philh34
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Q: I can't share image files between computers on our home network

I'm trying to share a few pictures with my wife. We are on the same home network (using the latest El Capitan) and I can easily copy the files to her public folder. She can't open them, however, because she doesn't have "permission". I went through both computers and tried to add us as users on both computers, enabled file sharing etc., to no avail. I can copy them via a flash drive, share them via dropbox, and email them directly to her, and they open fine in every case. What am I doing wrong with the idea of copying them directly from computer to computer.

 

Thanks,

 

Phil H

iMac (27-inch, Late 2013), iOS 9.2.1, null

Posted on Feb 29, 2016 7:04 PM

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  • by Eric Root,

    Eric Root Eric Root Mar 1, 2016 11:19 AM in response to philh34
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    Mar 1, 2016 11:19 AM in response to philh34

    You may need to rebuild permissions on your wife's user account. To do this,boot to your Recovery partition (holding down the Command and R keys while booting) and open Terminal from the Utilities menu. In Terminal, type:  ‘resetpassword’ (without the ’s), hit return, and select the admin user. You are not going to reset your password. Click on the icon for your Macs hard drive at the top. From the drop down below it select the user account which is having issues. At the bottom of the window, you'll see an area labeled Restore Home Directory Permissions and ACLs. Click the reset button there. The process takes a few minutes. When complete, restart.   

     

    Repair User Permissions

  • by JimmyCMPIT,

    JimmyCMPIT JimmyCMPIT Mar 1, 2016 11:20 AM in response to philh34
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    Mar 1, 2016 11:20 AM in response to philh34

    see this article from Apple

    OS X Yosemite: Share your files with other Mac users