Fastest way to share files between computers

Hi,
I would like to share some files from my old PowerBook g4 with tiger, to my new MacBookPro. I use AirPort to connect to internet. I've put files in shared folder and connected both computers, but transfer is very slow (1 MB/s)

File sharing over a wireless network is all well and fine - until you try to copy a lot of really large files. For cases like that you are better off having both computers cabled to an ethernet network.
If you want a really fast method for use with an older Powerbook, use Firewire target disk mode.

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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.

Does anyone know if there is a way to share files between Mavericks and Mac OS 9.1 operating system?

Does anyone know if there is a way to share files between Mavericks and Mac OS 9.1 operating system? When I try to connect from my iMac I get a window that says "The version of the server you are trying to connect to is not supported." Is there a work-around to this problem or is it just not possible? It would be largly appriciated for a solutin beings my business is a small town newspaper, and we have some important files on the older computer that need to be acessed daily.

Actually to share files between OS 8-9 and OS X, all versions, is quite easy from what I read. Look here for some details.
http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-20003464-263.html
And here.
https://www.google.com/search?q=file+sharing+Mac+OS+9.x&oq=file+sharing+Mac+OS+9 .x&aqs=chrome..69i57.20706j0j1&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
Or since both OS 9 and OS X can do SMB Windows sharing you could use that protocol to share files from one to the other.
Doesn't really matter what OS you are using. Mac OS/OS X shar files with Windows computers of all types and versions of Windows so the same applies for the different versions of Mac OS/OS X.
Each Operating System takes care of reading and writing files to there respective file formats of the hard drives so that does not have to be the same. They both just have to be able to do Ethernet with the same files sharing protocol.

How do I share files between computers (mac's) on the same wireless network?

How do I share files between computers (mac's) on the same wireless network?

Turn on File Sharing in System Preferences - Sharing, then you should be able to see them in the other Macs' Finder sidebars (under Shared). Click on them, click Connect As, and log in with the user credentials you're sharing from.
Matt

How to share files between computers and TC

What is the best way to share content/files between computers (iMac and MacBook Pro)?
I thought about using Time Capsule for this...is this NOT wise?
Thanks

What is the best way to share content/files between computers (iMac and MacBook Pro)?
The simplest way to do this would be to enable File Sharing on both Macs.
On each Mac....
Open System Preferences (gear icon on the dock)
Open Sharing
Enter a check mark next to File Sharing
Now when you open the Finder or Macintosh HD, you will see the "other" Mac and you will be able to access files/folders, etc. on the other computer.
I thought about using Time Capsule for this...is this NOT wise?
The Time Capsule was designed to work with the Time Machine application to back up your Mac(s). As such, the TC will make a complete copy of each Mac on the first backup and backup any changes after that to keep a complete timeline of each Macs files. Each computer normally will only be able to access the backups for that given computer.
While it is possible to store normal files or folders on the Time Capsule disk, this is not generally recommended as there will eventually be a struggle between Time Machine and the files on the disk as the drive begins to fill up. The other thing to keep in mind is that access to the drive for "normal" files will be quite slow.

[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.

Easiest Way to Share Files Between Users? -- Public, Shared, Drop Box.. .

We have five family members (and so five user accounts) using our Mac. What is the easiest way to copy files between / share files with / ... files from one user to the other?
Shared ... Public ... Drop Box ...
I do this so infrequently that I forget -- or have never figure it out properly.
Any advice would be great.
Thanks!

The Shared folder is fine, but anything a user puts there will be read-only to all other users. If other users want to be able to edit such a file they can make a copy of it and edit the copy. If you want all users to be able to edit one of your files without them having to make a copy of it first, you must change the file permissions to allow that.
There are a few ways to have new files automatically set so that others can write to them. Storing such files on an external hard drive on which file/folder ownership is set to be ignored is one way. You can also use ACLs - see this page for an example.

Anyone knows if there's a way to share files between ipads wihtout using the itunes software?

I've been trying with some apps to do this but there's always a prior step in which you have to drag the files to the app using ITUNES. Someone knows if there's a way to share files without using this program?

Every file has to be associated with an app. So you can't avoid that. You could look into something like dropbox, where you access the info online, and I believe, download it via the dropbox app then 'send' it to the app that'll read/open it.

What's the fastest way to share files live between 2 Macs in the same room?

