# Is anyone using Projectserver with 2026+ on Mac Clients? **URL:** \ **Category:** Flame Questions\ **Tags:** 2026\ **Created:** [December 17, 2025, 6:12pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/is-anyone-using-projectserver-with-2026-on-mac-clients/13903 "2025-12-17T18:12:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![finnjaeger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e99b99/32.png) [@finnjaeger](https://forum.logik.tv/u/finnjaeger)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2025, 6:12pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/is-anyone-using-projectserver-with-2026-on-mac-clients/13903/1 "2025-12-17T18:12:44Z")
I am having nothing but completely insane issues with failed links, i think it might be the way macs mount NFS shares, or whatever, chasing ghosts here, basically i cant save timeline resizes and getting a bunch of `Failed linking ‘h0037ad7f_6942eece_0008f929’ from ‘/Volumes/flameprojects26/reizetest_no_squash/.volatile_79789_501_20@1527B37B-01CB-4DCB-8954-A98F9A764ED8’ to ‘/Volumes/flameprojects26/reizetest_no_squash/catalog/Workspace.wksp/.` #workspace`.wks_hist_TMP’` that .volatile tells me its NFS not able to do something its supposed to - right? “flameprojects26” is on a QNAP nas , i tested, everything autodesk needs working like hardlinks, symlinks e.t.c and they all work however I stil get this broken mess ? anyone has a idea if its just simply not supported with macOS clients to use a project server or am I doing something stupid? ---
**Author:** ![ALan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a87d85/32.png) [@ALan](https://forum.logik.tv/u/ALan)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2025, 6:19pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/is-anyone-using-projectserver-with-2026-on-mac-clients/13903/2 "2025-12-17T18:19:31Z")
the .volatile are not related to NFS specifically. They are basically how ADSK stores Batch Groups, BFX, temp stuff. It’s all insanity. But it is not an NFS error in and of itself. But I would say, I would never use a Mac in a Flame studio wide deployment. The network issues are just too annoying. But your errors do seem NFS, permissions related. ---
**Author:** ![finnjaeger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e99b99/32.png) [@finnjaeger](https://forum.logik.tv/u/finnjaeger)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2025, 6:28pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/is-anyone-using-projectserver-with-2026-on-mac-clients/13903/3 "2025-12-17T18:28:01Z")
i have the same error trying from a linux client, no idea whats going on or why this has to be this stupid ---
**Author:** ![ALan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a87d85/32.png) [@ALan](https://forum.logik.tv/u/ALan)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2025, 6:30pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/is-anyone-using-projectserver-with-2026-on-mac-clients/13903/4 "2025-12-17T18:30:03Z")
what file system does the QNAP run? I’ve also been telling ADSK that Flame writes out internal files in a strange way that in certain circumstances has massive performance penalties, for over a year. ---
**Author:** ![finnjaeger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e99b99/32.png) [@finnjaeger](https://forum.logik.tv/u/finnjaeger)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2025, 6:30pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/is-anyone-using-projectserver-with-2026-on-mac-clients/13903/5 "2025-12-17T18:30:48Z")
the qnap is running ZFS ---
**Author:** ![ALan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a87d85/32.png) [@ALan](https://forum.logik.tv/u/ALan)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2025, 6:31pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/is-anyone-using-projectserver-with-2026-on-mac-clients/13903/6 "2025-12-17T18:31:39Z")
We run ZFS too, but as a bare metal RL10 server. What are you NFS export and mount options? ---
