Netdrive not working on MacOS Monterey and Ventura

[joe-aab3]

Hi there,

I cannot get Netdrive 3 to work on MacOs Monterey or Ventura.

See attached error messages.

Even when trying the recommendation on the first screenshot I cannot change it.

[support1]

You need to enable NetDrive system extension. Please follow steps in this topic.

NetDrive3 on a macOS Monterey with Apple Silicon

“Reduced Security” is needed in order to use NetDrive3 on a macOS Monterey with Apple Silicon. How to change startup disk security to “Reduced Security”. To change the level of security on your startup disk: Shut down the Mac Press and hold the power button until you see “Loading startup options” Click Options Click Continue If asked, select a user > Click Next > Enter password for admin account In the menu bar at the top, Select Utilities > Startup Security Utility Select the startup dis…

If you still have the mount problem after doing previous steps. You need to check if there are available virtual device slots for NetDrive.

Mount Error on macOS

If you do not connect to Windows storages using Samba protocol you can safely unload com.apple.filesystems.smbfs. sudo kextunload com.apple.filesystems.smbfs After unload you can reinstall NetDrive to install NetDrive filesystem kernel extension. You don’t need to uninstall it first.