File Sharing ML -- Win Pro 8

Both my iMAC and HTPC are connected through a router (Linksys X300). I have no issues with iMAC connecting to the HTPC. However, HTPC from time to time is having difficulties in connecting to iMAC. I have to turn off the file sharing of ML then turning it back on. After a succcesful connection of HTPC to iMAC, file transfer speed is erratic.sometimes I get 70MBPS sometimes 30MBPS or even lower. This doesn't happen if iMAC does the initial connection.
Any advice for a more stable connection. Thanks

You may need to contact AppleCare with this issue it should be working. Prior to calling though I'd recommend on both the MBP and iMac restarting in Safe Mode to clear some caches and also doing both a SMC and PRAM reset on each machine. Be careful the process for doing a SMC reset on a MBP and an iMac are totally different processes. I've listed each below so please read carefully.
iMac
SMC & PRAM Resets
SMC RESET
Shut down the computer.
Unplug the computer's power cord and all peripherals.
Press and hold the power button for 5 seconds.
Release the power button.
Attach the computers power cable.
Press the power button to turn on the computer.
PRAM RESET
Shut down the computer.
Locate the following keys on the keyboard: Command, Option, P, and R. You will need to hold these keys down simultaneously in step 4.
Turn on the computer.
Press and hold the Command-Option-P-R keys. You must press this key combination before the gray screen appears.
Hold the keys down until the computer restarts and you hear the startup sound for the second time.
Release the keys.
MacBook Pro
SMC Reset
There are a couple of things you can do before heading off to the Apple store, a SMC and PRAM resets. To do these:
SMC RESET
Shut down the computer.
Plug in the MagSafe power adapter to a power source, connecting it to the Mac if its not already connected.
On the built-in keyboard, press the (left side) Shift-Control-Option keys and the power button at the same time.
Release all the keys and the power button at the same time.
Press the power button to turn on the computer.

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Airport and personal file sharing between macbook pros

My wife and I each have 2.2 ghz macbook pros. I wanted to transfer about 30 photos from iphoto on my macbook pro to my wife's macbook pro; I turned on personal file sharing on my computer (the "host"), exported the jpegs from iphoto to my shared folder, and then used the wireless network to mount the shared folder on my wife's desktop. She downloaded the jpegs onto her computer from my shared folder but found that 5 of them would not open-- preview gave a message that it couldn't recognize the files. The other 25 photos seemed to open fine. I went back to my computer and e-mailed the same 5 photos that preview couldn't recognize, and my wife's computer had no trouble opening the e-mailed photos with preview.
Does anyone have any idea what went wrong with using personal file sharing and airport to transfer the photos between the 2 macbook pros? All software and firmware on both computers are both up to date. Thanks very much.

Not sure what went wrong, but there's an easier way ...
On the source Mac open iPhoto Preferences/Sharing and check "Share my photos" and "Share entire Library"
On the destination Mac open iPhoto Preferences/Sharing and check "Look for shared photos"

File Sharing between macbook pro and imac

Hello,
I'm having trouble with file sharing between my bankbook pro and my new iMac. I want to share some photos on my iPhoto library from my macbook pro and transfer them to my iMac. I've turned on file sharing and tried connecting, entered in my username and password, but it won't connect. I've tried several times with the correct username and password combination, and the box just shakes and denies entry. I've even tried connecting as a guest user and it says "access is denied, contact system administrator." Can anyone help? I've upgraded to Yosemite on both computers.
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I've done everything that you've recommended, however, I am still having trouble sharing files between my macbook and iMac. I even tried using airdrop to transfer files, but nothing seems to be working. I've made sure the firewall options are what they're supposed to be and everything. Whenever I try to login as administrator to file share, it won't accept my password. I don't know why airdrop isn't working either.

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The three macines are already networked via an Airport and are sharing internet, etc. I've been able to set up AppleTalk, but that only shares public folders. I'm trying to set up the more advanced sharing features offered by Server.
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Pretty broad question.
In summary, you use the Sharing panel of Workgroup Manager to create a sharepoint, and to set the permissions for your users. You can read all about it in the File Services Administration manual, which is part of Apple's documentation:
http://www.apple.com/server/documentation/
If you have a specific issue that you're running into, post again and I'm sure you'll get the help you need.

Instant file sharing btwn macbook pro n iPhone 6

Hi friends, this is prasad please help me how to share files, music, photos between macbook pro n iPhone 6 instantly
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i recently bought iPhone 6 running iOS 8.1.3
i can't use airdrop as only macs of 2013 or later are supporting it my bluetooth is not connecting please help

Music is not sharable except for iTunes purchases. Apple locks up the Music app.
There are app that allow wifi transfer of photos and some files:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/wireless-drive-transfer-share/id569832333?mt=8
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/feem-wifi-file-transfer-free/id596378699?mt=8
The GoodReader app
http://www.goodiware.com/gr-man-tr-wifi-mac.html
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I am sharing my macbook pro over a network with windows 7, however through windows 7 I can access my whole computer instead of just the shared files!

