diff --git a/copyparty/__main__.py b/copyparty/__main__.py
index 0c7a9cb9..096c8311 100755
--- a/copyparty/__main__.py
+++ b/copyparty/__main__.py
@@ -636,6 +636,7 @@ def run_argparse(argv: list[str], formatter: Any, retry: bool) -> argparse.Names
     ap2.add_argument("--dav", action="store_true", help="enable webdav; read-only even if user has write-access")
     ap2.add_argument("--daw", action="store_true", help="enable full write support. \033[1;31mNB!\033[0m This has side-effects -- PUT-operations will now \033[1;31mOVERWRITE\033[0m existing files, rather than inventing new filenames to avoid loss of data. You might want to instead set this as a volflag where needed. By not setting this flag, uploaded files can get written to a filename which the client does not expect (which might be okay, depending on client)")
     ap2.add_argument("--dav-nr", action="store_true", help="reject depth:infinite requests (recursive file listing); breaks spec compliance and some clients, which might be a good thing since depth:infinite is extremely server-heavy")
+    ap2.add_argument("--dav-mac", action="store_true", help="disable apple-garbage filter -- allow macos to create junk files (._* and .DS_Store, .Spotlight-*, .fseventsd, .Trashes, .AppleDouble, __MACOS)")
 
     ap2 = ap.add_argument_group('opt-outs')
     ap2.add_argument("-nw", action="store_true", help="never write anything to disk (debug/benchmark)")
diff --git a/copyparty/httpcli.py b/copyparty/httpcli.py
index 307ac502..d71bfccd 100644
--- a/copyparty/httpcli.py
+++ b/copyparty/httpcli.py
@@ -856,6 +856,9 @@ class HttpCli(object):
             if not rbuf or len(buf) >= 128 * 1024:
                 break
 
+        if self._applesan():
+            return True
+
         txt = buf.decode("ascii", "replace").lower()
         enc = self.get_xml_enc(txt)
         uenc = enc.upper()
@@ -910,6 +913,9 @@ class HttpCli(object):
             if not rbuf or len(buf) >= 128 * 1024:
                 break
 
+        if self._applesan():
+            return True
+
         txt = buf.decode("ascii", "replace").lower()
         enc = self.get_xml_enc(txt)
         uenc = enc.upper()
@@ -956,6 +962,9 @@ class HttpCli(object):
         return True
 
     def handle_mkcol(self) -> bool:
+        if self._applesan():
+            return True
+
         return self._mkdir(self.vpath)
 
     def handle_move(self) -> bool:
@@ -976,6 +985,20 @@ class HttpCli(object):
 
         return True
 
+    def _applesan(self) -> bool:
+        if self.args.dav_mac or "Darwin/" not in self.ua:
+            return False
+
+        vp = "/" + self.vpath
+        ptn = r"/\.(_|DS_Store|Spotlight-|fseventsd|Trashes|AppleDouble)|/__MACOS"
+        if re.search(ptn, vp):
+            zt = '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>\n<D:error xmlns:D="DAV:"><D:lock-token-submitted><D:href>{}</D:href></D:lock-token-submitted></D:error>'
+            zb = zt.format(vp).encode("utf-8", "replace")
+            self.reply(zb, 423, "text/xml; charset=utf-8")
+            return True
+
+        return False
+
     def send_chunk(self, txt: str, enc: str, bmax: int) -> str:
         orig_len = len(txt)
         buf = txt[:bmax].encode(enc, "replace")[:bmax]
@@ -1025,6 +1048,9 @@ class HttpCli(object):
             t = "{} does not have write-access here"
             raise Pebkac(403, t.format(self.uname))
 
+        if self.args.dav and self._applesan():
+            return self.headers.get("content-length") == "0"
+
         if self.headers.get("expect", "").lower() == "100-continue":
             try:
                 self.s.sendall(b"HTTP/1.1 100 Continue\r\n\r\n")
diff --git a/copyparty/util.py b/copyparty/util.py
index ec75f3a2..95e3c456 100644
--- a/copyparty/util.py
+++ b/copyparty/util.py
@@ -167,6 +167,7 @@ HTTPCODE = {
     413: "Payload Too Large",
     416: "Requested Range Not Satisfiable",
     422: "Unprocessable Entity",
+    423: "Locked",
     429: "Too Many Requests",
     500: "Internal Server Error",
     501: "Not Implemented",
diff --git a/copyparty/web/browser.js b/copyparty/web/browser.js
index f7d0ea4c..8a0b12cf 100644
--- a/copyparty/web/browser.js
+++ b/copyparty/web/browser.js
@@ -3123,7 +3123,7 @@ var fileman = (function () {
 			var dst = base + uricom_enc(f[0].inew.value, false);
 
 			function rename_cb() {
-				if (this.status !== 200) {
+				if (this.status !== 201) {
 					var msg = this.responseText;
 					toast.err(9, L.fr_efail + msg);
 					return;
@@ -3278,7 +3278,7 @@ var fileman = (function () {
 			xhr.send();
 		}
 		function paste_cb() {
-			if (this.status !== 200) {
+			if (this.status !== 201) {
 				var msg = this.responseText;
 				toast.err(9, L.fp_err + msg);
 				return;