# SMB Share and failed write from macOS

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**Category:** Router\
**Created:** [May 29, 2024, 6:17am UTC](https://forum.gl-inet.com/t/smb-share-and-failed-write-from-macos/42901 "2024-05-29T06:17:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![wewow](https://forum-assets.gl-inet.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/f9ae1b/32.png) [@wewow](https://forum.gl-inet.com/u/wewow)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2024, 1:08am UTC](https://forum.gl-inet.com/t/smb-share-and-failed-write-from-macos/42901/6 "2024-05-30T01:08:42Z")

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Re-formatted the USB to ext4 and tested again, working as expected now.  
Basically, can't user exFAT on Samba share to a Mac, exFAT does not support extended attributes (xattrs), which are needed for vfs\_streams\_xattr to function properly

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