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nfsmount: documentation for new NFS mount feature for macOS

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Saleh Dindar 2023-10-04 09:40:46 -07:00 committed by Nick Craig-Wood
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### Mounting on macOS
Mounting on macOS can be done either via [macFUSE](https://osxfuse.github.io/)
Mounting on macOS can be done either via [built-in NFS server](/commands/rclone_serve_nfs/), [macFUSE](https://osxfuse.github.io/)
(also known as osxfuse) or [FUSE-T](https://www.fuse-t.org/). macFUSE is a traditional
FUSE driver utilizing a macOS kernel extension (kext). FUSE-T is an alternative FUSE system
which "mounts" via an NFSv4 local server.
## NFS mount
This method spins up an NFS server using [serve nfs](/commands/rclone_serve_nfs/) command and mounts
it to the specified mountpoint. If you run this in background mode using |--daemon|, you will need to
send SIGTERM signal to the rclone process using |kill| command to stop the mount.
#### macFUSE Notes
If installing macFUSE using [dmg packages](https://github.com/osxfuse/osxfuse/releases) from
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applications won't work with their files on an rclone mount without
|--vfs-cache-mode writes| or |--vfs-cache-mode full|.
See the [VFS File Caching](#vfs-file-caching) section for more info.
When using NFS mount on macOS, if you don't specify |--vfs-cache-mode|
the mount point will be read-only.
The bucket-based remotes (e.g. Swift, S3, Google Compute Storage, B2)
do not support the concept of empty directories, so empty