nor Terminal. Why is that and how can I access it with Finder and Terminal? Thanks

I'm looking for a way to automatically sync my photos to a self hosted webdav instance (in particular a FileRun instance, which is dav compatible). I'd ideally not have to do anything, other than take photos, and then find the photos synced on the server. I already use FE File Explorer to do this manually (navigate to photos, select new ones, copy them manually to webdav server), but would like something that does this automatically. Is there something like this out there? I mean other than syncing to iCloud... I would like this feature out of privacy considerations. I simply don't trust cloud services, other than self-hosted ones. For this reason, apps that require an account and store my data on their servers or even pass my data through their servers are not what I'm looking for. Edit: I've searched before posting, this question here asks about outright replacing iCloud. I only need photos synced. I know it can be done manually I'm looking for something that does it automatically. Edit 2: I'd love to find a free solution to do it if possible.

I'm on the road and have the need to update my CV which is a Microsoft Word document. My CV is accessible via WebDav but I've also got it stored on the iPad using the Synology DS File app. What is the best way to edit my CV using the iPad? Is there a native or web based app that can do this for me? I would expect that the formatting and tables in the document to be preserved when it is saved.

**How does one go about setting up a macOS High Sierra wfsctl WebDAV server to use with application such as Password Wallet?** _Does any one have a good set of notes for setting up a wfsctl server?_ **Use Case** wfsctl WebDAV server now ships with macOS High Sierra. The context of this question is for mainstream macOS High Sierra, and not any macOS Server software. Applications (such as PasswordWallet) would use basic username password authentication to access a WebDAV server. **Background:** At this time, search on various apple.com urls only returned one result, ["Prepare your institution for ... macOS High Sierra ..."](https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT207828) , which just states: > You won’t be able to set up file sharing with iOS devices in macOS Server 5.4. ... If you want to configure WebDAV sharing on a Mac with macOS Server 5.4, see the wfsctl(8) manual page.  The wfsctl man page (on regular macOS High Sierra) provides technical command information. However, the man page does not provide a example setup or getting started guide. So far, internet searches for wfsctl use on macOS High Sierra has not yielded much additional information about using wfsctl. Finally, while there are many Apache WebDAV guides available, my initial wfsctl experimenting started with the _unexpected_ [wfsctl will start but not stop the related Apache httpd services](https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/314614/how-to-unregister-httpd-after-wfsctl-stop) . So, does any one have a good set of summary notes specific to setting up a wfsctl WebDAV server and how to navigate through any "quirks" of a wfsctl system? (i.e. not general Apache WebDAV links.)

I have a Mac mini Server with Mac OS X Server 10.6.8 (Snow Leopard), where I run a WebDAV Server for syncing my OmniFocus (Mac iPad). But I don't use the Web-Server itself (only WebDAV). When I do a sync in OmniFocus from my iPad, I can see the following ERROR message in the apache2 error_log file: [..14] [error] [client IP] no acceptable variant: /usr/share/httpd/error/HTTP_UNAUTHORIZED.html.var ---------- OmniFocus has no problem and **sync just works fine** (debug logfiles show clearly that WebDAV works as intended and the client has the needed User permissions & rights). Only the Web-Server is making trouble. I suppose that an **ERROR message** in my WebServer logfile **means that something is not configured as it should be**?! I understand that it has something to do with '*Multi Language Custom Error Documents*' which is on by Default and is dependant on several Apache Modules. But even after reading several Readme files and studying online Tutorials it is far beyond my understanding of how this works together. My Mac mini Server is still not in productive mode and turned off most the time. I only turn it on to resolve this last remaining ERROR message. ---------- What I tried so far: • extensive Google search / even on SE sites • read all possible (available) Apple Server manuals • started reading the Apache Server manuals • I spent several nights trying to fix the problem (fiddling with .conf files) • I did reset to default settings for the Apache Server • I talked with some hackers about 'Apache Modules' at the 30C3 Congress in Hamburg • Installed a 2nd Mac OS X Server on another Volume to recover default conf files/values ---------- • Could someone please explain me the meaning of 'no acceptable variant' ? • Why does this ERROR matter? What do I need to understand to fix this ERROR?