I am sharing my macbook pro over a network with windows 7, however through windows 7 I can access my whole computer instead of just the shared files!

Hi Sig,
The issue is that i only want the shared folders to be accessed through windows 7.
Whats the point otherwise to have shared folders?
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XP pro file sharing and guest password - how to enable guest password?

Hi,
I want to share files between two Windows XP pro computers. I would also like that these shares can only be accessed with a password.
Here's a description of my setup:
I have two laptops: over 1 yo Fujitsu-Siemens (FS) running on Windows XP pro (finnish) and a brand new Thinkpad T61 (TP) running on Windows XP pro (english). Both of theses computers have guest account enabled and these accounts have also been password protected. FS's guest account is called "vieras" because of the language settings and TP's guest account is of course just "guest". Guest account passwords have been enabled using "net user <user name> *".
I've disabled simple file sharing on both computers, set shared folder permission to only contain these users: TP - "Guest (TP\Guest)" and FS - "Vieras (FS\Vieras)". Both computers have F-secure on them so I've made firewall rules which enable following services both ways to a specific IP: Ping / ICMP echo request and reply ; Windows file sharing and network printers ; Windows network browsing ; ICMP / Internet Control Message Protocol. I've also enabled these services on Windows firewall.
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Everything on my setup works just fine except just one thing. I connect to a shared resource by running the computer's IP address. When I connect from TP to FS it prompts for username and password. FS accepts both english and finnish names for the guest account provided that the password is correct. But here's the problem... When connecting from FS to TP _no password or username prompt appears_. If I browse TP's shared folder sessions (under My Computer -> manage) I can see that FS is logged on as "vieras" i.e. FS's guest account.
Since I enabled FS's network shares over a year a go I can't remember everything I did to make it work. Every relevant configuration on TP and FS seem to be identical (e.g. "Security settings -> local policies -> security options -> Accounts: limit local account use of blank passwords to console logon only -> enabled") but still TP accepts connections without password prompt.
I've tried to get TP's password prompts enabled for a while now without any success. I did a lot of searching on the subject but I could only find instructions on how to disable guest account password prompts for network shares.
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Solved!
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Success!
I solved my problem by changing guest account passwords. I tried to keep things simple by using the same guest password on both computers. This however allowed FS to log on to TP without guest password for some unknown reason. My logic would tell me that having the same guest password would allow both computers to log in without password but this wasn't obviously the case. I guess Windows has its own logic that I can't figure out or this issue had something to do with different language setups. Anyhow my shares work now like I want them to work.

How can I move over my iPhoto from iMac 10.5.8 onto new macbook pro Mavericks? Tried file sharing tells me I haven't got the relevant permissions when I try to put it onto desktop. Can someone give noddy instructions on what to do please?

I have tried copying iphoto onto flash drive and then putting on the pro but it just comes up as having no photos in it. Can I have two seperate iphotos on one laptop? I tried file sharing the iphoto library too but just comes up with not having the relevant permissions to put it on the pro. Please help, I'm not massively computer literate and just want my laptop to have photos on. I also need to move my itunes music....how would I do that? I don't want everything from my imac so don't want to use migration assistant. Thank you.

Hi Thomas,
Thank you again for another very swift response.
The folder got into the Trash because I'm an idiot who didn't think he needed it anymore.
Then I thought: hold on a minute. I'll pull that back out of the Trash before I delete it, JUST in case.
And thank goodness I did.
Here are the Terminal results:
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unknown-00-25-00-4c-8b-0f:~ michaelthorne$
unknown-00-25-00-4c-8b-0f:~ michaelthorne$ ls -al ~/.Trash
total 32
drwx------   4 michaelthorne staff    136 24 May 22:01 .
drwxr-xr-x+ 17 michaelthorne staff    578 24 May 17:28 ..
-rw-r--r--@ 1 michaelthorne staff 12292 24 May 22:01 .DS_Store
drwxr-xr-x   5 michaelthorne staff    170 24 May 21:52 untitled folder
unknown-00-25-00-4c-8b-0f:~ michaelthorne$
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total 48
drwx------+ 8 michaelthorne staff    272 24 May 22:01 .
drwxr-xr-x+ 17 michaelthorne staff    578 24 May 17:28 ..
-rw-r--r--@ 1 michaelthorne staff 21508 24 May 22:01 .DS_Store
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Hello, can anyone tell me how to share my home macbook pro to my imac in the office? I tried file sharing but never worked for me...appreciate if anyone can help!

Hello, can anyone tell me how to share my home macbook pro to my imac in the office? I tried file sharing but never worked for me...appreciate if anyone can help!

I should have added to my posting (instead of using this "reply" - it is the server passwork it is asking for and I have never known that I had one and assumed it was the passwork I always used for this type of thing.

