File sharing 10.5 (PPC) with 10.9 Mavericks

Hi, I'm interested in a new macbook air, however I need to ensure that is will network with file sharing to my G5 Power Mac (PPC). This is to transfer files. movies, photos,backup stuff etc . . .
Obviously I can use target mode, and other methods But I'm strickly interested if File sharing over a home network works
Can anyone confirm this?
Thank you.

Got an early start....
iMac 10.8.5, 10.9.4
eMac 10.4.11
Both OSX versions on iMac File Sharing & Screen Sharing works both ways, no problem.
PS eMac/10.4.11 needs CoVNC to get iMac's Screen shared.

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First off I wanna say that I am new and I haven't been in this forum before (so please don't flame me if this thread is in the wrong place).....
My wife and I are still getting used to our new macbook pro. We have set up seperate accounts for each other so she can keep her work info seperate from my school info.
However, I would like to be able to share files like photos and office documents and spreadsheets between us. I know there is a way we can do this, but I haven't figured it out on the apple platform just yet.
With this being said does anyone have a few nuggets of knowledge on this issue? Any bit would be appreciated

Go to:
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I searched everywhere but couldn't find my exact question. I'm new to the MAC world...
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Hello,
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Hello.
I read this here: http://www.maclive.net/sid/236 but I do not see the option to check "windows sharing" in the "sharing" menu in "system preference".
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That would be because you are using Snow Leopard and that article is two years old - look at the date. In Snow you want File Sharing in the Sharing preferences. However, to share files served by another computer on your network you need to turn on File Sharing on that computer. When you do the file sharing preference will give you an access IP address in the form of afp://xxx.yyy.zzz.nnn/.
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Since going to Snow Leopard on my 24"iMac (clean install, currently 10.6.2), I have been unable to see any of the PCs on my network and have had multiple, daily application freezes, slow application startups, pinwheels and other assorted problems.
After many hours of on-line research, troubleshooting and calling Apple support to no avail, I finally found that the problem is related to file sharing in a blog at iLounge.
http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/backstage/comments/two-proposed-solutions-to-sn ow-leopard-crash-problems-on-macs/
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joelhe wrote:
Questions: Are there any work-arounds that will let me re-enable file sharing on my Mac so that I can share files with my network of PCs (Win 7, Vista and XP) without having to go back to OS 10.5 or the almost hourly problems with 10.6? Can we expect a fix from Apple in the near future?
Work arounds should not be needed. If what's below doesn't work with a little customization to your situation, then you have a non-Snow problem.
A. On a Win7 machine,
1. Ignore everything to do with Homegroup, except as mentioned below.
2. Go > Computer > Users > User; right click on User and chose Share with > Specific people; and Set to share with a specific individual or Everyone with Read/Write permission.
3. Go Control Panel > Network and Sharing Center > Change advanced sharing settings, and Turn on network discovery; Turn on file and printer sharing; Turn off public folder sharing (unless you want it on); Turn off password protected sharing (unless sharing won’t work without turning it on); Select 128-bit encryption; and elect to Allow Windows to manage homegroup ….
4. Restart (probably not necessary, but I’d do it).
B. On a Vista machine,
1. Select a folder to share, right click on the folder, choose sharing, and, using the remaining menus/options, share the folder with everyone allowing read and write (later, after getting things working, you can change who is allowed to share the folder).
2. Go Control Panel > Network and, turn on file and printer sharing, Turn off public folder sharing, and Turn off password protected sharing (unless sharing won’t occur without turning it on). Turn on allow network access if there is a box to do so (can't remember).
3. Restart (probably not necessary, but I’d do it).
C. On an XP machine.
1. Try sharing your My Documents folder. To do so, right click on the folder, and, as I recall, chose sharing.
2. Alternatively, I think you can look at the folders properties after right clicking and then select sharing.
3. However you get there you should see two sharing options. Check both of them. 4. Look at the folders permissions. Enable "everyone" to read and write the folder.
5. Restart (probably not necessary, but I’d do it).
D. On a Sno machine,
1. Go System Preferences > Sharing > Check File sharing > Go Options > Enable SMB sharing.
2. Go System Preferences > Network > Select Airport or Ethernet depending on what you are going to be using.
3. If your network is wireless, having selected Airport, select ask to join new networks and show Airport status in menu bar. If it is an Ethernet network, then Go System Preferences > Network > Select Ethernet. Chose configure IpV4 using DHCP, and ignore the "remember networks this computer has joined instruction" below.
4. Click advanced > click remember networks this computer has joined > Click Wins > Enter the ip address of the Vista machine in the WINS server box > Enter the Vista's workgroup name in the workbook box unless it already is there (look in the drop down menu too). In all likelihood the name is workgroup, but check on the Vista machine.
5. Restart (probably not necessary, but I’d do it).

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Dave Barnes wrote:
Some help at http://www.geeksrus.com/2007/03/17/connecting-to-mac-file-sharing-via-vista/ perhaps.
That is an excellent reference! Just another reason why Vista is trash.

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Can anyone recommend an affordable local network solution that serves as a backup location (for Time Machine preferably) and a file share?
A little history…
We have a small business office of 5 iMac's running 10.6.8 that currently back up via Time Machine with a 3rd Gen Apple Time Capsule. Our file sharing system is simply sharing every local drive or attached external drive with everyone else on the network. We would like to move this all to one location, on our local network, if possible.
We could keep the backups on the Time Capsule and then have a separate solution for file sharing however our experience with the Time Capsule hasn’t been a good one. It had to be replaced 2 years ago due to a failed hard drive (Apple support ended up replacing it for free) and now it seems to be exhibiting the same behaviors again. I will call Apple when people leave for the day but it isn’t under warranty and we need a more reliable solution.
Now would be a good time for us to explore options on combining these two functions if it is at all possible.
Thank you.

For file serving and backup it is best to use a dedicated computer.. perhaps running a Server OS.
You can buy a Mac Mini for this function.. although you will also need to buy a large external drive for it of some sort. That of course will allow you to handle both Time Machine and File Serving natively.
However I would be rather less inclined to do it if all you can get now is Yosemite Server.. as I am not sure it is that reliable nor am I sure Snow Leopard would work that well with it.
An older mini server running one of the earlier versions might be a possible.
Mostly what people use now is a NAS. (Network-Attached Storage)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network-attached_storage
These are readily available.. Synology have a good name for Apple compatibility.. but you should note that it is not native apple.. and when OS changes are made these companies take a while to catch up. I have been testing a Synology for my mac backup and it works well..
I might also jump to another backup though.. Carbon Copy Cloner.. as it has some good abilities particularly when you are using something non-apple for storage location.
Remember if both your files and backups are on the NAS.. you have no backups.. a NAS failure is not unknown.. So all your files need to be backed up.. the advantage of the synology is you can allow the unit to back itself up to a USB drive plugged into it.. or more sophisticated RSYNC to another location.

Problem with "Personal File Sharing"

Apple Support
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There is long delay, if I turn on the "Sharing" dialogue box.
When it works shortly, I click the "Personal File Sharing" option.
Then there is long delay again, then "Windows Sharing" is automatically selected without any change.
"Personal File Sharing" is always off.
When I click the other options while this short moment, they can be turned on and off.
Only "Personal File Sharing" does not work!
And my Laptop can not be seen in other OS X.
How can I find the reason and how can I solve this problem?
What I can suppose is only the installation of Server Assistent.
Can it be a problem?
Sincerely yours
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Without the install CD, you are hosed.
What happened to it?
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Emailing you now...
Lets say the Username on Machine#1 is jk1, Username on Machine #2 is jk2, and is an admin on #2...
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