**Author:** ![finnjaeger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e99b99/32.png) [@finnjaeger](https://forum.logik.tv/u/finnjaeger)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2025, 6:41pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/is-anyone-using-projectserver-with-2026-on-mac-clients/13903/7 "2025-12-17T18:41:21Z")
`/Volumes/flameprojects26 from 192.168.10.206:/share/flameprojects26` `– Original mount options:` `General mount flags: 0x500018 nodev,nosuid,automounted,nobrowse` `NFS parameters: resvport` `File system locations:` `/share/flameprojects26 @ 192.168.10.206 (192.168.10.206)` `– Current mount parameters:` `General mount flags: 0x4500018 nodev,nosuid,automounted,nobrowse,multilabel` `NFS parameters: vers=3,tcp,port=2049,nomntudp,hard,nointr,resvport,negnamecache,callumnt,locks,quota,rsize=32768,wsize=32768,readahead=16,dsize=32768,rdirplus,nodumbtimer,timeo=10,maxgroups=16,acregmin=5,acregmax=60,acdirmin=5,acdirmax=60,acrootdirmin=5,acrootdirmax=60,nomutejukebox,nonfc,sec=sys,accesscache=3` `File system locations:` `/share/flameprojects26 @ 192.168.10.206 (192.168.10.206)` `Status flags: 0x0` above is mounted on the mac using the guide from adsk and here is the NFS export from my qnap: `(sync,wdelay,hide,no_subtree_check,fsid=cc9d8bd28259f34a6affedf3b2ca677b,sec=sys,rw,insecure,no_root_squash,no_all_squash)` ---
**Author:** ![ALan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a87d85/32.png) [@ALan](https://forum.logik.tv/u/ALan)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2025, 6:49pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/is-anyone-using-projectserver-with-2026-on-mac-clients/13903/8 "2025-12-17T18:49:59Z")
This is what it should look like. And you are using NFSv3 which is shit old and crappy. NAS: ```auto [alan@nas02 ~]$ zfs get sharenfs vol02 NAME PROPERTY VALUE SOURCE vol02 sharenfs no_root_squash,rw,no_subtree_check local ``` Workstation: `vol02 -rw,soft,nconnect=4 nas02-10:/mnt/vol02/active` `nas02-10:/mnt/vol02/active/projects on /vol/projects type nfs4 (rw,relatime,vers=4.2,rsize=1048576,wsize=1048576,namlen=255,soft,proto=tcp,nconnect=4,timeo=600,retrans=2,sec=sys,clientaddr=192.168.10.104,local_lock=none,addr=192.168.10.12)` ---
**Author:** ![ALan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a87d85/32.png) [@ALan](https://forum.logik.tv/u/ALan)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2025, 6:51pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/is-anyone-using-projectserver-with-2026-on-mac-clients/13903/9 "2025-12-17T18:51:36Z")
> [@finnjaeger](#): > > above is mounted on the mac using the guide from adsk a lot of their documentation is very old and no longer applicable…. sometimes even wrong. ---
**Author:** ![finnjaeger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e99b99/32.png) [@finnjaeger](https://forum.logik.tv/u/finnjaeger)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2025, 6:53pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/is-anyone-using-projectserver-with-2026-on-mac-clients/13903/10 "2025-12-17T18:53:23Z")
ADSK says I have to use NFS V3 on macOS. -.- Man idk, I used the GUI to make a NFS share, thats just what the qnap is doing , if I keep the project data ON the project server instead everything is so god damn slow that I cant use flame anymore like at all. like seriously, why cant flame just behave like a normal app the time I have wasted with this by now is so INSANE might as well finish in after effects and retire this bullshit ---
**Author:** ![ALan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a87d85/32.png) [@ALan](https://forum.logik.tv/u/ALan)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2025, 6:54pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/is-anyone-using-projectserver-with-2026-on-mac-clients/13903/11 "2025-12-17T18:54:59Z")
and the user IDs on the Mac, match the Qnap, which matches the Linux, which matches the DB server? ---
**Author:** ![ALan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a87d85/32.png) [@ALan](https://forum.logik.tv/u/ALan)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2025, 6:55pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/is-anyone-using-projectserver-with-2026-on-mac-clients/13903/12 "2025-12-17T18:55:27Z")
Flame on Mac is for undies guys, not studio guys. ---
**Author:** ![finnjaeger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e99b99/32.png) [@finnjaeger](https://forum.logik.tv/u/finnjaeger)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2025, 6:56pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/is-anyone-using-projectserver-with-2026-on-mac-clients/13903/13 "2025-12-17T18:56:50Z")
No, why? are they supposed to? does that matter? what in the f. mac uses some rando uid, idk project server also some uid and qnap yet another uid… like honestlt it mounts the storage and has full read/write whatever ---
