Can't copy files to another Mac on network (Yosemite to Yosemite)

For years I've had no trouble copying files back and forth across my home network, but after recently upgrading (via fresh install) to Yosemite on my desktop, I can no longer copy files to my MacBook Pro. This is a simple drag-and-drop to a mounted network drive.
Specifically, the copy dialog box appears, but as it finishes, I get an error message and the transfer is cancelled.
I've tried changing the permissions, making the destination a Shared Folder, and messing around in every way I can think of. I've never had this problem with any other version of OS X or with any other computers. This is a major disruption to my workflow — has anyone experienced this lately?
My workaround for the moment is to copy to a NAS device, and then copy down from the other computer. But this transfer is much slower and requires me to touch both computers to make it happen. That, at least, proves that both systems are capable of copying files via network, just not from desktop to laptop in this instance.
Please help!

For whatever reason, the problem seems to have righted itself. From what I can tell, I did four things:
Delete all `.DS_store` files on both computers.
Run DiskWarrior on both computers, booking from the USB thumb drive and performing operations on the system drives.
Mount both volumes on opposing computers. Don't attempt any copy or move actions until both systems are connected to one another.
(The one which I feel worked) Enable *both* SMB and AFP networking formats. Both computers should have both options checked. Screenshot below
If it's not one of those above options, I have no idea why, but it works for now.

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