Sharing files between paralells and Mac OS X

Hi,
I read that you can drag and drop files between Paralells windows xp and Mac OS X.
don't know what I am doing wrong but this is not working for me. For one thing when inside the XP window I can't even move the mouse to my OS X desktop.
Is there a way to share folders?
Thanks

I believe you have to install the Parallel Tools for Windows. Do this when you first launch your new Windows virtual session.
Also make sure you have the latest Parallels version. It really is as easy as dragging and dropping files from one window to the other once all is configured.

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My husband and I share an iMac. I have a MBA for traveling and my husband a PC laptop (though he rarely uses for private stuff). We both have iPhones.
We are looking for a way to:
- Share our photos (we don't use iPhoto) and some files. We would like to have this in one shared folder, that we can access from both accounts in the iMac, the MBA and ideally (though not a must) the PC and iPhones. We would both need to have admin rights to edit documents, etc.
- Have access to all the information in my account on the iMac from the MBA. Ideally, same thing for his and the PC.
- Have access to all the data remotely when traveling.
- Have all the data backed up locally (we already have a cloud backup, but we'd like to have a local backup too as it's easier and quicker to access)
We have read a lot about configuration, NAS, time capsule... but we get more and more confused, as we are obviously no tech experts.
Dropbox is not our preferred choice. We already have a cloud backup system. We'd rather have the files stored and accessed locally for everyday use.
Using a NAS to store shared folders and backup the rest sounds good, but they either seem very complicated to set up, or they have mixed reviews in terms of stability, especially to access files remotely.
Timecapsule seems easier and more straightforward, but I'm not sure it would solve the "sharing files between users and macs with admin rights"? It seems to be more focused on backing up the main drive and then providing access to the backed up files. (Though I might be completely mistaken!)
We just can't manage to have one shared folder between both accounts in the iMac. We need to grant admin rights document by document. We don't manage to make it work automatically so we both have one folder to access with full rights for all the contents inside it. And this seems to me like something that should easily be done...?
Any help, advice, proposals... would be greatly appreciated!!!

Move any file you want to the other user to access to the Shared Folder. Anything you put in that folder is available to all users.
The shared folder is here:
Macintosh HD > Users > Shared

Sharing files between pc and mac using ipod ?

I have a PC at work and Mac at home. My work email only allows 10MB enclosures and my work files are often 100MB.
I want to take the files and not the processor home to work on. Can i do this using my colour iPod ?
What i did is format the iPod on the PC and then fill it and sync it with my Mac at home. I did this because i believed that whilst a Mac can read PC file structures the reverse is not true.
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I have a PC running Windows Vista, and a new Macbook. I have set folders on my PC to share with other computers on my network, and I have shared my printer as well on this same network. I can connect to my PC from my Mac using the "Connect to Server" button in the Finder, and I can easily take files from my PC and copy them onto my Mac.
The thing is, I have a few files that I downloaded from the internet saved onto my Mac, and I have to put them onto my Windows PC, but whenever I open a finder window into my Vista shared folder, I can see all the things that are in the folder, but when I try to put files from my Mac into the folder, it says (on the mac) that I need to provide Administrator permissions for this. I don't ever get a chance to provide this permission, and it just says "Access is denied".
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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
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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.

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how can i share my files(mp3,mp4,documents) from my harddisk with mac. i am a new mac user and i have a harddisk of NTFS format(as i was a pc user).I learned that mac supports FAT32 format and therefore i can't write data on my external hard drive.
but, reading a section of OSX yosemite(under compatibility) it is said that now we can easily share files between pc and mac.
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I recently transferred my iTunes library from the PC to an AirDisk. The annoying thing is that when I open iTunes on the Mac, it does the "Updating iTunes Library" which takes a while to complete. When I open iTunes on the PC, it does the same thing. Is there a way to prevent this from happening? Or is this the nature of sharing an iTunes library between PC's and Mac's?
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You don't say what your other Mac is. If it's Power PC, you can't do it. What ever you use it's got to be compatible with your system.
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How do I synchronize files between PC and MAC?

I have Adobe Illustrator installed at work (PC) and at home (MAC). I would like to be able to work on the same AI file from work and home.
I created a file at work and saved it to the Creative Cloud folder.
At home, I was able to synchronize the file folder content and work on the file.
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I found the solution here ->Re: Creative cloud doesnt create a cloud folder on my Users Folder?
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derekajack Jul 28, 2014 5:48 AM (in response to StilesAjax)
Hi,
Please try the following workaround:
MAC
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2. In Terminal, copy and paste this command:
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3. Launch the Creative Cloud desktop application and start syncing.
WINDOWS
1. Quit the Creative Cloud desktop application.
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I recently got a Time Machine to replace my flaky Linksys Wireless N router and since I've done that I can't connect to my PC running Windows XP and was able to before. I have made sure my firewall settings are correct and have gone through many different settings on Time Machine but still no luck.
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http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb727037.aspx
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