**How does one properly unregister httpd from launching at reboot following a sudo wfsctl start and subsequent sudo wfsctl stop?** **Background:** wfsctl is a "WebDAV File Sharing control utility" released with macOS High Sierra. wfsctl is located at /usr/sbin/wfsctl. In my case, after an initial install of macOS High Sierra, the Apache httpd daemon is not initially serving content. (This was expected.) The observation that httpd was not serving could observed in various ways, including: * type localhost into a web browser on the same machine * type curl localhost in the terminal on the same machine. curl localhost # curl: (7) Failed to connect to localhost port 80: Connection refused When the wfsctl WebDAV services are started for the first time, then httpd is also started. sudo wfsctl start # ... sudo wfsctl diagnose # ... snip ... # All httpd processes: # COMM RUSER PPID PID STARTED # httpd root 1 885 4:18PM # httpd _www 885 890 4:18PM It was not surprising that an Apache httpd was started. Although, the baseline Apache httpd configuration also start serviing the contents of /Library/WebServer/Documents in addition to and separate from any WebDAV shares. In particular, index.html content is returned via either localhost in a web browser or curl localhost in the Terminal application. curl localhost --verbose # * Connected to localhost (::1) port 80 (#0) # > GET / HTTP/1.1 # > Host: localhost # > User-Agent: curl/7.54.0 # > Accept: */* # > #

It works!

Finally, stop the WebDAV services with sudo wfsctl stop, then reboot. After reboot, httpd is apparently still running: # after sudo wfsctl stop and system reboot ... curl localhost #

It works!

sudo wfsctl status # disabled sudo wfsctl diagnose # ... # WFS is not enabled. # ... # All httpd processes: # COMM RUSER PPID PID STARTED # httpd root 1 85 6:12PM # httpd _www 85 414 6:13PM **Footnote:** Is it a reasonably expected behaviour that sudo wfsctl stop _does not also unregister httpd_? Perhaps wfsctl presumes to not interfere with other services with _might_ be used to start the httpd web server? (Though, in my use case, httpd was not enabled via any other means than wfsctl.)

Mac OS X Server supports WebDAV and allows iPhones/iPads to connect, store and retrieve files. While Mac OS X can access WebDAV servers from the Finder using "Connect to Server" (Command+K) attempting to connect to the root of a Mac OS X server or any other assumed location results in an error: > There was a problem connecting to the server “theserver.domain.com”. > Check the server name or IP address, and then try again. If you continue to have problems, contact your system administrator I can only guess that there is some special URL/URI that is necessary but what?

We have many users on Macs that access their files on one big non-Mac server that supports FTP/WebDAV/CMIS. PROBLEM: They can not use their files while not connected to the Internet. QUESTION: Is there a Dropbox-like software for FTP? or WebDAV? or CMIS? - When connected, pushes local changes to the server - When connected, polls the server every n minutes to pull changes - Preferably open source - Dropbox-like UI: Tray icon, minimal configuration dialog, maybe green check in Finder to show which files are synchronized. - Starts automatically at boot or login Just to make it clear: I am not looking for an online hosting service. I have an existing server and there are no plan to move any data to any cloud. I am looking for a client-side software that can synchronize local files with the server when connected to the network. - FTPbox is nearly perfect and open source, but it has not been ported to Mac yet . - GoodSync does not work in the background (requires user click) so it is a no-go. I was asked to add a short section describing why DropBox is not a solution: 1) Documents are confidential, third-party is not an option 2) Dropbox is not reliable enough (better uptime/SLA is needed) 3) Dropbox becomes crazily expensive for large scale 4) The FTP/WebDAV/CMIS interface is actually provided by "Alfresco", an enterprise document management system which has many other features (not just file transfer), and is integrated with other critical enterprise systems. So my question is really about client-side only.

