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[vmware] Best way to share files between host and client

Good afternoon!
I have successfully installed VMware server on my machine and set up a virtual machine, powering Windows XP for study issues (emulation via wine does not do the trick for me). The virtual machine runs fast and stable but does not meet my requirements unless I have two issues faced:
First:
How to access a USB pendrive monunted by the host system properly within the client?
Second:
What is the best way to share file system space between host and client? Should I set up a Samba share which is accessible for both host and client or is it save to grant my VM access to my physical hard disc as a whole (using it as a partition)?
Thanks for answers in advance, I have still quite a lot to learn, when it comes to VMs.
Regards,
~cg

Do not setup your VMware to be able to access your physical disk as a whole. This would have you mounting the filesystem twice, corrupting it in the process.
You /can/ setup VMware with Sharing Folders that lets you share your filesystem (either / or just /home or something else) and that is what I would recommend.
As for accessing the pen drive from both operating systems at once, I'd say use the same Sharing Folders method. I always share /mnt so that I can access my cdrom/USB/etc from the vmware OS.
The sharing folders is basically the same as a samba share, but uses vmware's own method (HGFS). Samba is more secure (if you are worried about your VMware OS breaking from it's shell and attacking your real filesystem, which is unlikely). You need the vmware tools installed to make use of it.

Best way to share files across computers

I just installed the newest OS X MTLION server. What's the best protocall to share files?

"Didn't work" isn't a problem statement folks here can particularly help with, beyond offering our sympathies. What is helpful toward getting you to your goals are the particular problems you're facing are your general requirements, and specific details of commands tried and error messages and diagnostics you've encountered. For better or worse, sharing files is something that both OS X and OS X Server do well, and via a variety of protocols.
As an example of the sorts of details that can be useful here, the particular volume of data involved is helpful as "large" means something very different to different folks. The amount of storage and how much it's churning — how often those photos are being added or searched, and how large the photos are, and how many photos are likely to be present in the environment over the years — determines the size of the RAID array(s) necessary initially and over time, as well as helping determine the likely network bandwidth necessary to shuffle the data around should you want or need cloud (off-site) storage for the data, etc.
Based on what you've provided, the "antique" or "classic" solution would be a manually-maintained file server, probably running AFP given you have OS X systems, and either connected by 802.11n (preferably) 5 GHz or (better) gigabit Ethernet. Larger volumes of data generally mean faster links are needed. This approach is "antique" or "classic" in that you deal with individual files and directories and related baggage. Manually.
In a somewhat more modern approach, you'd have a photo storage database package — a content management system for photos — that deals with uploading and indexing and peeking at Exif and related data — and that deals with backups and related processing automatically. I don't know if such a package exists, but I'd expect it does.
The customized version of this photo storage — this is a potentially much larger investment on your part, either to write or to have custom built for you, but resulting in a solution for your particular requirements — might involve acquiring development tools such as the FileMaker Pro package and rolling your own storage and retrieval system. Basically, building your own custom photography database and data management, and using FileMaker or some other database for backups and related processing.
Better still, a package including billing and related administrivia, etc. The tedious stuff.
If you're just looking at copying files around for now, then you probably don't have a whole lot of them. As you do get more photos, then you're going to be spending more time collating and managing the quantities of data and related baggage. Sooner or later, you'll be looking to automate all of this stuff, and you'll then be looking to move into something that allows you to spend time taking and presumably selling photos, and less time dealing with "files" and "servers"...
As another potential option for learning about some options, see if your Apple Store has some folks that deal with local businesses, and have a chat with them.
Ok, enough of the blue-sky photography-database-management stuff.
As for copying files around — files containing, well, whatever — that works nicely on both OS X and OS X Server, and some details on exactly what happened when it "didn't work" would be the best approach forward.
There's a near-infinite number of reasons why computers can fail to perform the desired task, unfortunately.
Permissions can certainly be a factor in file access and file-storage problems.
FWIW, servers are comparatively more effort to set up, particularly if you're using distributed authentication such as that provided by Open Directory (see Workgroup Manager (WGM) tool) and such. As for resolving the file access and file sharing problems, some details from the server logs, the file settings and the protection settings tested, etc., will be helpful here in resolving whatever happened.
In general and from experience here in the communities with folks that are experiencing their first server management, you need to get your IP network working, and particularly your local network DNS configured and working. Weirdness with various services is a common result of network problems and particularly DNS problems. If (when) the DNS configuration is skipped — as happens far too often — and you later realize it's necessary and start to get DNS working, that tends to get various services, well, confused. Best to start out with working DNS when you're dealing with a server. Here's a long-winded write-up on OS X Server DNS services, and which applies to 10.8 server once you click the Advanced settings stuff in the DNS setup in 10.8 Server.app tool.
Oh, and please don't use .local as your DNS domain. That causes different-weird.
Welcome to the Apple communities, and apologies on the wall of text.

