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File sharing doesn't work but screen sharing does

Since updating to Mavericks, I am able to use Back to My Mac Screen Sharing but not file sharing. If I click "Share Screen", I enter my credentials and it works. If I click "Connect As" to do file sharing, I enter the same credentials and it "shakes" telling me that it can't log in.

This goes both ways between my brand new Macbook Pro and 2012 iMac.

Both macs have Screen Sharing and File Sharing enabled. If I disable File Sharing, the "Connect As" box disappears and I can only do screen sharing. If I enable file sharing, the "Connect As" appears but I am unable to log in.

Any ideas??

iMac, OS X Mavericks (10.9), 3.4 GHz Intel Core i7

Posted on Nov 12, 2013 5:01 PM

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Sjfipad

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Aug 18, 2016 11:37 AM in response to sf23103

sf23103 solution worked for me as well.

On my MacBook Pro running El Cap, Screen sharing to another El Cap running on an iMac would take either "actual user name", as is shown by navigating on the iMac in Finder to Mac HD, Users, and Screen sharing would take "full name" as is shown by opening on the iMac Sys Preferences, Users.

File sharing from the MBP to the iMac would only connect when using "actual user name". When using "full name" I would just get the shaking window and no connection.

To further complicate matters, if I was using an iMac running Lion, File sharing worked using either "actual user name" or "full name."

Oct 13, 2017 1:05 PM in response to Marc.Speth

That's the solution I found as well, but somehow a solution that doesn't work for me was marked as "solving" the problem.

File sharing doesn't work but screen sharing does