File sharing between windows to mac

Select sharing options and make sure the first option network discovery is turned to on. Also, turn on files and printer sharing. Right click on an empty area of the Windows PC desktop and click create a new folder.

Give it a name and then hit enter. After creating the folder, right-click on it and then select properties. Click on the Advanced Sharing button which lies just below. This is to change the properties of the folder to enable full access for sharing. This will show you a range of different IP numbers for your computer.

Type in the prefix smb: A login screen where you must enter your windows PC username and password will pop up.

Fill in the details and then hit enter. This might take a few minutes to connect so be patient. On your Mac, you will see a disk image with the name of the folder you created. Yeah but be warned!!!! Lion Works fine between Lion and XP — watch the switch from forward to backward slashes though when entering the IP address. Hope you could help me. Grab some large files and copy to that Windows folder.

Having the same problem as Chuck. Large files or large amount of smaller files trying to copy to a Windows share and get the same error. I have tried Panther, Leopard and Lion and server and I hit a problem with all regarding file permissions. Any clues of how to solve — I have searched the internet for an answer. I have been using this method for many years, most recently with a new It was working in December. Now, however, perhaps after the Microsoft security update yesterday, it does not work from Vista, XP or 7.

I have been having a nightmare trying to link my Lion OSX Like Marshal, I am facing the same problem and not found any solution. I am using same login name on both machines. Able to see the shared folders on the Windows machine but not able to go into them. From Windows, I am able to read the shared Mac folders and even write to them.

Connect to the Mac File Share from a Windows PC

It is visible but not accessible. I hope this helps. I made it all the way to this point: But for any receiver who is in the world of Apple, this is a great way to bulk send a […]. This is a great tip!

I remembered having some difficulties with SL to Vista. But Mavericks and Windows works awesome and flawless! On Mac OS Mavericks is just focking broken. What should I do?: I have Mavericks My Macbook pro could see the shared device but not connect. I tried RDC 2.

I use it all the time. I can ping the Mac but I cannot connect to it. The crazy thing is that I cannot even ping the smb Just some notes about lessons I learned spending endless hours trying to figure this stuff out: First important lesson: If one does not work, try the other. In all cases I have tried, when you use the explicit syntax wherever access to a Network drive is required, it should work. All the above works from Mac OS Name required. Mail will not be published required.

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