Mac to mac file sharing

alrighty,
I finally got my school to get a Mac in an all PC school. (it took me ages and it was hard). It is a brand new iMac Ai/SiO2 Im very excited. We use this with CS3 to make our schools newspaper. The newspaper is designed as if it were a magazine. I am the mac guy/graphic designer. anyway, what would be an easy way to send files from the imac at school to my macbook pro at home? (just remember the school blocks most ports)
Thanks!
Jordan Kennedy

There are a variety of online services you can use for transferring files, like DropSend. Or you could get a Mac account and use the iDisk storage for moving files.
Of course, USB flash drives are insanely cheap, with capacities over 2GB..
-Douggo

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Out of the box current generation Mini with Yosemite can access one old Mini with 10.7 and it;s attached 3 external drives. The externals no problem,the folders inside of that Mac’s home folder show restricted access on most. Two MBPs running Mavericks can fully access other Macs and their attached drives. None of those 3 Macs can access the new. It shows in “Shared” but displays “Not Connected” when attempting to open, none of the new Macs attached drives naturally are not accessible either. I’ve tried using my I.D. and get the login shakes, try Apple I.D. and get the same. When attempting to share screen with the new one on any of the others gives me the login prompt. That prompt will not take my I.D. or Apple I.D. I get an “Authentication failed to “……..” verify manx and password. The new Mini can not connect to the 2 MPBS running Mavericks the same login window comes up and get the same failed message when trying both I.D.s. Or it says not connected and I try the connect as. Nor can I sharer the screen of the new Mini. I’ve tried turning off sharing then reboot turn sharing on reboot, no luck.
Have gone into file sharing and added each folder and drive making sure that all users have read & write enabled on all of them. No luck. Have done the same thing on the 2 MPBS and still can not connect. The two MBPS are on the WiFi my network the Minis are wired to the network. Shared in the side bar only shows the new Mini and Others icon, click Others to get to network drives where I have attempted to connect. Attempting to access the new mini with old Mini gives me the “connection failed” message. So new mini can access old mini but with restrictions in Home Folder, old Mini can not access new mini in any way.
The other 3 Macs all connect to each other with both screen sharing and file sharing and never a problem. They just can’t connect to the new Mini. Firewall and FileVault are off on all Macs. I do not use Time Machine on any of them. The new Mini replaced one from the previous generation that runs Mavericks, that one has not been hooked up yet, still power off sitting on a shelf. Do not want to have a 5th problem yet, let me get the first 4 talking to each other first.
Did any of this make sense? Does anyone have suggestions. I have tried all things found here with search “file sharing”. Forgot to mention, on the new Mini the problem was there out of the box and remained after running the OS update.
Thanks

No need, I'm the only user and have myself set on all as admin. Never in all my near 30 years of networking Macs at home and managing my companies 600 or so Mac Network, with 68k, PPC, Intel units all running systems 7 - 8 - 9 -10 and all their mid versions and never had a lick of trouble with any sharing services. I've always just stuck them on the wire, fired up, and hit share, tick the boxes then Boom, all was seen by all. Same at home up till recently I had a G5 Tower as a server mixed in with all the intel, never a hiccup. The only troubles would be if a router or switch burned out. None of my iPhones, or iPods of various generations have had a problem with the home WiFi, the ones set up for disk usage have always shone up in the shared section of the sidebar, since have turned off disk usage so not part of the problem.
Thanks for trying though
J

Unable to connect macs with afp file sharing

I am suddenly unable to connect my MacBook Pro to my Mini using afp file sharing. I've done this successfully many times in the past, most recently about three weeks ago.
After using Go -> Connect to Server and picking the previously used Favourite Server entry, I get the Connecting to Server window, then after about a minute I get a pop up that says:
Connection failed
The server may not exist or it is not operational at this time. Check the server name or IP address and your network connection and try again.
Then the Finder icon jumps about and in the Connecting to Server window the message is:
The Finder cannot complete the operation because some data in "afp://aragorn" could not be read or written. (Error code -36)
Both machines are connected by Cat-6 cable to the same router, File Sharing is enabled on both machines, and Airport is switched off. I can ping each machine from the other, and both otherwise work fine. I've also tried connecting using the IP address instead of the machine name, with the same result. I've even tried another router, with the same result.
Anyone seen this before?
thanks in advance,
I.B.