Best way to share files between computers?

Hi,
I have a MBP & a G5 and I am doing video editing with FCP & web-designing with
Dreamweaver on both of the computers. The problem is that I have been using
the two computers completely separate.
For example, if I create a project on my laptop, I can't go to my desktop and continue it
unless I copy the files to a zip drive (or something similar) and manually transfer the files.
And then I don't know which files are actually up to date.
Is there any simple way that I can have the two computers produce, access & share files easier?
I do have a .mac account but I don't know much about it's capabilities?
I could really use some help and advise here.
Thanx,
Todd

Hi,
I had the exact same question/ problem a couple of days ago. I think in your case, working with large video files, .mac might not be an option.
I would say you either work of an external drive (maybe connected as a shared drive wirelessly) as it was suggested to me, or you use a file sync utility like ChronoSync to keep both machines mirrored.
Hope this helps.

Best way to share files with slow upload

Hopefully this is the right place..
I have a large number of files (about 500mb each) that I need to send to the states (I'm in Ireland) but don't want to have to burn discs and post them etc.
As the title suggests I have a relatively slow upload speed. Anyone know what the best way to do this would be?
currently I am doing 7 files that total 2.3GB by iDisk and it says it will take 13 hours..
Regards
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Hi Alax
Just a thought if there's no rush, how about investing in a 4GB flash drive or 4GB SD Card if you have a card reader on both ends and send the data that way?
Example's:
http://www.amazon.com/Kingston-DataTraveler-USB-Flash-Drive/dp/B000M2GYF6
http://www.amazon.com/Sandisk-Secure-Digital-Memory-SDSDB-4096/dp/B000P1O73A
Dennis

Best way to share files with 2 powerbooks

Hello, I have 2 powerbooks 15" 1.67, the first one is running 10.39 the 2nd is 10.46,
I would like to be able to share files between the 2, will it be as easy as just connecting a cable between the 2? I know how to connect one of them as an external using firewire but I would like both systems to be on...do i need to update the 10.39 to 10.46 first?

The answer is NO.
You do not need to have both on the same OS version...
They are seperate machines and each OS handels stuff that takes care of all this. In fact you can do this from PC to Mac, which are different too.
Assuming that you have a switch/router that both machines are both hooked into, then you don't need firewire - just ethernet, which is how I network mine together...
Then from what I remember go into one of the machines.. from the system preferences go to file sharing and turn personal file sharing on.
From the other machine with finder on the top bar cliock on "GO" then connect to server. Browse to find the other machine.
Again it has been a while, and I don't have 2 machines currently running, but I recall that you need to copy and paste, or else you end up drragging the files from one to the other.
I usually turn the sharing off when I'm not actually moving stuff around, probably good to have a firewall somewhere shield it from outside of your 'network'.

Best way to share files between users?

New to the Mac World and trying to set things up for all our users. We have 5 (2adults,3kids) and I'm keen to be able to share some files with other members of my family and would like to know the easiest way in doing this.
A couple of things to note;
- The two adults are the admin's
- Would like to share some photos between users (family photos are usually organised by my wife so I don't get to see them)
- I'd like to let my kids view some of my videos that I've downloaded but not all of them
Appreciate your time guys!
Cheers

