Connect two macs over Internet

Ok, here is basically what I want to do.
Me and my friend both have PowerMacs and we both have wireless networks. That aside...we live not so far from each other.
What we want to do is to be able to connect to each others' computer and view/download any files on a specific folder.
Is this possible? Just between us 2...

You can also connect to each other's computers by connecting via FTP.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.4/en/mh159.html
That way you'll be able to connect to your friends MAC by entering in his IP address in the GO>Connect to Server field and after authentication, you'll be able to access any/all files on his machine if configured as such.
I hope this helps!

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Hi,
Here is a situation that the tech support at my ISP seems to be clueless to help me with. I have an iMac G5 (OX 10.4.4) and my son has an eMac (OS X 10.4.3) He lives two miles away. I am connected to the net via a cable modem he has a DSL modem that is followed by an Ethernet Broadband Router to split his connection off to a PS2. I want to send some rather large files to him. His IP address is a 192.... which I have been told is the router and hence may act as a firewall. I tried having him connect the eMac directly to the modem and we got the same IP address. So the bottom line is we have tried turning things like file sharing on and off, trying to understand the network panel in system preferences, and somewhere we are doing nothing right because I cannot find anything that allows me to connect to him. The reality is I am not too technically oriented and he is 13, so is anyone able to explain this so that even a college grad can understand what to do? Thanx.
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Hey man,
The router is a Dynex-E401. I just found the companies web site and they have instructions for forwarding the router which when I can have my son available I will have him do. Unfortunately, I am not able to go into that house since the crazy woman who lives there does not like me, however I think he will be able to follow any instructions I give him. In the meantime I understand the concept regarding file sharing, etc. So I will try their instructions and if I have problems, I will repost, Thanx.
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I'm trying to work out how to connect two macs across the internet and am wondering if someone could point me in the direction of a "very basic , step by step, how to" file or manual.
I've browsed some of the discussion in this forum and some are more helpful than others but none seem to start with the very basics of what should or should not be turned on in the firewall settings and the the security issues mentioned in one ot two threads.
I'm not looking for " hold my hand tutorial" just a pointer to where I can do some more reading so I can inform myself and possibly ask some emore intelligent questions
I'm trying to connect a B&W G3, OSX 10.4.6, connect to the internet through a dsl modem over an ethernet network, to a remote Imac G5 , OSX 10.4.6 also connected through a different dsl modem over an ethernet network.
Thanks
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See this post:
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How to connect two mac wirelessly?
I tried creating a network, but after that, I can't connect the internet.

If each Mac can get on the Internet, without re-wiring, your network is already in place.
Do not create a Network. If you did, you will need to tear that down before proceeding.
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This has certainly been answered before, but a quick search didn't give any results. So here goes ...
I wanted to connect two macs via ethernet. I use the mount tool in finder "connect to server" all the time with machines on a network, but I've never done with with two macs directly connected.
So I connect them and my first instinct is to check the IP address of the machine I want to connect to. I then go to "connect to server" and type it in using the AFP protocol, but it doesn't work.
At this point I'm stumped and not sure what to do. I don't use the "network" item in the finder sidebar very often but I clicked it, and sure enough the machine I want to connect to was listed, and I was able to connect / mount.
So here's my question ... if I wanted to use "connect to server" tool, or even mount it manually with the mount command, how would I do it? Is it using AFP still to mount and the IP address is just bogus? Something else going on?

But I'm telling you I tried using the IP address ... here, let me try again ...
I find this address on the machine I want to connect to: 169.254.177.122
I put this into "connect to server" on the machine I want to connect from: afp://169.254.177.122
It spins for a while, then says it can't connect. Strangely, if I do a cmd-i on the machine in the network sidebar, it says: nfs:// automount ... into /Network
So are you sure putting in the ip should work? If so what am I doing wrong?
Okay ... plot thickens. When I cmd-i after I connect, it indeed says it is an AFP connect, but it gives the "local" name, say powerbook.local. But then, if I "ping powerbook.local" if gives me back the same IP I tried in connect to server. Huh?
mbp:~ rjcarr$ ping powerbook.local
PING powerbook.local (169.254.177.122): 56 data bytes
Weird. It isn't that big of a deal ... I just like to know what is going on.

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Is it possible to connect two Macs via USB just like Firewire back in the day via Target mode or is there something similar? I am asking this because about 2-3 years ago I would normally image Macs via Target Mode. I used to have a regular Macbook running 10.6 along with a customized-ready-to-go .dmg image saved on the Desktop. Whenever I needed to put that image into any Mac I would simply connect the two Macs via Firewire, I would then press "T" at startup which will get me in Target Mode, I would then see the disk appear in the desktop of the Mac I had the image. I would then copy that image to the T mode macbook using super duper. Can this still be done through USB with new models and if so will I also need to press T at startup ?

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Until recently my only Aperture library has been on my Macbook Pro (Aperture 3). Irecently bought a lovely new iMac, and installed the library on that via the vault on another hard drive. Its running very nicely on the iMac. So far so good. I now want to update the library on the Macbook Pro with what I have done on the iMac. I have foud the appropriate instructions in Aperture help and am set to go BUT dont know how I should connect the two macs. USB? Firewire? Ethernet cable? My wifi router? Iknow this is avery basic question but I am stumped.

My wifi router?
If they're both able to access the Internet simultaneously, open the Sharing pane of System Preferences on one machine, enable File Sharing, and use the Connect to Server command from the Finder's Go menu.
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Hello,
I've posted elsewhere but was redirected here.
This is a very open ended question about connecting my Mac (Main) to another one (White).
I use open source software such as R, currently on my Macbook. However, my programs are time consuming, so I outsource some of the work to another Macbook that someone lends me, as follows: R is installed on both machines, and I transfer the source files from Main to White using the shared folder.
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I also have an older Linux machine I'd like to put to use. Here I don't have a shared folder, so I use a flash disk... Any better idea?
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While it is not require,NFS encourages you to have common UIDs and GIDs.
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[QUOTE=bogoliubov;2472988]Ok, so how can I check my UID? I've heard that it's dangerous to change the UID, so how should I do if I want the permissions to work in both OSes?[/QUOTE]
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Mac OS X ... harddrive -> Applications -> Utilities -> terminal
Ubuntu ... Applications > Accessories > Terminal
Your current user is:
echo $USER
Let's assume myuser
To find out your UID and GID do:
ls -ln
ls -l
Or, you can use the id command.
id
compare the output and write down what you find.
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# adding a -x before the / limits the search to the current file system.
Mac OS X ... harddrive -> Applications -> Utilities -> NetInfo Manager
In the middle column is the function. Pick users then select your user. Click on the lock at the bottom of the panel. Go into the property list and change UID and GID.
In the Ubuntu terminal,
man 5 passwd
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sudo nano /etc/passwd
... the format is user-name, password, uid, gid, ...
control-o
... to save
control-x
... to quit
The groups are defined in /etc/group
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You best use the numeric value for your userid. In this case it is 500.
sudo find / -user 500 -exec chown 1100:211 {} \;
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/* Notice the -exec runs another command on the found file. */
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On the Mac you get into single user mode by holding down command-s when you poweron your machine. Just in case you run into problems.
On Mac OS, there are a few files that have the old uid as part of their names. The .Trashes file will be only removal media and maybe everywhere.
/.Trashes/501
/Library/Caches/com.apple.IntlDataCache.501
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/Library/Caches/com.apple.user501pictureCache.tiff
On Linux, there are a few files that have the old user name as part of their file and folder names:
Here is another explaination of the procedure. ( It misses some file because the auther checks only the most likely places.
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Robert

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