Node 2i Network Share on Mac OS
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I've been trying to get this work for nearly 2 years and revisited today. Has left me frustrated yet again. I have a Node 2i connected to my router by ethernet cable. I want to share some folders from my MacBook Air running the latest version of Mac OS. I've followed the instructions here: https://support1.bluesound.com/hc/en-us/articles/200271776-File-Sharing-Mac-OS-X AND consulted the PDF supplied.
It never automatically finds my Network share. Under Current music shares: the app says No shares configured. So I press the Find network shares and it reports No shares found. So then I press the Enter share name manually button. I enter the relevant bits of information as per BLS-KB14-602 and the PDF, and then absolutely nothing happens. IT IS INFURIATING! There is zero feedback or error message. What is the issue? Why can I not connect this network share?
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Done = I selected Help, Send Support Request so the Support Crew could review the error log and find out why my Mac was preventing a connection.
Somebody at Bluesound eventually contacted me and remote accessed into my laptop to see what I was doing. My music files are all stored locally, but associated with cloud services like OneDrive, Google Drive or DropBox. I was told that it wasn't possible for a Network Share to work with a 'cloud folder' that was syncing, even if the files were stored locally.
After copying some files out of DropBox and into the Mac OS X (Monterey) Music folder, network sharing could be accomplished. HOWEVER, it was nowhere near as simple as shown in the Bluesound PDF and knowledge base article. The person controlling my computer altered multiple folder settings to enable sharing PLUS did what was outlined on https://support1.bluesound.com/hc/en-us/articles/200271776-File-Sharing-Mac-OS-X and altered another network setting. After all that, my Node 2i was able to see the music files that had been copied into the Music folder.
So, in theory, it worked. But that doesn't help me and my use case as I want my music files stored in 'cloud folders' should something go wrong with my internal hard drive. So now I've just got a small 1 TB USB drive connected to the back of the Node 2i with ALL my music files there. If it fails, I can easily replace it and copy across my files from the cloud.
Good luck @johnshifi! I wish there was a YouTube channel for support, or ideally much better documentation from Bluesound in general about BluOS (and compatible devices) and how to use all the different functions that are available.
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Hi Warren
If the Local Shares wizard is not working and you cannot locate the share manually, please select Help, Send Support Request so our Support Crew can review the error log and find out why your Mac is preventing a connection.
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Instead just saying its done can you post what did you do ? I have the same issue with my node .
i also have Mac Monterey 12.1 , never ever I had so much trouble to connect My WDMycloud drive .
a 10$ app can do it in my iPad but not my node . don't understand why there is no Bluesound channel on YouTube to help people with problem like this . THANKS
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Thank you Warren Raye . its just so sad that that my Pioneer N50 network player that was released
in 2012 after the first plug in found all my network drive at ones , and still dose but not my new Node .
something is way to wrong abut this .
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@johnshifi you might want to give Roon a go. Yes, it’s more cost involved but damn is it good. It’s what I’ve ended up going with. Problem solved.
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