Thanks, j.v., for your reply. It's very strange, this.
I tried your suggestion, but to no avail. The destination machine is visible using ⇧⌘K and under 'Shared' in the sidebar of the Finder window, but selecting it from either place didn't work.
However, after the connection attempts failed, I tried clicking on the 'Connect as' button in the Finder window, and after a bit I got the login credentials window. It allowed me to log in, then connected with the access I was after.
I guess it must be some sort of access permissions issue, but it's quite odd that it only just started happening as I move files between these two machines frequently, and never had any problems before. The 'error code 36' message is completely useless for troubleshooting...

Mac OS X File Sharing not working over WiFi

I have 3 computers, all Macs. Two are hooked into my WRT54GP2 via ethernet cables, and one is using WiFi (Airport Extreme). All get an IP number from the router via DCHP (no hard numbers). The router is also hooked up to a Motorola Surfboard cable modem.
The two Macs using ethernet have no problems at all, and can access the internet and share files and printers. The WiFi Mac, however, can access the Internet fine, but cannot mount the other machines as file servers. It doesn't even ping them.
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I am not 100% clear on the whole situation, but this is my thought. Your Airport wifi is dishing out DHCP on a secondary network from your other device. You PB is getting on that network and not the linksys unit. Thus the reason they can not see each other. I think you would have to set you Airport up as a bridge and not a gateway for it to pass date through and not create a second network.

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A NAS should work. A proper file server will cache active files in memory. So it's not obvious use of SSD storage will speed your service. In any case figure out how to back it up and most important how you will recover after a disaster requiring full recovery.

10.5.2. Mac-to-Mac File Sharing problem

Sorry for the duplicate post. I posted this in the "Using OSX" forum as well since I wasn't sure the best place to post it.
I have two Macs running 10.5.2. A 2.5Ghz G5 connected via an ethernet cable to an AEBS. And a 2.4Ghz MBP that is wirelessly connected to the same router.
In 10.5.1, internet access, screen sharing, and file sharing worked flawlessly on both Macs. I installed 10.5.2 on both Macs and now file sharing is a problem when initiated from the MBP. BTW, I'm using AFP for file sharing.
Here's the scenario. I go into Finder on the MBP, choose the G5 Mac under "Shared" in the sidebar and begin to copy a file from the G5 to the MBP. All is well so far and the transfer speed is fine (~6 mbps). As soon as I load any webpage using either Safari or Firefox on the MBP, the file transfer slows to maybe 50-100kps. Closing the browser does not cause the transfer to speed up again. If I initiate the same file transfer from the G5 there is no problem and opening webpages on either Mac doesn't affect the transfer.
Even while the file transfer has ground to a halt, Internet access and screen sharing initiated from either computer continues to work fine.
I've tried the usual things like rebooting and repairing permissions but nothing seems to help. Is anyone else experiencing this? Doe anyone have any thoughts on how to correct it?

All I can contribute is a "me too". Here's the situation:
I have a Power Macintosh G5 dual 2.7GHz that I use as a server at work. I frequently synchronize files (over AFS File Sharing) over an Ehternet LAN between it and my MacBook Pro. My MacBook Pro has been running Leopard for several months while my PowerMac G5 was running 10.4.11 until this week. Having been happy with Leopard on my MBP, I decided to upgrade my G5. Since then, file transfers between the two computers have been a royal disaster. When I initially connect I can get speeds of up to 1.5 MB/s, but it quickly drops to 30KB/s or less. I can't quite figure out the pattern. It does seem uploading to my G5 is not as affected as downloading from my G5.
Given the fact I didn't see any file transfer issues between the two computers before upgrading the G5 to Leopard (10.5.2), I suspect the issue is with the PowerMac G5 solely or due to the communication between two Leopard computers.
On my G5, I tinkered with the "Advanced" settings in the Network Preference Pane. Since I have read some comments criticizing Apple's automatic flow control for network traffic as implemented in Leopard, what I did was click the "Advanced..." button on the Network PrefPane:
* I then clicked on the "Ethernet" tab
* I switched "Configure" to Manually:
* I switched "Speed" to 100baseTX (my LAN is 100baseT)
* I switched "Duplex" to "full duplex" without "flow-control"
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File sharing between windows7 and mac not working

