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Share files between all devices in a wifi home network
I have a Windows 10 PC, another PC with Windows 7, a MacBook Pro with OSX 10.11 and an Android phone - they are all connected to the same home wifi network.
I want to be able to transfer files ...
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OSX 10.7 and up file sharing issue
first question here. Be gentle with me.
So....my question.
Since I upgraded from OSX 10.6 to 10.7 (then all the way up to 10.8.2). When I share files with my windows PC. It can see my entire mac ...
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guest file sharing from Mac OS X Mountain Lion to Windows on a domain
I want to let my Windows coworkers on our domain access some public files on my Mac without entering any credentials. The Mac is on the network, but not on the domain (at least I believe so, I have ...
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Files/Folders get weird names and become inaccessible on Samba share
Here is our current setup:
Mac OS X 10.5.8 File server using Mac OS Extended (Journaled) file system. There is a share that is shared over AFP (For Mac desktops) and Samba for (Windows desktops).
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Is SMB safe enough for remote access using my credentials over an untrusted network?
I have a Windows (8 Consumer Preview) PC and a Macbook (OS X Lion). Sometimes, I'd want to pause working on a project leave my Windows PC at my room connected to my college's intranet, and keep ...
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How can I share Macbook with a Windows computer on LAN?
I have a home wifi network, where I have connected my main desktop running Windows Vista, another laptop using Windows 7 and newly a Macbook Pro running OS X Snow Leopard 10.6.8.
What I need to do is ...
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Selective file sharing between windows and osx machine
I have several external hard disk drives attached to a windows machine and I would like to share them with my macbook. I would like to restrict the access to those shares using a username and password....
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how do we share files from Mac to Windows?
Is there anyway we can read the files in a Mac laptop using a Windows laptop?
Like I have a movies folder in Mac and I want to view those movies in my Windows laptop (without having to transfer those ...
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How can I share files from Windows to Mac OS X?
I've got a Windows laptop and another Mac laptop. I'm wondering how should I go about setting up my Mac to be able to read files from my Windows laptop?
Let's say I have a file C:\test.txt and I want ...
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How to browse Windows XP from Mac Finder when name disappears from finder
Occasionally, like right at this moment, I cannot access my windows share from my mac.
Normally, it works, but every now and then, the computer name won't be displayed under SHARED in Finder. ...
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Point iTunes to a folder on a networked machine
I have a machine running Ubuntu 9.10 which I use to keep my media on. An external USB hard drive is connected to it that has a folder of music. How would I set it up so that my iTunes running on ...
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Sharing files from my Macbook to Windows Desktop
What's the most dependable way to share files and folders on a OS X to Windows (I'm using 7). I've followed this guide: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1812
However, this method does not seem ...
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Sharing external storage between different operating systems?
I just received a Lacie 1TB external usb/firewire/esata drive. I have 2 machines. A macbook running osx 10.6 and a desktop running windows 7. I would like to rip my dvd collection to iso and store ...
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