Please can I have some advice on this scenario?
I'll need to share HD video footage between 2 new Mac Pros in the same room. 1 Mac will be used to upload the footage and the other to edit it using FCP. The footage can be stored either on hard drives in the edit machine or on desktop hard drives connected to the edit machine (or if there is a better option I'm open to advice).
What is the fastest way of sharing the files and what is the simplest way?
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance

What is the fastest way of sharing the files and what is the simplest way?
Fastest way? a fiber channel SAN connecting the two machines to a common fiber-channel based storage array. Can't beat it for performance, but it comes at a cost (think $20K as a starting point, depending on the amount of storage you need).
Simplest way? Some external media (thumb drive, external hard drive, etc.) that you shuffle between the two machines
Intermediate: a NAS-based storage box on your network, although be aware that real-time editing of HD video can overwhelm many low-end NAS boxes.

I am looking for a fool-proof way to share files between Mac 10.6 and Win 7

I need to share files BOTH WAYS between Mac OS 10.6 (latest rev - 10.6.3 at the time of this post) and Windows 7 Premium. Both computers are on a private network and both are on the same workgroup.
I followed this tutorial:
http://macs.about.com/od/filesharing/ss/file-sharing-with-snow-leopard-win7.htm
and I got part of the way there. This tutorial shows me how to set up sharing using the "Sharing" pref pane. I set up a few folders for sharing to specific users (me) from the PC. I set permissions properly, and enabled SMB. Everything was by the book (I have shared between XP and older macs in the past, this is not totally new to me).
For some reason, my Win 7 box is only able to see my public folder. I can set that folder (using the sharing panel in OSX) to read and write, so I can move files to and from it in Win7, but none of the other folders I shared on my Mac are available in Win7.
I am accessing my shares in Win7 like this:
\\192.168.123.130\Desktop
that's my Mac's static IP and then the Desktop is one of my shared folders on the Mac.
When I type that, I get an error in Win7 that says that folder is not accessible, and that I may not have permission. I am not prompted for a username/password at any point in the process.
the only way I am able to access the Mac's public folder is because I type "\\192.168.123.130" in Windows 7 and I am presented with a list of shared printers on my Mac and then the public folder. My other Mac shares are not listed there.
What am I doing wrong?
Oh, one more thing. Is there a good tutorial anywhere for sharing Win7 folders to my Mac? All the ones I have found are not working.
God, I really hate Windows sometimes.
Thanks
-----------S

LAN Manager authentication level was already set to "Send LM & NTLM - use NTLMv2 session security if negotiated" according to a web tutorial. I changed it to the option you recommended above.
Still, only the public folder is visible.
By the way - this is a brand new install of Windows 7. Almost nothing has been altered from its stock just-installed state.
It is connected to my Mac via a cat-6 ethernet cable which is plugged into my Mac Pro's second ethernet port. I did this because the PC is a Maya workstation, and I do not want to slow it down by installing all of our corporation's IT-required software that slows our systems down. It is not connected to the open internet in any way - just file sharing to my Mac.
My Mac is 192.168.123.130, the Win7 box is 192.168.123.132. Both have a subnet of 255.255.255.0 and a gateway of 192.168.123.130. I am UNABLE to ping the PC from the Mac. I am ABLE to ping the Mac from the PC.
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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!

Fastest way to transfer files between remote macs?

My brother and I share folders and various file types through ichat at the moment, but it's so slow, we are both on pretty fast networks (35/35MB and 50/8MB) i can mount a folder of his on my mac (we are in seperate towns) by putting our apple ID's into the apple extreme section (i think back to my mac) and we can share files that way, but im confused as to why the transfer rates are so slow, we get at best 32KBs. does anyone have any recommendations for a faster file transfer method between remote macs. Thank You.
P.s. as a joke i always say that the rate is so slow because i'm on Cablevision's Network and he's on the Verizon Network, lol.

One option you can use is File Dropper:
http://www.filedropper.com/
You copy the file to the site and it generates a link
that you can then copy and send off to the person
so that they can get the file.
Accepts files up to 5 gig I believe and is quite fast.

Safetest way to share files between PC and Windows?

Hi everyone,
My mac does not install any antivirus just sung apple build in anti virus, but i need to share file with my friend who using PC(using pen drive to share) and i have a netbook too n wanted to move file from there to here manually, so i wanna ask what is the best method to share so i will not get in touch with any virus, you know that how dangerous it is the virus in this years!!!!!