We have a web design agency and we're wanting to test development on an ipad air 2, we have a couple of ipads that we often test our builds on but of course new devices are being regularly being brought to the market that feature newer technology, higher resolution screens etc. and it becomes counterintuitive to possess an endless array of older and new devices for testing on. So, my question is, what are the currently available services, paid or otherwise, for Apple device emulation?

I’m using the Finder’s built-in Connect to Server... feature and use it for connecting to a read/write WebDAV server. Everything is working except executing files hosted on the server. I tried mounting the server using the mount_webdav Terminal command, and got the same result as using the Finder. Running ls -laF /Volumes/webdav results in: drwx------ 1 myname staff 2048 Mar 15 14:09 ./ drwxrwxrwt 4 root admin 170 Mar 15 09:25 ../ -rwx------ ... drwx------ ... -rwx------ ... drwx------ ... ... Which makes me assume that files should be executable. However, executing a bash script from the server in Terminal results in: bash: /Volumes/webdav/test.sh: /bin/bash: bad interpreter: Permission denied I just want to be able to execute these files without having to move them to a physical disk. What am I overlooking? EDIT: per request of @patrix, here are the commands i used: mkdir /Volumes/webdav mount_webdav -i -s https://example.com/program/ /Volumes/webdav/ chmod +x /Volumes/webdav/test.sh head /Volumes/webdav/test.sh /Volumes/webdav/test.sh and the output was: #mount_webdav Username: ‹username› Password: # head #!/bin/bash mkdir /tmp/tex cd /tmp/tex cp -RX /Volumes/webdav/tex/* . xelatex report.tex open report.pdf # exec bash: /Volumes/webdav/test.sh: /bin/bash: bad interpreter: Permission denied

The issue I'm having is that I manage three Mac Mini servers. Two are for work, one is for me. I can log into our main work server and my personal box using WebDAV, however, the second work server rejects my login credentials with "The user name or password was not accepted by the server." errors. The two work computers are pretty much mirrored in every way possible. The notable exceptions are the network (one is one city, the other a different one). Work server #1 is an Open Directory Master, the other is a replicant. The hardware is slightly different. Server #1 is running 10.10.1; Server #2 is running 10.10.2. Both are running Server 4.0.3. If I try to log into both servers through AFP or SSH, there are no problems. It's only when we try to access Server #2 that we're having issues on all accounts (both local and network users). I believe WebDAV broke during a recent Server update, however, I can't pinpoint when that occurred. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

I like to run all my own data services (for security and confidentiality). I'm wondering whether anyone has tried to replace iCloud with a personal server. I presume that a combination of server side WebDAV plus jabber might do the trick together with some client side scripting and sculpting of the hosts file. The aim would be to as completely as possible replace Apple's services but still use the OS X and iOS integration for documents and messages between a single user's devices.

There are various OS X approaches to using the **WebDAV service provided by Microsoft SharePoint**. # Integrity of data Answers to this question focus on integrity: - when a file is used by a single user - when a file is used by multiple users. Whilst some parts of an answer may be generalised to WebDAV servers in general, this question focuses on SharePoint – where **Microsoft's server and client restrictions** cause people to seek **alternatives to Microsoft Document Connection**. Some overlap with an earlier question: - Is it possible to mount SharePoint as a volume in 10.6? ## Reference Drafted in May 2012 a table: - File open/lock protection for multi-user use of Microsoft SharePoint Key points from that draft: - restrictions in SharePoint make Microsoft Office 2011 incompatible with file system integration - Microsoft Document Connection lacks file system integration. If any reader can draw a conclusion that differs from what's tabled: I'll welcome discussion in Ask Different Chat, or add your answer below. Some parts of that table will become answers to this question …

I have a mac mini server at home that has a USB 3.0 storage device attached where I store all my files. Anything from iTunes, iPhoto, documents, etc. I want to know how safe it is by creating a VPN connection from my MacBook from anywhere in the world and accessing https://webdav.myserver.com and writing/reading files? Is there anything I can do to make reading/writing more secure? https://webdav.myserver.com will not be accessible over the web unless there's a VPN connection.