I have an imac and a macbook pro. Is there a way to transfer content and information between the two directly? So far, externals and dropbox have been the only way to handle it. Does Airport do that?
How do I connect the two.
iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.7)
Connect them with a Firewire cable and then restart one of then while holding down the T key to force target Disc mode, it will then appear as a Volume on the other Desktop.
If too far apart then in System Preferences/Sharing check File Sharing on both, then from the Finder top menu bar you can select Go/Connect to Server and hitting the Browse button should show the machine you can connect to. If you want to read and write then make sure you log in with a username that has admin permissions.
They are in different rooms. I don't want to connect. I just want to wireless transfer files, how one would use a drop box. Is that possible? For example: When I upload pictures from my camera, is there a way to drop them onto the second computer, from the first.
Both comps are connected to the internet via a wireless router.
Of course you can, and it is simple. There are 2 situations:
1. You have a wl router, in which case you must check your computers are file exchange active: System Preferences/Sharing, check file sharing and whatever else you need, e.g. printer sharing
2. You do not have a wl router, and you want to create an ad-hoc wl network. In this case, go up to the Apple bar, choose the wl icon (the demicircles), and choose to create a network.
P.S. Of course, firewire direct connection is always faster, and recommended when you have a large amount of data for transfer. For usual transfers, a wl network is always elegant and easy to use.
There are several ways to connect the two. The easiest and cheapest is to turn on file sharing in the settings app. You can chose which volumes or folders you want to share and how you want to connect under the options button. Since your only connecting to another mac, the best option is AFP. Once this option is selected on both macs, you'll be able to drag, drop and see all the files/folders you are sharing in your Finder. I think by default OSX connects as a guest but in the Finder there's a "Connect As" button which will allow you to connect as the Admin. Of course, you could connect your iMac to your macbook pro physically through a firewire cable but the file sharing route is the easiest and you'll get a good transfer speed since this feature is done over your Airport/ router.
Connecting via Firewire is not an option when some else is using the computer.
And creating a network between computers is cumbersum
The best/easiest way, like Ethanhunt500 was saying, is to "connect" to the other computer using an user account on the computer. Idealy the admin account.
level 6 person suggest firewires!?! sheesh. Only do that if your transferring large/many files
level 6 person suggest firewires!?! sheesh. Only do that if your transferring large/many files
The OP did not specify what he wished to transfer, so I see that Michael gave him two options. one of which was FireWire, the fastest form of connecting to Macs and transfering files.
The OP can also connect two Macs witth a simple ethernet cable.
you can connect two macs to each other simply using an ethernet connection? I thought you needed a special crossover cable or something. I Think that would be better than firewire because then I can keep both computers on and able to do something on each. Doing something over wifi would take too long so I'd prefer the physical connection.
Edit: Never mind, I found this:How to connect two macs via ethernet?https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3146552
One more option - I use DropCopy, which is free in the AppStore. My wife and I use it between our 2 MBPs and my iMac upstairs to transfer files. Not sure all you want to transfer, though. When I tried to send a lot at once it asked if it was OK to compress files. I said yes, and it decompressed automatically on my wife's computer.
Connecting two macs?
