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Q: Connecting my Computers

I want to connect my old Mac Pro with my iMac because i need to have access to the files on the mac pro

Posted on Apr 26, 2014 9:30 AM

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Q: Connecting my Computers

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  • by Niel,

    Niel Niel Apr 26, 2014 9:39 AM in response to Sabine-1
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    Apr 26, 2014 9:39 AM in response to Sabine-1

    Use a FireWire/Thunderbolt connection, or an Ethernet cable, or wireless. If you connect them via a network, start File Sharing from the Sharing pane of System Preferences on one computer and use the Connect to Server command in the Finder's Go menu on the other. If you use Target Disk mode, start up one computer with the T key held down.

     

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  • by Grant Bennet-Alder,

    Grant Bennet-Alder Grant Bennet-Alder Apr 26, 2014 9:48 AM in response to Sabine-1
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    Apr 26, 2014 9:48 AM in response to Sabine-1

    If each computer can get on the Internet without changing cables, you already have the infrastructure in place for File Sharing.

     

    Sharing is enabled through the File Sharing pane of

     

    System Preference > Sharing

     

    If you share a lot of large files, you may prefer to wire them with a Gigabit Ethernet Switch, to get "near Hard Drive" speeds.

     

    Mac Basics: File Sharing

     

    Remember that in Mac parlance "Sharing" means making available (for others to "just use"). So you enable Sharing on the computer that holds the documents to be Shared.