MacBook air not connecting to iMac for file sharing
Hello, I have a 2012 MacBook Air running Mavericks.
I am trying to connect (for file sharing) to an iMac also running Mavericks.
File sharing is turned on on both computers. File sharing used to work fine before the upgrade to Mavericks.
Both computers are on the same network. I can ping the iMac from the Macbook. I see the iMac listed on the sidebar of my MacBook's Finder as a Shared drive.
Both computers have iCloud turned on.
However, when I click on the iMac in the Macbook's Filder sidebar, it shows up as "Connection Failed." I click on "Connect As" and nothing happens--no pop up window, nothing.
On the MacBook I am able to use Finder->Go->Connect to Server, enter my iMac's IP address and file sharing works (I can access the files). But when I go to some other local folder and come back to the iMac server, again I cannot see the files. Then I have again do Finder->Go->Connect to server, etc.
(On a different MacBook Pro on the same network I had the same problem, but when I clicked on "Connect As" it asked me to choose a user id and password, and I was able to connect using my Apple ID. However on the MacBook Air I am unable to click on "Connect As.")
Any suggestions on how to fix this will be very much appreciated.
Best,
ADD in HK
Sorry for the delayed update. This is issue is resolved by configuring my router to operate on Channel 11.
Looks like my router could operate on Channels above 11 like 12, 13, etc, whereas Macbook Air could recognise only till Channel 11.
Once the router was configured to use only Channel 11, my issue got resolved.
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