Mac to PC local connection

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Mac to PC local connection

I want to connect my mac(10.9.4) and pc(win 8.1) using a personal hotspot type of a network ...

I don't want to share the internet, i just want to create a local network to share data and media...

I tried to use "create network" on the mac, but the network that is created is not detected by the windows pc ...

Is there a way to detect the network, or any other applicaftion on mac that could perform this task ... please help ..!!!

MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Mavericks (10.9.4)

Posted on Jul 25, 2014 9:47 PM

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Answer 1

Brett L

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Jul 28, 2014 2:27 PM in response to bhargav17

Hi bhargav17,

It sounds like you are having issues with your PC being unable to join a network created by your Mac. The following article gives instructions on how to set up the wireless network from your Mac -

OS X Mavericks: Create a computer-to-computer network

http://support.apple.com/kb/PH13796

If that does not work, you may want to connect the computers using an Ethernet cable instead of wirelessly.

Once either of these is working you can set up file sharing to work using the following article -

OS X: How to connect with File Sharing using SMB

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5884

Or you can have the Mac connect to shared volumes on the PC -

OS X Mavericks: Connect to shared computers and file servers on a network

http://support.apple.com/kb/PH13779

Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.

Best,

Brett L

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bhargav17 Author

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Jul 29, 2014 12:07 AM in response to Brett L

Thanks for the reply Brett, but i think this will not solve the problem.

I have already went through the link for creating a connection and I have created a connection too. The problem is that the connection is detected by all the iDevices but not the PC, i even tried to add it manually but could not. So I am trying to find a solution for this or trying to find an alternate program/ software that does this.

And my problem is not about sharing the drive, I have already done that using my wifi connection. But the problem is that I get very very low speeds when transmitting data through my router, so for transmitting large files i would want to create a local connection directly to have speedy transmissions.

and ethernet is not an option as the macbook pro with retina does not have the port and I am not willing to buy an adapter just for this if i could solve this bye a simple software.

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