**Author:** ![ALan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a87d85/32.png) [@ALan](https://forum.logik.tv/u/ALan)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2025, 6:57pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/is-anyone-using-projectserver-with-2026-on-mac-clients/13903/14 "2025-12-17T18:57:45Z")
I wouldn’t attempt to do any of this without some time of central authentication… FreeIPA, ActiveDirectory, or some other horrendous solution. ---
**Author:** ![finnjaeger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e99b99/32.png) [@finnjaeger](https://forum.logik.tv/u/finnjaeger)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2025, 6:58pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/is-anyone-using-projectserver-with-2026-on-mac-clients/13903/15 "2025-12-17T18:58:50Z")
yea…. nope not going to happen . will remove flame before I have to be doing that , honestly i do not have the capacity to deal with this qnap doesnt even allow me to change uid of my user to 501 whic is what macOS uses, this is cursed. central auth on macOS is such a PAIN IN THE ASS - ffs I dont want user auth ☹ ---
**Author:** ![ALan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a87d85/32.png) [@ALan](https://forum.logik.tv/u/ALan)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2025, 7:00pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/is-anyone-using-projectserver-with-2026-on-mac-clients/13903/16 "2025-12-17T19:00:22Z")
Honestly, yes you should abandon trying to use Flame in this way without central user authentication. This is what happens. But at the very least, you could manually manage UIDs between all the different machines. But that is actually much more work than setting up proper user management. ---
**Author:** ![finnjaeger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e99b99/32.png) [@finnjaeger](https://forum.logik.tv/u/finnjaeger)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2025, 7:02pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/is-anyone-using-projectserver-with-2026-on-mac-clients/13903/17 "2025-12-17T19:02:48Z")
adsk should write this as a requirement then and not let me loose my mind over it for weeks 2025 works fine, 2026 completelty does not work like this.. ---
**Author:** ![ALan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a87d85/32.png) [@ALan](https://forum.logik.tv/u/ALan)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2025, 7:02pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/is-anyone-using-projectserver-with-2026-on-mac-clients/13903/18 "2025-12-17T19:02:58Z")
> [@finnjaeger](#): > > central auth on macOS is such a PAIN IN THE ASS - ffs > > I dont want user auth ☹ I don’t know…. Active Directory compatibility seems to be built in to macOS. We setup our studio Linux centric more than a decade ago using FreeIPA, so I have no experience with AD. And our Macs are basically side machines for internet stuff only. So we don’t have central auth on those. ---
**Author:** ![ALan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a87d85/32.png) [@ALan](https://forum.logik.tv/u/ALan)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2025, 7:03pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/is-anyone-using-projectserver-with-2026-on-mac-clients/13903/19 "2025-12-17T19:03:42Z")
> [@finnjaeger](#): > > 2025 works fine, 2026 completelty does not work like this.. I don’t see how 2025 would work either. In fact, there is a greater chance that the 2025 paradigm would be even more fucked than 2026. ---
**Author:** ![finnjaeger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e99b99/32.png) [@finnjaeger](https://forum.logik.tv/u/finnjaeger)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2025, 7:05pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/is-anyone-using-projectserver-with-2026-on-mac-clients/13903/20 "2025-12-17T19:05:48Z")
2025 works perfectly fine with this setup, only difference is that project server itself holds the project data , so all the nfs mount stuff is handled by flame itself not a single weird thing with the project server 🤷 can move between machines, its very solid So the issue seems to maybe? be me trying to use the NFS share for project data, but again without it just saving a batch file takes 5 minutes Yea definetely NFS related, if I use the project server as a location for the files its “fine” just slow as molasses [Next page](https://forum.logik.tv/t/is-anyone-using-projectserver-with-2026-on-mac-clients/13903.md?page=2)