diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 9dd34b93..599dc4d9 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -4173,6 +4173,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "photocraft-geom",
  "photocraft-raster",
  "proptest",
+ "rustix 1.1.5",
  "ruzstd",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
diff --git a/crates/automation/src/workspace.rs b/crates/automation/src/workspace.rs
index 2d46f3db..3d4cd0bf 100644
--- a/crates/automation/src/workspace.rs
+++ b/crates/automation/src/workspace.rs
@@ -68,7 +68,8 @@ impl AuthorizedWorkspace {
         options.write(true).create_new(true);
         let written = root.dir.open_with(&tmp, &options).and_then(|mut file| {
             file.write_all(bytes)?;
-            file.sync_all()
+            // Falls back to a plain fsync on shares that refuse a full flush (#1336).
+            photocraft_format::atomic::sync_file(&file.into_std())
         });
         let renamed = written.and_then(|()| photocraft_format::atomic::retry_rename(RenameRetry::platform(), || root.dir.rename(&tmp, &root.dir, &relative)));
         if let Err(e) = renamed {
@@ -80,7 +81,7 @@ impl AuthorizedWorkspace {
         {
             let dir = if parent.as_os_str().is_empty() { PathBuf::from(".") } else { parent };
             if let Ok(d) = root.dir.open(&dir) {
-                let _ = d.sync_all();
+                let _ = photocraft_format::atomic::sync_file(&d.into_std());
             }
         }
         Ok(())
diff --git a/crates/format/Cargo.toml b/crates/format/Cargo.toml
index 8198032e..f29ccf86 100644
--- a/crates/format/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/format/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,5 +22,10 @@ flate2 = { workspace = true }
 blake3 = { version = "1.8", default-features = false, features = ["pure"] }
 ruzstd = "0.9"
 
+# A plain fsync where a file system refuses the full flush (`sync_file`, atomic.rs). Already in
+# Cargo.lock on Apple targets (cap-std), so this adds no new crate.
+[target.'cfg(target_vendor = "apple")'.dependencies]
+rustix = { version = "1.1", default-features = false, features = ["std", "fs"] }
+
 [dev-dependencies]
 proptest = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/crates/format/src/atomic.rs b/crates/format/src/atomic.rs
index c1c5a8d2..25d433db 100644
--- a/crates/format/src/atomic.rs
+++ b/crates/format/src/atomic.rs
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@
 //!   if it does anyway, the save fails with a clear error. It never falls back to writing the
 //!   destination in place.
 //! - **Unwritable folder:** the save fails with a clear error instead of writing in place.
+//! - **Network shares (macOS):** `sync_all` asks for a full flush to the disk's platters
+//!   (`F_FULLFSYNC`), which SMB shares and some virtual file systems refuse while a plain `fsync`
+//!   works. [`sync_file`] falls back to the plain one there (#1336).
 //!
 //! On the web there is no file system: writes go through the platform services (downloads), so
 //! this module is never reached there; on `wasm32` every call returns the `std` "unsupported"
@@ -27,7 +30,7 @@ use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicU64, Ordering};
 /// The file-system steps [`atomic_write_with`] performs. [`RealFs`] is the real thing; tests
 /// wrap it to inject failures.
 pub trait AtomicFs {
-    /// Create `tmp` (it must not exist), write all of `bytes` and `sync_all` it.
+    /// Create `tmp` (it must not exist), write all of `bytes` and flush it ([`sync_file`]).
     fn write_new(&self, tmp: &Path, bytes: &[u8]) -> io::Result<()>;
     /// Rename `from` over `to`, replacing it.
     fn rename(&self, from: &Path, to: &Path) -> io::Result<()>;
@@ -48,7 +51,7 @@ impl AtomicFs for RealFs {
     fn write_new(&self, tmp: &Path, bytes: &[u8]) -> io::Result<()> {
         let mut f = std::fs::OpenOptions::new().write(true).create_new(true).open(tmp)?;
         f.write_all(bytes)?;
-        f.sync_all()
+        sync_file(&f)
     }
     fn rename(&self, from: &Path, to: &Path) -> io::Result<()> {
         std::fs::rename(from, to)
@@ -59,7 +62,7 @@ impl AtomicFs for RealFs {
     fn sync_dir(&self, dir: &Path) -> io::Result<()> {
         #[cfg(unix)]
         {
-            std::fs::File::open(dir)?.sync_all()
+            sync_file(&std::fs::File::open(dir)?)
