IMac file sharing

I have a home network with a Mac and a PC. I'm able to view my Mac files from my PC fine. But there is a problem with saving files, even though I've enabled write access. So my first question is how do I write from my PC to the Mac.
My second question is...is there a way to say "share the whole Mac" without having to go to each folder and give permissions? Thanks for any help.

Joe I read your question. There was very little information that you provided to us. We do not play the back and forth games here with folks who do not give us a lot to provide answers to;
Try this. I already tried that. Did you try this? I tried that. Do this, or this or this. I already did all of those things.
It gets old really fast.
And many of us here really know nothing about Windows. So I gave you the link to the difinitive information from the Apple Knowledge Base regarding file sharing between two computers, Macs & Macs or Macs & PCs. I hoped that perhaps it would shed some light on what you may have been missing.
BTW, you would be surprised at how many folks come here asking questions and refuse to do any searching, they just want us to do it for them. We try not to actually say RTFMS.

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Hi all, I upgraded two machines to 10.6.2, an imac and an mbp, both newer but not the newest. All seemed well but for one problem with the imac: file sharing is really hosed. In the system preferences pane/Sharing I now get this behavior:
1) File Sharing: On, but there are no longer any shared folders or users. I can't add any either.
2) If I click Options, I see that Share files and and folders using AFP is checked, as is Share files and folders using SMB (Windows) with the proper Account ticked on.
3) If I try to share a new folder, then tick off Share files and and folders using AFP, it turns to "-" and file sharing is shut off immediately - and then ALL **** BREAKS LOOSE! I lose keyboard, can't open programs, can't use task bar, and icons clicked on the dock disappear.
Here are the events in a less emotional printout:
Warning 11/13/09 9:09:29 PM LSSharedFileListInsertItemFSRef returned NULL for path:/Volumes/StudioC/8.Downloads
Notice 11/13/09 9:09:29 PM TabletDriver[307]: CarbonCore.framework: coreservicesd process died; attempting to reconnect but future use may result in erroneous behavior.
Notice 11/13/09 9:09:29 PM coreaudiod: CarbonCore.framework: coreservicesd process died; attempting to reconnect but future use may result in erroneous behavior.
Warning 11/13/09 9:09:29 PM (com.apple.coreservicesd[188]) Job appears to have crashed: Segmentation fault
Notice 11/13/09 9:09:29 PM TabletDriver[307]: CarbonCore.framework: coreservicesd process died; attempting to reconnect but future use may result in erroneous behavior.
Notice 11/13/09 9:09:29 PM 2009-11-13 21:09:29.689 ReportCrash[1461:2a03] Saved crash report for coreservicesd[188] version ??? (???) to /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/coreservicesd2009-11-13-210929localhost.crash
Warning 11/13/09 9:09:34 PM ### Error:268435459 File:/SourceCache/SharingPref/SharingPref-193/Shared Classes/SambaUsersSheetManager.m Line:265
Notice 11/13/09 9:09:57 PM _RegisterApplication(), FAILED TO REGISTER PROCESS WITH CPS/CoreGraphics in WindowServer, err=-50
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Warning 11/13/09 9:10:29 PM ### Error:268435459 File:/SourceCache/SharingPref/SharingPref-193/Shared Classes/SambaUsersSheetManager.m Line:265
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This looks pretty bad and the behavior has to be the worst I've ever seen on a mac...it's like the entire system becomes unstable. I've tried all the usual things like Checking Permissions and running Disk Warrior. I even ran Applejack auto figuring I could not hose this up anymore. But nothing seems to fix it. The MBP however is just fine with filesharing and 10.6.2, so this seems to be imac specific. Both machines are configured with pretty much the same software.
Another worrying error message in console is this one, only because if I ever get the above resolved, this machine goes back to FCP editing:
Error 11/13/09 9:00:44 PM Error loading /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/HAL/DVCPROHDAudio.plugin/Contents/MacOS/DVCPROHDAudio: dlopen(/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/HAL/DVCPROHDAudio.plugin/Contents/MacOS/DVCPROHD Audio, 262): no suitable image found. Did find:
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Hi there, thx for that. the 10.6.2 upgrade was made with the downloaded combo installer, as I too always do this. I ran it again, as a last ditch for this image, and it changed nothing. It's the strangest thing. I don't have any users under file sharing, and I can't add any directories, and when I try, the entire system goes haywire. Reminds me of the PC days when the MS OS was infected:)
Not sure what to do now, as I really would like to fix this image. And if I can't, I am not sure if I should risk another iMac with the update. I've read about a Finder Error 10180 bug here on the forums, and this one has that too...after the machine goes nuts, finder seems to be corrupt with that same error. Perhaps related?