hi i have been having an issue with file sharing between my mac and pc. my pc running windows 7 can connect to my two macs running mavericks (mbp and mini) but i cannot connect to the pc from my macs. i have file sharing using smb setup on my macs as well as the workgroup setup. i can see the pc in my finder shared tab but when i enter the username and password it loads like its trying to connect and then says cannot connect or sometimes makes you re enter the password and still nothing. i also tired connecting through finder go tab and connect to server but when i type in my ip it asks to input the user and password but wont accept it it just shakes and deletes the text in the user and pass fields. on my pc i have file sharing enabled and like i said i can access my macs no problem. i will give a quick guide of how i try to connect
Pc name is RAID-PC
my admin account name is RAID
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when I click on the raid pc under the shared tab in finder i put as the user RAID and pass dapice ....doesn't work
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i have reinstalled mavericks and that also didnt work
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Personal file sharing has problems...

I have a very plain, basic network here at home. I have a 8 port switch that connects all of my computers to my network. These include several that are connected wirelessly (2 ibooks, MacBook, PowerBook) and 2 wired connections in a Mac Pro and a Digital Audio 466 Power Mac. All are running 10.4.8. Until just recently I have been able to file share between all computers without problems. Now I cannot connect to or from the Power Mac through any file sharing. The Power Mac has no problems accessing the internet nor do I problems observing the PowerMac with Apple Remote Desktop.
I have checked all network/sharing settings and can't seem to find anything out of the ordinary.
Any ideas?
Paxx

Hi,
In System Preferences/Sharing, has the "Personal
File Sharing" checkbox been un-checked? Or has a
firewall been turned on on the PowerMac ?
Are there any errors in system.log in
/var/log ?
Also, are there any errors posted in
AppleFileServiceError.log in
/Library/Log/AppleFileService ?
Ed
PB G4 Mac OS X
(10.3.9) PM G4 Dual 1.25, PM G4 Dual 867, OSX
10.2.8, OSX Server 10.2.8
Ed, thanks for the suggestions I will have a look tomorrow. System prefs I know are right but didn't think to see if there has been a firewall or errors posted in the logs. thanks for the suggestions.

File Sharing: Sharing additional Hard Drives with XP

I have a small home network containing a Mac G4, 2 mac laptops, and my step-daughters Windows XP computer. (The macs are all running 10.4.11) Sharing between the macs is no problem. I can access anything I want between those computers. Sharing the PC is no problem. I have shared folders set up on the PC, and can access those files on the Macs. Sharing the Mac files on the PC is a bit more problematic.
Here's the situation: I set up the Mac for Personal File Sharing and for Windows File Sharing. Then on the PC, I go to "My Network Paces" and add a new Network place. So far, so good. I can "see" the Mac G4, as I expected. I add the G4, and it asks for a login and password. Still no problem. I enter my login and password. Here's where the problem comes up. This particular G4 has three internal harddrives, and an external. I can access ALL the drives from the other Macs. But not from the PC, I can ONLY access the "home" folder for the user that I logged in as. No additional drives, not even the entire "main" drive. JUST the home folder.
So what I need to figure out is, how do I access the extra drives from the PC?

