LucidLink: Changing the Filespace Mount Method (macOS)

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Introduction

For users experiencing issues saving Photoshop files on LucidLink, the Strawberry client application offers an option to switch from the default LucidLink mount method (FUSE) to an alternative SMB-based mount method.

Requirements

This option only applies to macOS!
Requires LucidLink Classic client version 2.9.7246 or later.
Requires Strawberry Client version 6.6.18 or later.

Usage (via Strawberry Client App Config)

1. Start the Strawberry client app and log in as an Administrator.
2. Make sure that no project is open!
3. Press cmd+e to access the client configuration.
4. In the client configuration, click on the Misc tab and then select the radio button next to SMB (Photoshop fix.

5. Press Save and restart the client.
6. From now on, the Strawberry client app will mount LucidLink filespaces via SMB.

Usage (via Config File for Manual or Bulk-Deployments)

1. Navigate to /Users/Shared/Preferences/PAM/config.
2. Open pamclient.json with a text editor. If you are using the Strawberry client with multiple configuration files, open the one that you wish to edit.
3. Add the line "lucidlink-mount-method-config": 1,. Make sure that the indentation is correct and save it.

"lucidlink-mount-method-config": 0 is Fuse and "lucidlink-mount-method-config": 1 is SMB.

Example Configuration File with the SMB mount method enabled

{
    "configured": true,
    "create-desktop-shortcuts": true,
    "edit": "edit01_remote",
    "edit-apps": {
        "aep": [
            "/Applications/Adobe After Effects 2025/Adobe After Effects 2025.app",
            "1"
        ],
        "prproj": [
            "/Applications/Adobe Premiere Pro 2025/Adobe Premiere Pro 2025.app",
            "1"
        ]
    },
    "lucidlink-mount-method-config": 1,
    "server": "https://acme123.skies.link/",
    "storage-type": 2,
    "test-mount": false
}