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MacOS computer can't connect to Windows SMB share if it requires a login

I have a Windows 11 computer that I use as a home server on which I have shared some folders to access on a macOS Sonoma computer. The Mac can access the shares that are accessible publicly(the "...
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Sharing folders across the internet

I have a software project me and a couple friends are working on, and I have all the files hosted on an Ubuntu server. On the server, everyone has their own user and their own home folder, and there's ...
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Git cannot write to a directory created on a Windows network share from macOS regardless of it being macOS/Windows Git

I have a Windows server which exposes a directory for sharing on the local network using the built-in directory sharing tools from Windows. This server has a user account on it which I'm using in all ...
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How do I map a mac network drive to a windows machine?

I have a RAID connected to my iMac, and I want other windows users in the same network to be able to access that RAID. I have turned on file sharing from mac system preferences for that particular ...
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How to use Google Drive with data stored on a NAS (network drive)?

I have used Google Drive for backups for a while now (yes...I do encrypt certain files locally). I was in the situation where I had plenty of local storage and just moved my Google Drive directory ...
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FreeNAS and Backup Shares

I've been doing some work with FreeNAS and I saw that it has shares for Linux, Mac, Windows. Does this mean that in order to properly create a backup system that FAT32 is not an ideal option to ...
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Can’t Browse SMB Share After Temporary Outage

This is a strange issue that I’ve not seen before, but maybe somebody here could help? I have a Mac (running Snow Leopard) that is a SMB client accessing a Windows 7 share. The Windows 7 server has ...
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Sharing iTunes library on a NAS with Windows and OS X machine

I have a NAS system that I use to store music that is commonly accessed by a number of domestic PCs. We have also just bought a Mac using OS X Lion. On the PCs I have mapped a drive letter to the ...
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On my Mac, under the 'Shared' folder it shows another computer in my house, am I hacked?

I didnt' setup any connection to another computer in my house (its a PC), and I just noticed under my 'Shared' folder in the file explorer on my Mac laptop I see the name of the PC. How could this ...
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Search Windows share from OS X

Is there a way to search the file contents of a windows share in OS X (specifically Lion)? i.e. Find all files in a shared directory Foo containing the words "Bar".
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Mac OS X Snow Leopard: How to connect to a windows \\share?

How do I connect from Snow Leopard to a \\server\folder location on a windows server?
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View Windows shares from Mac OS X

I have multiple Windows XP/7 computers with shared folders. What I want is to be able to see those shared folders in Finder of Mac OS X. How can I do that?
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Best way to use my windows box as a backup?

I put a 1.5 TB HD in my Windows 7 box and my main computer is a MBP. I have a lot of professional files/folders in a FireWire 800 external HD connected to the MBP and I want to use the 1.5 TB HD in my ...
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File sharing among pc and iMac

iMac and pc are connected with gigabit router to share files. What suggestions you might have to speed up the sharing of files from one computer to the other
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