Hi Daniel,
Your issue is most likely ealted to your G4 partitions being in the HTFS format which Windows does not undestand.
Ref: http://guides.macrumors.com/File_systems
That is why it will not work unless you use special software such as:
MacDrive : http://www.mediafour.com/products/macdrive/
Hope this helps,
JM

Problem with File Sharing-Permissions throughout Folders

I'm having an odd problem when setting up a Mac Pro with File Sharing. I have a second Hard Drive in it which is a Server Drive to be shared as a networked Hard Drive for both my MBP and my Fiancee's MBP. Here is the problem I have.
I set up File Sharing and set up both her ID and my ID. Since this is done she is able to get to drive from my MBP and she is able to get to the drive from her MBP. I am able to read or write to those folders. She is able to view them but is unable to write to them.
I went to the Server Drive icon on the Mac Pro's Desktop. When I right click and do "Get Info" and select Sharing I can tell her ID is not listed on any of the Folders. She is listed as Read and Write for the entire Hard Drive (which is an internal drive). I am also listed as Read and WRite and then it lists Everyone and says No Access. The same is listed in System Preferences in File Sharing. I have heard this Everyone 'No Access' can cause problems but I prefer not to give access to everyone. The only other option is Read Only and Read and Write. Also, when I have Everyone selected the - sign is greyed out so I'm unable to remove Everyone.
To continue, what is strange is I thought with it saying on the Server Drive itself for my Fiancee, read & write, that it would say this on every Folder inside. Yet when I select any Folder inside on the Server Drive and select Get Info it says for me "Read & Write" and for Staff "Read Only" and for Everyone "Read only" I'm not even sure where Staff comes fro and of course Everyone is Read Only and my Fiancee not even listed. It just seems that these file sharing permissions are not replicated througout all the Folders when I select it for the Hard Drive itself. What could be causing this and how can I get the same to go throughout the Folders? I know manually I could change them all but this would take a long time and likely still be a problem when any additional Folders are added.

1. I have turned logged into it from my MBP while at Home and if I'm logged in as Guest I only see the Server Drive which is good. My concern is that if I log in with my login I then sell all Folders including the Main 'Macintosh HD' At least as a guest I can only see the Server Drive but is it any way I can stop it from showing all the other folders on the computer since I have no reason to do that?
When you login to a mac as an administrator it is normal to see all the contents of the volumes connected to that mac.
2. Also, I would like to disable all access for Guest. Yet I have it list Everyone or Guest in the file sharing and I have no way of deleting this. I don't want a Guest to be able to connect to this computer or share any files at all on it. Is there any way to disable this?
Goto system preferernces-->accounts
click on the lock to and enter your password to unlock the preference pane.
Then select the guest account. Then uncheck the 2 check boxes. The account should now have 'disabled' underneath it.
3. Security: How secure is this? I am using it on a Home Wi-Fi network with an Airport Base Station 1GB. I have the Leopard filewall set to "Set Access for Specific Services" since it won't work with "Allow only essential services" I hope my home network is more security but with Back to my Mac how hard would it be for someone to be able to find this computer on the network? I don't do any filesharing on my MBP but do have it set up for File Sharing but only with my login ID.
If you have your base station set to distribute ip addresses then it is acting as a NAT router and will firewall you.
I have not setup back to my mac yet so can't comment on its security. Although I would suggest a strong password.
have a read of Mac OS X 10.5: About Back to My Mac security
My method of remote access is to use SSH and run screen sharing over an SSH tunnel.

Smb file sharing

We have in our company data center two Macs, a Power PC 8GB ram with Leopard 10.5.8 and a Mac Pro Quad Core Nehalem 32GB with Mountain Lion 10.8.3 and OSX Server 2.2.1.
The Power Pc SMB File Sharing, with the limit of 10 concurrent users, it works perfectly.
Instead, the Mac Pro SMB File Sharing drops randomly SMB sharing with the consequent loss of the changes made by Client to opened files.
Is there anyone else with the same problem?
Is there any solution, in addition to turn off the Mac Pro and switch to a Windows server?

Same problem here with Mountain Lion. Really anxious for a fix!