File Sharing between Snow Leopard MacBook Pro and Mac OS 8.6 Powerbook 1400

well ok, for some this might sound ridicule. Why should I still be using a 13 year old PowerBook. Let me tell you, this is writing/typing heaven, Zen-like; no distractions at all, no twitter, no internet (although possible), no emails just pure you and your text and if you spin down the HDD, absolute silence. as said before pure Zen writing heaven. and on top of that you're typing on the best keyboard ever on a laptop.
As you might see I love my vintage masterpiece of a laptop and use it on a regular basis. Just one Problem.
Since I Installed Snow Leopard on my MacBook Pro 17" I just haven't been able to establish a connection between the two machines.
I have to admit, I'm not that versed with OS 8.6 but with 10.5 I had absolutely no problems accessing the shared folders on my MacBook Pro and vice versa.
My first thought was to activate Appletalk on the ethernet on my Macbook, which I failed to find anywhere. The Apple Discussions Forums revealed that Appletalk has been dropped with the introduction of Snow Leopard but all the entries where regarding printing issues with shared printers, I didn't find anything about actual file sharing and thus did not get any clues how to share files between my two machines.
My PowerBook 1400cs/166 runs on 8.6 and I use a Global Village Platinum PCMCIA card (modem and Ethernet combi card). this setup worked perfectly with 10.5 but I have not been able to make establish a connection since running 10.6 on my MBP.
I am really desperate since I heavily depend on being able to exchange files between those two machines through an ethernet connection.
So I kindly ask anyone who might be able to help me to please consider posting any solutions or at least ideas which could help me with my problem. I really would greatly appreciate any effort whatsoever.
Thank you very much for your time.
EDIT:
What I forgot to mention: strangely enough, when I enable Internet Sharing on my MacBook Pro (through Airport) to Ethernet, my PowerBook 1400 can connect to the internet without any problems.
Message was edited by: Apolloss

First of all let me thank you very much. It actually works (partially).
There seems to be a problem though. While I can connect perfectly from my MBP 10.6 to my PowerBook 1400, the other way round doesn't work.
My MBP does not show up in the Network browser of OS 8.6 but I could life with that.
The problem is that if I try to connect to my MBP from my PB1400 by entering the IP directly a alert message appears reading that the "User Authentication Method required by this server can't be found, please check the AppleShare folder in the Extensions folder and try again".
Do you have any clues what I'm doing wrong or where the problem may lie?
PS.
Even if you may not be able to further help me with this problem, I ow you a great deal of gratitude and am very thankful for your help so far. At least I can exchange files between the two machines and that's what I needed in the first place.

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Have been researching how to set up the ability to see my Mac Pro's HD from my Mac Book. Have 4 HD's installed in Mac Pro and would like to access my photos on my Mac Pro from Mac Book. Have Photoshop CS3 Extended on both machines (need to de-activate one not running on) and would like to edit image files with CS3 on my Mac Book. Mac Book has 120GB HD with 4 GB RAM to run CS3.
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If you just want to do this on your home network, wired or wireless, and you've already enabled file sharing, you're done.
Just hit command/k to Connect To Server, then hit browse.
Your MacPro should show up.
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Now you'll get a choice of volumes, or drives, to mount on your MacBook's desktop.
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File Sharing with user on MacBook Pro, restrict access to certain folders

I work on my iMac mostly and have 3 external drives hooked into the iMac. I have file sharing turned on because I want to be able to access these external drives on my macbook pro. I can get into all my drives as planned. However, I have a user on the macbook where I want to restrict them from seeing certain folders on those external drives.
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Please help!!!!!!!

Response appreciated but the easiest way to handle the problem, is being able to restrict 2 or 3 folders which is what I can't figure out how to do. Maybe there is no way to do this. I have spent a good deal of time organizing the folders in the first place, and with some of these things being related to my business, it would be more of a headache and major issue, to reorganize these folders. Things are very well organized, I just don't want certain users to have access to a couple of the folders as those certain folders have income related and budget related information.
So my issue is really, not about re-organizing or any of that, but merely, how to I set a folder to where a certain user doesn't have access to that certain folder.
You wouldn't think that would be too difficult, but then again, maybe it is just something that can't be done. I would think it'd be as easy as opening the "get info" on that certain folder, selecting that user and setting it to say "no access" - however, that is not an option in the drop down and I don't know why. It offers, read & write, read only, write only (drop box). Even when I select write only, it still allows that user to see all my files in that folder and access them. So I'm just not sure why "no access" is not listed there as an option.
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File Sharing with Airport and 2 MacBook Pros

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Under "Shared" in the navigation pane on the left of your Finder window, click on the computer you're trying to access.
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I've installed Mavericks on my Mac Pro. It works well, generally, but will not stay asleep! Pressing the power button twice sometimes extends the sleep mode but even that seldom results in a full overnight sleep. File sharing off. What else can help?

Hi fremley,
Thanks for visiting Apple Support Communities.
This article may be helpful with determining why your Mac Pro doesn't stay in sleep mode:
Mac OS X: Why your Mac might not sleep or stay in sleep mode
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1776
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Moving the mouse or using a portable Mac's trackpad, pressing a mouse button, or pressing a key on the keyboard
Some System Preferences settings (see below)
Open applications (see below)
Input devices (see below)
Expansion cards (see below)
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