Please try this first. If you want to share certain files between users like pictures or music or even documents, apple has provided an easy way to do so. The first step is to decide what to share. For this example I will do pictures. Open up Finder and go to the Macintosh HD, then click on "Users". Here you will see a list of the users. Your account will look like a house instead of a folder because it is the account in use. Click on your account and then right click (secondary click) on the pictures folder.
NOTE: From this point on you can do the same thing to any folder, such as music, documents, etc. or any file, such as a specific document in your documents folder. But I will keep explaining pictures.
After right clicking on the pictures folder, a new window will open up. Near the bottom you will see "Sharing & Permissions:" This is where you decide which users can access your folders/files and whether they can just read them or read and write them. For example, if you want your wife and kids to have access to your iphoto library, just press the "+" button and add each one of them. Under "Privilege" you had better give your wife the ability to "Read & Write" or you may get in trouble . By doing this, any pictures she adds, deletes, or edits will be added, deleted, or edited in your iphoto too (and vice versa). Lets say you don't want your kids to have editing abilities, then you just give them the "Read Only" privilege. They can look at all the pictures, but they cannot change, add, or delete them.
When your wife opens iPhoto for the first time, it will ask which library she wants to use. (If not, you can do it through the menu bar). Make sure you choose the iPhoto library under YOUR user account, not your wife's (it's empty). It will no longer have a little red minus sign next to it. That is the last time it will ask. Every time your wife opens her iPhoto, it will use that library. Same for the kiddos.
Again, you can do this with any folder or file. This is how Apple intended users to share content without duplicating files or using external hard drives. This way each user has their own icloud account but can access the families shared content.
Hope this helps! Good luck!

What is the best way to share docs

Seeing as an entire document package can have gigs of data, what might be the best way to share files between two computers running FCP? Would it work to put all media and files on a network drive and then edit the docs from there?
thanks

Hi -
When you say "document package", do you mean "Project"?
Thanks
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Best way to share a brush/symbol library

I've created a brush and symbol library for a team of people to use. I'm wondering what the best way to share this library is.
I'm not sure if the Document Profile is good, because then I would have to update the document profile and then copy it to each person's machine in order for them to always have the latest library, which doesn't seem like it will be easy to keep everyone updated with the latest file.
I was also thinking of using a template, but I think that will have the same problem. Additionally, I prefer not to have all the brushes and symbols embedded in every file so performance isn't impacted.
Preferably I would like to store the file on a server, and have it open by default when Illustrator is opened, so everyone always gets the latest version when they open Illustrator. Is there a way do this?
Thanks!

Hi Russ--
I'll have to read through Vimeo's terms of service, but I have to think they're asserting some right to the content like YouTube does.
Plus, these are commercial videos, and I don't think they allow that. Of course, if they're private, I'm obviously not trying to sell anything. But I have to think that it somehow is against their TOS since me posting a bunch of private videos that nobody can see really doesn't do them any good at all.

Best way to share analytics with 3rd party?

What's the best way to share analytics with a third party (our client in this case)? Setup a new DPS user and restrict access to just analytics (is that even possible)? Is there some other software out there to accomplish this? Perhaps something that scrapes itunesconnect? Basically, our client wants sales numbers. I'd like to go a step further and provide content stats.
Any ideas?
Thanks,
Chris

Use the export button in the slideshow to create a video file of your slideshow. Copy it to an USB stick, and transfe it this way to the computers of your friends.

What is the best way to share music wirelessy at home using a external hard disk?

We would like to find the best way we can access wirelessly our music track stored on a external hard disk at home? We would it to be able to access them by using MAC, PCs, iPads, Android and iphones.

Personally, I use MobileMe and let my family watch the movies on line. It is easy to share this way. I share the movie in Large (960x540) or Medium to iTunes. Then I share to Mobile Me.
For personal viewing, I use the Apple TV.
You can also burn a data DVD of your finished movie, and let them copy the file to iTunes from their data DVD.
You can upload the movie to other video sharing services such as YouTube or Vimeo.
You can burn a blu-ray disk if you have Toast and a BluRay burner. You can burn a short movie to regular DVD media using Toast and a regular DVD burner that is playable on most BluRay Players.

What is the best way to share a iTunes library between 5 users on the same computer?

What is the best way to share a iTunes library between 5 users on the same computer?
Currently I have a common itunes library in a shared folder that each user is linked to. The problem is that when one user adds music to the shared file, it does not automaticaly appear to other users when they open their iTunes. They have to go to the shared library and select the new music in order to make it visable in their iTunes.
Would iTunes file shareing fix this problem?
Thanks

aapl.up wrote:
Rick, are you saying that if you try to share a folder outside of home and use sharepoints, then the other mac wont prompt you to log in? Have you tried that? It is hard to believe that is the case
I am sort of saying that. Have you tried it? I know it's hard to believe, but you really need to help us out by trying some steps that you don't believe.
We can't see what your exact situation is. We sort of know what's worked for us out here. Just trying to help you get this going in less than 24 hours!
Sharepoints manages the samba configuration file. It's free software that puts a pretty face on an otherwise cumbersome config file.
Give it a shot.
windows will not prompt for passwords, I have tried this with multiple computer at home for both vista and xp
As I stated. You will not get prompted on windows, if you have set up sharing in an insecure fashion. You are not using a secured sharing situation.
No argument with your statement.