Mountain Lion Server and SMB file sharing

We have in our company data center two Macs, a Power PC 8GB ram with Leopard 10.5.8 and a Mac Pro Quad Core Nehalem 32GB with Mountain Lion 10.8.3 and OSX Server 2.2.1.
The Power Pc SMB File Sharing, with the limit of 10 concurrent users, it works perfectly.
Instead, the Mac Pro SMB File Sharing drops randomly SMB sharing with the consequent loss of the changes made by Client to opened files.
Is there anyone else with the same problem?
Is there any solution, in addition to turn off the Mac Pro and switch to a Windows server?

Yes. It works good however a few tweeks necessary. In parallels configuration I had to change the 1 CPU setting to 2 and allowed a bit more memory. Before that things where a little slow in the virtual macine. Hopefully you are operating with a quad core.

How to disconnect a file sharing client in Mountain Lion?

If mac (e.g., a macbook) is connected to my desktop mac as a file sharing client, how can I dissconnect that macbook without having to turn off file sharing on my desktop machine?
I could go back to the macbook and disconnect the shared file from there, but isn't there a way to do it from the server?

Hi,
You will have to encorporate the upload logic in the front end.
Probably you can encorporate the server side logic in the caf.
What is the front end for your J2EE application?
-Ashutosh

Lion: file sharing

I have two users on my iMac which is running Lion. I am trying to share files between users. I have followed the instructions in help and am getting nowhere (after about an hour and a half). Can anyone help?

Found an article on Ryan Armstrongs blog that solved this: http://ryanarmstrong.net.au/blog/mac-osx-lion-file-sharing-connection-failed.htm l
quite simply you delete your home directory in File Sharign privileges on the target mac. Then "connect as" from your destination and it will work.

File sharing between Mountain Lion and Windows XP

I have both a Windows XP computer and a Mac running Mountain Lion. I have been able to set up sharing so that I can see the Windows folders on my Mac and the Mac folders on my Windows computer, but I cannot write directly to the folders from either direction.
What am I missing?

Bear with me ... I've not gone through this before and am only going by instinct.
I assume that since you can see the folder on your Mac, you have File Sharing set to use Windows SMB protocol.
If you put a file on your Mac in the shared folder, can you copy out that file on the Windows system and paste it (to the Desktop) to get access? What about going the other way?
IOW, can you at least get access in both directions to bring a file out of the Shared folder and on to the local system (where it can be changed)?
My other suggestion is to enable Remote Login and set up SFTP access. Then, try writing to the Mac folder on the Windows XP side with a program that supports SFTP from Windows XP.
JJW

File sharing problem between Windows 7 & Lion

I am running a windows 7 laptop and my mac mini with 10.7.
I have a single file share setup on the mac which is NTFS based (confirmed permissions are read/write).
I am unable to connect to the Mac from the windows computer. When I enter \\192.168.1.102\sharename I am prompt to enter the mac's login account info. When I enter the only account info I have it stays in a loop and I never log in. It was working fine in Snow Leo.
Here is what I am also seeing on the File sharing prefs on the mac:
Even after entering the correct password several times, it still tells me its incorrect. I have reset the password a couple of times to make sure it wasn't that and rebooted a few times and still the same thing.
Other things I have tried"
- Disabled firewall on the Mac
- Disabled / Enabled File sharing and removing / readding the shares again (rebooting afterwards)
All didn't make any difference.
Not sure why it works on Snow and now not on Lion.
Please help!
Thanks,

I am having the same problem. Have been searching the web for a solution, as well as posting to several Mac forums.
I found the link shown below which gives a procedure that is supposed to work:
http://www.trickyways.com/2011/07/file-sharing-mac-os-x-lion-and-pc-windows-7/
However, it doesn't work for me. When I get to Step #6 and enter my password, I keep getting an "Incorrect Password" notification. Also, when I try to do Step #9, the "Windows Security" window never appears - in fact, nothing at all happens.
By the way, I am able to see my Windows 7 shared folders on my MBP, but cannot see my MBP shared folders on my Windows 7 system. Worked fine under Snow Leopard.
I'm bookmarking this forum and will check back if anyone can come up with a solution. I assume this is a bug in Lion and have reported it to Apple.

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