# How do I move a file to an SMB share
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-do-i-move-a-file-to-an-smb-share/70016
**Category:** Mac
**Created:** [October 19, 2025, 5:08pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-do-i-move-a-file-to-an-smb-share/70016 "2025-10-19T17:08:00Z")
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### Author:  [@unabatedshagie](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/unabatedshagie)
#### Post date: [October 19, 2025, 5:08pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-do-i-move-a-file-to-an-smb-share/70016/1 "2025-10-19T17:08:00Z")
This might be more of a MacOS question than a MP3Tag question but I can’t figure out how to move files to an SMB share.
In the sidebar of finder I can see the machine with the shares in it and I can browse to it, I just don’t know how or what the path would be to the share.
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### Author:  [@AreDigg](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/AreDigg)
#### Post date: [October 19, 2025, 6:50pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-do-i-move-a-file-to-an-smb-share/70016/2 "2025-10-19T18:50:20Z")
Generally you move like any other drive and folder in macOS. If you need to refer to the share from the terminal it is typically /Volumes/Shared-folder-name or if it is not connected, smb://sharename but you said you already connected.
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### Author:  [@unabatedshagie](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/unabatedshagie)
#### Post date: [November 3, 2025, 10:04pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-do-i-move-a-file-to-an-smb-share/70016/3 "2025-11-03T22:04:54Z")
I might be doing things wrong, I’m trying to create a new action to move a file, I have created a new action group and in the group I have this:
When I run the action group nothing is being moved.
There is a high chance that I’m using/doing the wrong thing.
This is what is showing in Finder.
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### Author:  [@AreDigg](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/AreDigg)
#### Post date: [November 4, 2025, 8:17pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-do-i-move-a-file-to-an-smb-share/70016/4 "2025-11-04T20:17:48Z")
You should have a folder called /Volumes/more\_media/audiobooks try to use it instead of the smb://…
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### Author:  [@unabatedshagie](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/unabatedshagie)
#### Post date: [November 5, 2025, 12:48pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-do-i-move-a-file-to-an-smb-share/70016/6 "2025-11-05T12:48:16Z")
I can see the locations in the Volumes directory. However, when I use that path the files aren’t being moved to the location.
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [November 5, 2025, 1:04pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-do-i-move-a-file-to-an-smb-share/70016/7 "2025-11-05T13:04:48Z")
Can you check the format string, especially where you quote the square brackets using `'`? It looks like some of them are `´` or somethings different, it's difficult to see from your screenshot.
The easiest way to verify your format string is to paste it at **Convert → Tag - Tag** where you get a live preview of the evaluated result.
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### Author:  [@unabatedshagie](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/unabatedshagie)
#### Post date: [November 5, 2025, 1:26pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-do-i-move-a-file-to-an-smb-share/70016/8 "2025-11-05T13:26:48Z")
Thanks, that was the problem. The files are being moved now.
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [December 5, 2025, 1:27pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-do-i-move-a-file-to-an-smb-share/70016/9 "2025-12-05T13:27:33Z")
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