HELP: best way to share music?

Here's the deal:
I have a MacBook Pro and my wife just got a MacBook Air.
All of our music (about 15,600 songs / 81 GB) is currently on my MacBook Pro.
I would like to use iTunes Match to get all of this music in the Cloud and off my MacBook Pro.
My wife and I would each like to be able to access this music on our respective computers.
We would like to be able to download separate podcasts to our respective computers.
We don't currently have iPhones, but will be getting the new ones when they come out this fall.
At that time, we'd like to access music in the same way as described above.
At that time, we'd also like to have separate apps (i.e. not all the same apps on each others phones).
So my questions are:
Is iTunes Match the solution?
If so, do we share an Apple ID for music... but have separate Apple IDs for everything else (apps, reminder, etc.)? Is that possible?
In short, what's the best way to share music across multiple devices, while still keeping the devices autonomous in other ways? Thanks for your help!

First, read this thread: FAQ: Why iTunes Match can NOT be used as a backup!
If you each want your own, personal content on your future iPhones this can be done with one iTunes Store account ID, however keep in mind that you will both be using one account. If you wish to use iTunes Match this is also possible but you may not have multiple iTunes Store accounts. You both must share the same account. You would both be able to subscribe to your own Podcasts.
For sharing the music locally I recommend Home Sharing, not iTunes Match. And have a backup scheme for the personal data on both notebooks. If you do not have a backup scheme in place now, I suggest you purchase a 2 TB Time Capsule to backup both computers.

What is the best way to share the High Res images ...

What is the best way to share the High Res images on my Nokia Lumia 1020? My Android friends really want to see the original ~12MB images taken with Nokia Pro Camera?
-Paul
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if you have the att device, then use your att locker.
ANYONE can sign up for the att locker here:
https://locker.att.net/app/#welcome
even if you do not have ATT service, you should sign up NOW.
There is an application that is pre-installed to allow for the 1020 to upload the full resolution files to the AT&T locker.
AND, because they are launching the 1020, they are giving a free upgrade to the account to the 50GB box instead of the 5GB.
they are doing this for a limited time only, I have created a couple of accounts.
after you create your account, it will have to be verified. after you check your email and verify the box, log back in and you will see it is only a 5gb account.
click on "my Account/upgrade" and choose the 50GB and you should see it say FREE under the cost.
then you can upload the full res pictures and share them that way.
otherwise, if you are within reach, try Bluetooth transfer.

Best way to share a video with someone in another city...

What is the best way to share a video with someone in another city?
I know that FCPX contains all sorts of share options which create different resolutions and file sizes appropriate for different sites like YouTube, Facebook, and others. But how to create the videos really isn't the problem.
I want to know how to share them. I'm creating videos that are ultimately to be viewed on the internet. When I have a completed video, I want to show it to the person who it is for before I finalize it. I know that if it very small, I could email it. And if it's larger, I could use something like Dropbox. But I don't necessarily want them to have a copy of it (though I could do that and put a watermark on it).
I'd like to upload it to a site like YouTube or Vimeo, but those sites seem to be about sharing videos with a wide audience. I know you can make a video private on YouTube, but, from what I've read, they permanently have the right to use the content, which I definitely don't want.
So what's the best way to do this? I'm going to have to do it regularly, so I'm willing to pay for a service if it assures privacy and does not try to assert some right to my content.
I know there is an issue to be considered with people screen capturing content, but I'll use a watermark to lessen the chances of that.

Hi Russ--
I'll have to read through Vimeo's terms of service, but I have to think they're asserting some right to the content like YouTube does.
Plus, these are commercial videos, and I don't think they allow that. Of course, if they're private, I'm obviously not trying to sell anything. But I have to think that it somehow is against their TOS since me posting a bunch of private videos that nobody can see really doesn't do them any good at all.

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