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    Unhappy OSX Lion Server Revit can't save to share drive

    Hi,

    We recently upgraded to a Mac Mini Server running OSX Lion SERVER 10.7.3

    We use Revit MEP 2012 and 2013 on Windows 7 (32 and 64bit)

    We can open .rvt files stored on the server, but when trying to save back to the server after editing the file Revit hangs and closes. Revit comes up as "Not Responding".

    File permissions seem okay for the share drive. Other programs can open/save to the server in the same directory.

    Anyone have any ideas? Would SMBUp be a solution? I've only seen discussions about SMBUp with regular lion, not lion server.

    Cheers,
    B.

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    Default Re: OSX Lion Server Revit can't save to share drive

    I am having the same problem with Revit architecture 2012. did you try SMBUp with any success, Or find a solution?
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    Default Re: OSX Lion Server Revit can't save to share drive

    Just going through the process of setting up Revit in our office here on a mac based network with OSX Lion server and am having the exact same problems. From trawling various forums it appears that the issue is with Apples own version of SMB that replaced the open source SAMBA in 10.7. (our server is on 10.7.4 and still has the same issue).

    Didi you ever manage to resolve this issue without getting a separate windows based server

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    Default Re: OSX Lion Server Revit can't save to share drive

    Just got a new Mac Mini server and having these same issues! Can open files, but can't save back to the server. Does SMBUp fix this problem?

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    Default Re: OSX Lion Server Revit can't save to share drive

    Anybody else have this problem, or know how to resolve it? It's pretty ridiculous that this doesn't work.

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    Angry Re: OSX Lion Server Revit can't save to share drive

    Quote Originally Posted by blake.209867 View Post
    Anybody else have this problem, or know how to resolve it? It's pretty ridiculous that this doesn't work.
    Blake, I have the same issues as you. Did you ever find a solution to this? We just launched a new mac server in our small office. I'm the only windows/revit user in the office. I have to work off my desktop and save to the server every night which defeats the whole purpose of the new server. If I try to work off the server, I can always get one save in but if I get greedy and try to save a second time it crashes Revit no matter the size (from a small family to a large project 60+mb).

    Anyone else have any tips or suggestions? Thank you in advance.

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    Default Re: OSX Lion Server Revit can't save to share drive

    @thomasbrown Did you manage to fix your problem. And if so, how? Im having the same kind of problem.

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    Default Re: OSX Lion Server Revit can't save to share drive

    Quote Originally Posted by jamy.b1632310 View Post
    @thomasbrown Did you manage to fix your problem. And if so, how? Im having the same kind of problem.
    Was so excited to finally get a response only to find you're having the same problems. No solution here jamy. For now, I have been saving nightly to the server but working off my local drive during the day. Very frustrating. Any leads or help would be greatly appreciated!

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    Default Re: OSX Lion Server Revit can't save to share drive

    I ended up just buying a Synology Diskstation and using the Mac mini server for something else. It works flawlessly for Revit, so I'm done trying to screw around with Apple's implementation of SAMBA.

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