         }
         #[cfg(not(unix))]
         {
@@ -73,6 +76,37 @@ impl AtomicFs for RealFs {
     }
 }
 
+/// Flush `file` to stable storage (`sync_all`). On Apple platforms that is a full flush
+/// (`F_FULLFSYNC`); where the file system can't do one (SMB shares refuse it with `ENOTSUP`,
+/// #1336; Tart's shared folders with `ENOTTY`) this falls back to a plain `fsync`, as Apple's own
+/// `removefile` does. Any other error is returned as it is.
+pub fn sync_file(file: &std::fs::File) -> io::Result<()> {
+    #[cfg(target_vendor = "apple")]
+    {
+        or_plain_fsync(file.sync_all(), || rustix::fs::fsync(file).map_err(io::Error::from))
+    }
+    #[cfg(not(target_vendor = "apple"))]
+    {
+        file.sync_all()
+    }
+}
+
+/// `full`, or `fsync()` when `full` failed only because the file system can't do a full flush.
+pub fn or_plain_fsync(full: io::Result<()>, fsync: impl FnOnce() -> io::Result<()>) -> io::Result<()> {
+    match full {
+        Err(e) if full_flush_unsupported(&e) => fsync(),
+        other => other,
+    }
+}
+
+/// Whether `e` is a file system refusing a full flush (`F_FULLFSYNC`): `ENOTSUP` (45, SMB) or
+/// `ENOTTY` (25) on Apple platforms. Never elsewhere: there `sync_all` is a plain `fsync`.
+fn full_flush_unsupported(e: &io::Error) -> bool {
+    const ENOTTY: i32 = 25;
+    const ENOTSUP: i32 = 45;
+    cfg!(target_vendor = "apple") && matches!(e.raw_os_error(), Some(ENOTSUP | ENOTTY))
+}
+
 /// How hard to retry a rename that fails with `PermissionDenied`.
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy)]
 pub struct RenameRetry {
diff --git a/crates/format/src/atomic/tests.rs b/crates/format/src/atomic/tests.rs
index be89dbe1..c03c71cc 100644
--- a/crates/format/src/atomic/tests.rs
+++ b/crates/format/src/atomic/tests.rs
@@ -210,3 +210,40 @@ fn directory_target_or_bare_root_is_an_error_not_a_panic() {
     assert!(atomic_write(Path::new("/"), b"x").is_err());
     assert!(atomic_write(Path::new(""), b"x").is_err());
 }
+
+/// A share that refuses the full flush (`F_FULLFSYNC`, #1336) still saves through a plain fsync on
+/// Apple platforms; every other sync error still fails the save.
+#[test]
+fn a_refused_full_flush_falls_back_to_a_plain_fsync_on_apple_only() {
+    let refused = |errno| Err(io::Error::from_raw_os_error(errno));
+    for (errno, name) in [(45, "ENOTSUP, SMB"), (25, "ENOTTY")] {
+        let fsynced = Cell::new(false);
+        let r = or_plain_fsync(refused(errno), || {
+            fsynced.set(true);
+            Ok(())
+        });
+        let apple = cfg!(target_vendor = "apple");
+        assert_eq!(r.is_ok(), apple, "{name}");
+        assert_eq!(fsynced.get(), apple, "{name}: the plain fsync runs only on Apple platforms");
+    }
+    // The plain fsync's own failure is reported.
+    if cfg!(target_vendor = "apple") {
+        let r = or_plain_fsync(refused(45), || Err(io::Error::from_raw_os_error(5)));
+        assert_eq!(r.map_err(|e| e.raw_os_error()), Err(Some(5)));
+    }
+    // Real errors (EIO, ENOSPC, EACCES) never fall back, and success needs no fallback.
+    for errno in [5, 28, 13] {
+        let r = or_plain_fsync(refused(errno), || panic!("no fallback for errno {errno}"));
+        assert_eq!(r.map_err(|e| e.raw_os_error()), Err(Some(errno)));
+    }
+    assert!(or_plain_fsync(Ok(()), || panic!("no fallback after a full flush")).is_ok());
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn sync_file_flushes_a_local_file() {
+    let dir = TempDir::new("sync");
+    let path = dir.0.join("f.bin");
+    // Opened for writing, as the saves do: Windows can't flush a read-only handle.
+    let file = std::fs::OpenOptions::new().write(true).create_new(true).open(&path).unwrap();
+    sync_file(&file).unwrap();
+}