{"id":6193,"date":"2023-06-17T21:20:27","date_gmt":"2023-06-18T04:20:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fkylewright.com\/wordpress\/?p=6193"},"modified":"2025-10-09T22:01:26","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T05:01:26","slug":"functional-automount-of-network-shares-in-macos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fkylewright.com\/wordpress\/2023\/06\/functional-automount-of-network-shares-in-macos\/","title":{"rendered":"Functional Automount of Network Shares in macOS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This post covers a functional automount configuration in macOS to automatically map network shares using the NFS version 4.0 protocol.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>On my home network, I prefer a seamless solution for automatically mounting network shares on macOS. Unfortunately, Apple does not document this very well and the configuration must happen from a command line. This post is my attempt to document an automount setup that currently works for me, based on years of experimentation (and building upon a few of my previous troubleshooting posts).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What does my home setup currently look like?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>NAS server (TrueNAS Scale), serving NFS shares<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MacBook Pro 14-inch (M2), running macOS Sonoma (or higher)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Router and a mix of wired (1 GigE) and wireless (Wi-Fi 6) clients<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Configure the auto_master Map File<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In macOS, the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/apple-oss-distributions\/autofs\/blob\/main\/files\/auto_master\">default automounter master map file<\/a> (\/etc\/auto_master) looks like this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>#\n# Automounter master map\n#\n+auto_master            # Use directory service\n#\/net                   -hosts          -nobrowse,hidefromfinder,nosuid\n\/home                   auto_home       -nobrowse,hidefromfinder\n\/Network\/Servers        -fstab\n\/-                      -static<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>In my case, I append one line which references a separate \/etc\/auto_nas map file. (You can use more than one, depending on the complexity of your setup.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>\/-                      auto_nas<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Configure the auto_nas Map File<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In the \/etc\/auto_nas map file referenced from \/etc\/auto_master above, I define each mount point and corresponding remote NAS share, along with any mount options. Here is a sample of my current working auto_nas file:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>\/System\/Volumes\/Data\/Nas\/media           -nfsvers=4,async,noowners,noresvport,noatime,hard,bg,intr,rw,tcp,rdirplus,readahead=128,wsize=65536 nfs:\/\/my-nas:\/mnt\/Data1\/media\n\/System\/Volumes\/Data\/Nas\/storage       -nfsvers=4,async,noowners,noresvport,noatime,hard,bg,intr,rw,tcp,rdirplus,readahead=128,wsize=65536 nfs:\/\/my-nas:\/mnt\/Data1\/storage\n\/System\/Volumes\/Data\/Nas\/archives        -nfsvers=4,async,noowners,noresvport,noatime,hard,bg,intr,rw,tcp,rdirplus,readahead=128,wsize=65536 nfs:\/\/my-nas:\/mnt\/Data1\/archives<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Mount option notes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>nfsvers=4 explicitly sets the nfs version to 4.0 (macOS frustratingly does not support any version higher than 4.0)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>async improves overall performance, at least for my network<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>wsize=65536 increases the write size from the macOS default value of 32768. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>I no longer increase rsize, based on recommendations from a few Reddit threads. The default rsize in macOS is 32768; increasing it may adversely impact directory listing speeds (especially in large directories).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Force macOS to use NFS 4.0<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>By default, macOS will attempt to use NFS version 3 when mounting NFS shares. Annoyingly, macOS still only supports the 4.0 version level (attempts to use 4.1+ will fail). To change the default protocol version to 4.0, add the following line to the \/etc\/nfs.conf file:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>nfs.client.mount.options = vers=4.0<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Enable \/ Reload the Automounts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Now that you have your map files configured, execute the automount command in a terminal. This will flush the cache (important when re-loading the files after making changes) and reload \/etc\/auto_master:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>sudo automount -vc<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Look for confirmation that each share mounted successfully. If you have any syntax errors in your map files, or if a share path is not valid, look instead for any error messages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>automount: \/System\/Volumes\/Data\/Nas\/media mounted\nautomount: \/System\/Volumes\/Data\/Nas\/storage mounted\nautomount: \/System\/Volumes\/Data\/Nas\/archives mounted<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Automount in Action<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Now switch to a Finder window (or continue in a Terminal, if that&#8217;s more your speed) to see  your automounts in action. In the examples from above, browse to \/System\/Volumes\/Data\/Nas and you should see three subfolders for media, storage, and archives. Autofs will now automatically mount each share, if not already mounted, as you access the folders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"912\" height=\"214\" data-attachment-id=\"6195\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.fkylewright.com\/wordpress\/2023\/06\/functional-automount-of-network-shares-in-macos\/automount_share_in_finder\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fkylewright.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/automount_share_in_finder.png?fit=912%2C214&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"912,214\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fkylewright.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/automount_share_in_finder.png?resize=300%2C70&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fkylewright.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/automount_share_in_finder.png?resize=768%2C180&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fkylewright.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/automount_share_in_finder.png?resize=400%2C94&amp;ssl=1 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 912px) 100vw, 912px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Happy automounting!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Appendix: Troubleshooting<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Test mount NFS share from command line<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>sudo mount -t nfs -o nfsvers=4,async,noowners,noresvport,noatime,hard,bg,intr,rw,tcp,rdirplus,readahead=128,wsize=65536 my-nas:\/storage \/System\/Volumes\/Data\/Nas\/storage<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Determine version of currently mounted NFS share:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>nfsstat -m<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Example output:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>\/System\/Volumes\/Data\/Nas\/storage from my-nas:\/mnt\/Data1\/storage\n  -- Original mount options:\n     General mount flags: 0x10700058 async,nodev,nosuid,automounted,noowners,noatime,nobrowse\n     NFS parameters: vers=4,tcp,hard,intr,noresvport,wsize=65536,readahead=128,rdirplus,nfc\n     File system locations:\n       \/mnt\/Data1\/storage @ my-nas (XXX.XXX.X.XX)\n  -- Current mount parameters:\n     General mount flags: 0x14700058 async,nodev,nosuid,automounted,noowners,noatime,nobrowse,multilabel\n     NFS parameters: vers=4.0,tcp,port=2049,hard,intr,noresvport,callback,negnamecache,nonamedattr,noacl,noaclonly,locks,noquota,rsize=32768,wsize=65536,readahead=128,dsize=32768,rdirplus,nodumbtimer,timeo=10,maxgroups=16,acregmin=5,acregmax=60,acdirmin=5,acdirmax=60,nomutejukebox,noephemeral,nfc,sec=sys\n     File system locations:\n       \/mnt\/Data1\/storage @ my-nas (XXX.XXX.X.XX)\n     Status flags: 0x0<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Display all currently mounted shares and their sizes:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>df -h<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Example output:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>Filesystem                 Size   Used  Avail Capacity iused       ifree %iused  Mounted on\nmy-nas:\/mnt\/Data1\/storage   19Ti  7.4Ti   12Ti    40%  296146 24802272422    0%   \/System\/Volumes\/Data\/Nas\/storage<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">References:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/apple-oss-distributions\/autofs\/blob\/main\/files\/auto_master\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/github.com\/apple-oss-distributions\/autofs\/blob\/main\/files\/auto_master<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/care.qumulo.com\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/115008111268-Recommended-NFS-Mount-Options\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/care.qumulo.com\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/115008111268-Recommended-NFS-Mount-Options<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/freenas\/comments\/l9dc12\/tuning_nfs_performance_on_macos\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/freenas\/comments\/l9dc12\/tuning_nfs_performance_on_macos\/<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/jswheeler.medium.com\/nfs-automount-macos-montery-1a8bef92d994\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/jswheeler.medium.com\/nfs-automount-macos-montery-1a8bef92d994<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cyberciti.biz\/faq\/apple-mac-osx-nfs-mount-command-tutorial\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.cyberciti.biz\/faq\/apple-mac-osx-nfs-mount-command-tutorial\/<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dl.acronis.com\/u\/vstorage\/docs\/html\/AcronisSoftwareDefinedInfrastructure_2_users_guide_en-US\/accessing-networkfs\/mounting-nfs-exports-on-macos.html\" 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