Sharing folders between Windows and Mac
iMac 27" Core i5 Mid-2010 Model, Mac OS X (10.6.6), iPhone 4, and iPad
iMac 27" Core i5 Mid-2010 Model, Mac OS X (10.6.6), iPhone 4, and iPad
ok, I've got a problem. I've set up everything correctly as far as I know. This worked flawlessly with my old Macbook, but now I'm using a macbook from work and I can see the macbook on my WIN machine, but it's empty, and I cannot see the share. If I goto the Macbook system preferences and set sharing so that 'everyone' can read/write the shared folders, then I can navigate them on my PC, but otherwise...no dice.
Yes my WIN profile and the user I set up on the Macbook for sharing both have the same name and password, 'WIN7'. I can provide more detail but wondering if anyone knows what the issue is. If I try and map a network drive from the WIN side and enter the Macbook IP, it says the drive is not accessible, 'network access denied'.
ok, resolved....although it makes no sense. Go figure.
1) I KNOW that my PC login and the user I set up on Macbook have the same username(WIN7) and the same password.
Nevertheless, when mapping the network drive I tried checking '...with different credentials' and typed in the same info and got in...no clue why.
Can't see the macbook under 'Network' but could map the drive.
One thing I noticed that was odd....in the Users panel of Macbook System Preferences, the username for the shared account is 'WIN7' but if I get info on the shared folder the username is in lowercase, 'win7'... not sure if that mattered but made note of it. Also, I believe I used the lowercase version in the credentials window when mapping the drive on the windows side.
The Easy Way is to use something like DropBox for small files and large files of 4GB file size or less use a external USB 2 drive or thumb drives formatted FAT32 (MSDOS in Disk Utility)
If you have file sizes in excess of 4GB in size then you need to have
1: The external hard drive formatted exFAT (Disk Utility)
2: Free exFAT support installed for the XP machine from Microsoft (Vista and 7 are ok)
3: All Mac's on 10.6.5 or later as that's when the support for exFAT was added.
You really don't want to network PC's and Mac's together, the headaches of malware just come right onto your Precious Mac.
I have to disagree. I want access to my macbook files(my main computer) from my desktop when I'm at home without having to move files around. Networking is simple once it's set up and as soon as my macbook enters the Wifi network it's visible from my PC.
I have 400GB+ of files on the macbook I want quick access to...so using Dropbox is not practical when there's a free option via sharing.
And I've never had a case or heard of a case of PC malware making its way to my mac....
PDXgeek wrote:
I have 400GB+ of files on the macbook I want quick access to...
+400 GB of files? And all on the Mac?
You certainly are living dangerously.
If your using those 400GB of files all the time, there should be a copy on the PC. (as well as seperate backup)
If your changing all those 400GB files on your Mac all the time, it's rather simple to let backup software update the files on the PC when it changes.
Having a always on network is dangerous, especially with a PC which esseantially becomes a tool for hackers on your network.
Your Mac is the most secure device on your network, but you have it set dead last in the chain of security.
My macbook is my primary computer...of course it's full. That's typical for anyone with a Macbook as their primary I would think.
And of course it's backed up via time machine to an external nightly. And so is the data drive of the PC.
But you're suggesting instead of sharing my macbook to my PC I should sync my macbook to my PC?
Other than locking down my Wifi network with a solid password, should I really be that worried about security? I'd be more concerned about my security using Dropbox after last week's news from them, lol.
Sharing folders between Windows and Mac