Also, how your method when dealing with this kind of problem?
It's not a problem. As I wrote, Windows viruses are inert on Macs. Just copy the file(s). "Secure empty trash" is not related to your concern, neither is disk encryption.
There will always be threats to your information security associated with using any Internet - connected communications tool:
You can mitigate those threats by following commonsense practices
Delegating that responsibility to software is an ineffective defense
Assuming that any product will protect you from those threats is a hazardous attitude that is likely to result in neglecting point #1 above.
OS X already includes everything it needs to protect itself from viruses and malware. Keep it that way with software updates from Apple.
A much better question is "how should I protect my Mac":
Never install any product that claims to "clean up", "speed up", "optimize", "boost" or "accelerate" your Mac; to "wash" it, "tune" it, or to make it "shiny". Those claims are absurd.Such products are very aggressively marketed. They are all scams.
Never install pirated or "cracked" software, software obtained from dubious websites, or other questionable sources.
Illegally obtained software is almost certain to contain malware.
"Questionable sources" include but are not limited to spontaneously appearing web pages or popups, download hosting sites such as C net dot com, Softonic dot com, Soft pedia dot com, Download dot com, Mac Update dot com, or any other site whose revenue is primarily derived from junk product advertisements
If you need to install software that isn't available from the Mac App Store, obtain it only from legitimate sources authorized by the software's developer.
Don’t supply your password in response to a popup window requesting it, unless you know what it is and the reason your credentials are required.
Don’t open email attachments from email addresses that you do not recognize, or click links contained in an email:
Most of these are scams that direct you to fraudulent sites that attempt to convince you to disclose personal information.
Such "phishing" attempts are the 21st century equivalent of a social exploit that has existed since the dawn of civilization. Don’t fall for it.
Apple will never ask you to reveal personal information in an email. If you receive an unexpected email from Apple saying your account will be closed unless you take immediate action, just ignore it. If your iCloud, iTunes, or App Store account becomes disabled for valid reasons, you will know when you try to buy something or log in to this support site, and are unable to.
Don’t install browser extensions unless you understand their purpose. Go to the Safari menu > Preferences > Extensions. If you see any extensions that you do not recognize or understand, simply click the Uninstall button and they will be gone.
Don’t install Java unless you are certain that you need it:
Java, a non-Apple product, is a potential vector for malware. If you are required to use Java, be mindful of that possibility.
Java can be disabled in System Preferences.
Despite its name JavaScript is unrelated to Java. No malware can infect your Mac through JavaScript. It’s OK to leave it enabled.
Beware spontaneous popups: Safari menu > Preferences > Security > check "Block popup windows".
Popup windows are useful and required for some websites, but unsolicited popups are commonly used to deceive people into installing unwanted software they would never intentionally install.
Popups themselves cannot infect your Mac, but many contain resource-hungry code that will slow down Internet browsing.
If you ever receive a popup window indicating that your Mac is infected with some ick or that you won some prize, it is 100% fraudulent. Ignore it. The more insistent it is that you upgrade or install something, the more likely it is to be a scam. Close the window or tab and forget it.
Ignore hyperventilating popular media outlets that thrive by promoting fear and discord with entertainment products arrogantly presented as "news". Learn what real threats actually exist and how to arm yourself against them:
The most serious threat to your data security is phishing. Most of these attempts are pathetic and are easily recognized, but that hasn't stopped prominent public figures from recently succumbing to this age-old scam.
OS X viruses do not exist, but intentionally malicious or poorly written code, created by either nefarious or inept individuals, is nothing new.
Never install something without first knowing what it is, what it does, how it works, and how to get rid of it when you don’t want it any more.
If you elect to use "anti-virus" software, familiarize yourself with its limitations and potential to cause adverse effects, and apply the principle immediately preceding this one.
Most such utilities will only slow down and destabilize your Mac while they look for viruses that do not exist, conveying no benefit whatsoever - other than to make you "feel good" about security, when you should actually be exercising sound judgment, derived from accurate knowledge, based on verifiable facts.
Do install updates from Apple as they become available. No one knows more about Macs and how to protect them than the company that builds them.
Summary: Use common sense and caution when you use your Mac, just like you would in any social context. There is no product, utility, or magic talisman that can protect you from all the evils of mankind.

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.

HT1549 Hello we want to connect Apple (Mini Mac) to our Workgroup under Windows OS, can share files between computers

Our Company will start to develop Apple APP , our systems is Windows , we want to connect 3 or more Mini MACs or IMacs I7 to our Workgroup.
Also we want to install in MiniMac Windows 7 as Virtual in order to start tetsting our APP.
I would liek to have answer
Regards
ALbert Tello

You can join the Macs to Active Directory . On the System Preference/Users & Groups pane, select Login Options and use the Join Network Account button.
If you just want to connect the Macs to other Windows machines for file sharing/printing this may help
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH3895

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