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I am considering to use, via airport exreme, one HDD as the common and backup HD for sharing some files between the window based laptop and iMac, what type to HDD I need? Do I need to partition the HDD?

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Imac file sharing problem

ì have 4 people set up on my imac. i want to share some files from my account with the others. ive followed all the instructions on how to do this - preferences, sharing, add users, add files etc etc. But when the users login to their accounts they still cannot see the files when they go into finder, What am i missing here???

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IMAC File Sharing Slow

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To test file transfer speeds, I connected a Windows 7 laptop via ethernet to the iMAC. I transferred "Iron Man" in HD from my Windows 7 desktop and the speeds were mindboggling. So much so that it is twice as fast as transferring direclty from the iMAC.
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Why is my IMAC getting only 16MB/s and Windows 7 laptop 35MB/s?...
I thought it may have to do with SMB shares so I mounted FTP shares instead... same thing.
I've been trying to figure this out for hours and completely stuck.
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And if the iMac isn't connected to the Router, then what?
The Service Order on the Mac also gives priority to the top one, & used for Internet...
10.5.x/10.6.x/10.7.x instructions...
System Preferences>Network, click on the little gear at the bottom next to the + & - icons, (unlock lock first if locked), choose Set Service Order.
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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 . . .
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Got an early start....
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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.
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Last login: Thu May 24 21:10:04 on ttys000
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$
unknown-00-25-00-4c-8b-0f:~ michaelthorne$ ls -al ~/Desktop
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
-rw-r--r--   1 michaelthorne staff      0 18 Sep 2004 .localized
drwxr-xr-x 12 michaelthorne staff    408 24 May 17:23 22.05.12
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 michaelthorne staff    102 15 Apr 2011 Mail.app
drwxr-xr-x   7 michaelthorne staff    238 24 May 16:42 V2 copy
drwxr-xr-x   7 michaelthorne staff    238 24 May 19:30 salvation
unknown-00-25-00-4c-8b-0f:~ michaelthorne$

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.

IMac Can No Longer See MBP for File Sharing

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I have had my iMac and MBP set up for ages to see one another and share files. Worked like a charm. Now, all of a sudden, the iMac can no longer see the MBP - but - the MBP CAN see the iMac and connect. Odd??
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Thanks for the help!
Well, when I rebooted the MBP, it magically appeared on the iMac..so I thought all was well. However, I am now suspicious of the iMac as the culprit.
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Hi,
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*shrugs* I was so sure I'd tried it with the firewall off…
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Ta!
S.
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Hi! I have a WD my book external hard drive plugged into my imac and I want to share it over my network with my apple tv. I went into system preferences sharing, checked "file sharing" and added my external hard drive to the shared folder. So now it is

Hi!
I have a WD my book external hard drive plugged into my imac and I want to share it over my network with my apple tv. I went into system preferences > sharing, checked "file sharing" and added my external hard drive to the shared folder. So now it is listed in "shared folders" but under "users" everything is grayed out (it says "read and write" for "everyone" - but "read and write" is grayed out, and it doesn't let me add or subtract users). Now I can access all of the folders I shared from my imac except for the externalhard drive. What's going on?

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I have and iMac and a Mini Mac Intel Duo configured the same:
jdoe/password/workgroup ( bot Macs have a user name jdoe)
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windows file sharing started with jdoe account enabled
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I'm a new user - recent convert from longtime Windows to Apple. Thought having desktops and computing aligned with phones and tablets would help. Not so far.
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Should also clarify - usually takes multiple hours of checking/unchecking file sharing settings in order to restore the share between Mac Mini and iMac. NEVER happens automatically.
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File sharing between mac mini and iMac

can I share files on my iMac with the Mac Mini wirelessly so I can view them on my HDTV without transferring files to an external hard drive and then connecting the hard drive to the Mac Mini? Or better yet, can I use the Mac Mini to mirror my iMac so I can work on the iMac from the comfort of my recliner in front of the big screen?

The short answer is "yes."
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