Synching MBP to Mac Pro

Dear Board,
Can I have the MBP "talk" to the Mac Pro via the Airport Extreme cards without a cable running between the two, or do I need a wireless router?
Thanks for your help.
B3

you do not need an airport base station.
you can network your two computers together using the airport cards installed in them.
- you will need to select the airport menu in the upper right hand corner. in the drop down, you will need to choose " create network"
- then you need to go to network preferences. change the Show menu to " airport." click on the tcp/ip tab. get the ip address.
on the other computer, join the created network from the Airport menu.
open finder. from the Go menu , choose, "connect to server"
enter in the ip address and connect as a registered user. you will need to enter in the user name and password for the computer you are trying to connect to.
the end result will be to mount the hard drive of one computer on the desktop of the other. you can copy files to and from the hard drives after that.

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Any MacBook Pro will have enough room to handle photos and e-mail. If you take a lot of RAW photos, you'll want to either invest in DVDs to burn on or get extra external hard drives to backup to*:
http://www.macmaps.com/backup.html
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Accessing MBP and Mac Pro from iPhone (back to my mac? VPN?)

i am running Mountain Lion on the Mac Pro and Mavericks on the MBP and i am wondering if i have options for accessing these computers from my iPhone 5.
is this Back to My Mac and if so should i be able to access both computers from the iPhone while running this and what should i search for for setup instructions? or is this a utility only for getting back to my MBP running Mavericks from the iPhone or for getting back to my Mac Pro from my MBP? i am a bit confused about all of this.
also, does VPN get me something that Back to My Mac does not?
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Back to My Mac is for connecting from one Mac from another Mac with your iCloud account. iOS is not a Mac, so that isn't a supported feature – tell Apple you want it – http://apple.com/feedback/
A VPN is not the same as Back to My Mac. A VPN is a way to 'securley connect into a network from the outside' so that you can access your home network whilst away etc. VPN's can be created on computers or some routers. A VPN on a network can potentially allow you access to everything on that local network.
You should probably read up on what each of them is…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Back_to_my_mac
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vpn
You will need to explain what exactly you want to access - e.g. the files on the Mac, or use the UI to control the Mac (as if you were in front of it).
Apps like Screens can allow you some access to the Mac via iOS http://edovia.com/screens
You may find is much simpler to store required files in Dropbox & access them on iOS, it really depends on what you hope to access.
VPN's can be setup with Mac OS X Server, but that is probably not something to run unless you really need it (and have time to learn how to set up correclty - it will require you open up ports on your router which is a real security risk).

Connection issue MBP to Mac Pro

i have an old issue where when i access my mac pro from my MBP it is called "MyName Mac Pro (2)" and i have always wanted to get rid of the "(2)" because it annoys me that i cannot control why it is there.
now i have an issue where the Mac Pro just comes up with a blank Finder window and shows that i am connecting via my iCloud account email address (which seems just plain bizarre) and i can't get the "disconnect" to work so i can't access my desktop from the laptop.
anyway i am going to turn off wifi and try to connect again but i would like to solve this name issue and if anyone has any tips on either of these issues it would be great.
TIA

Please follow these instructions:
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https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3258472

How to copy a project from MBP to Mac Pro without media

Explanation:
Our Director takes all the video interviews, imports this media into a Mac Book Pro (FCP X 10.1.1), creates a Project, makes his audio selects, and edits the video onto the timeline. Then he copies the Project to a portable hard drive.
In the meantime, we have imported all the media into our main edit station, a Mac Pro. Now we plug in the portable drive, open that Library, and copy the Project with the video interview selects to our main Event with all the media on the Mac Pro.
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Hi Cliff,
Welcome to the Support Communities!
For your particular workflow to be successful, the media needs to be stored outside the Library (External Media). It is important that the media that is being shared is identical on all drives or computers. The resource below will provide additional information and best practices for working with media in the new Final Cut Pro 10.1.1 environment. See Page 4 regarding Managed vs. External Media.
Managing Media with Final Cut Pro X Libraries
www.apple.com/final-cut-pro/docs/Media_Management.pdf
Managed and External Media
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Can I use Lion Server to sync files from my MBP and Mac Pro tower?

I have a 2008 Macbook Pro and a Mac Pro I'd like to sync files between. I also have a Mac Mini that I'm considering for an OS X Lion Server install if it could help sync all my files across computers. Any suggestions would be greatly appriciated!

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Does anyone know of the correct settings to network your macbook pro with your mac pro for file sharring over firewire?

This is not very hard.
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Hi,
I am a long time Palm enthusiast who is frustrated. No more Palm products for me or anyone I speak to until I solve this problem. Someone at Palm should be paying attention to their long time cusotmers. I bought Palms in 2002 and 2003.
The support literature coming with two Treo 755p that I bought was so poor that never saw the fine print that there was three months of support if I registered the devices. The registration page does not let me register. All the fields are ghosted after I put in the serial number. I bought one in June 2008 and the other in early 2008. So never registered and can get no help from Palm now it seems.
So beside that gripe below is the problem issue info.
I can't get a Verizon Treo 755p to USB cable Hot Synch with my daughters 17" Mac Pro Laptop. It is using OS 10.5x She lives in another city so I am trouble shooting this remotely.
Did - Revd Palm upgrage has been installed.
PalmDesktopMac421Revd.dmg (17MB)
http://kb.palm.com/SRVS/CGI-BIN/WEBCGI.EXE/,/?St=4518,E=0000000000255177998,K=6239,Sxi=3,case=obj(33...
Did in advanced settings on the Treo select in the Synch preferences allow other Hot Sync applications.
That process worked however on my own Treo 755p Verizon as below:
After much work, hours over several months, I got my my Treo 755p Verizon to Hot Synch with a QuickSilver desk top Mac running os 10.5x.
Did the RevD upgrade.
Did in advanced settings on the Treo select in the Synch preferences allow other Hot Sync applications. Otherwise the Wireless Synch feature prevents a Hot Synch.
Once those both were done than Hot Synch works fine, and Wireless Synch works fine and does not interfere.
The Wireless on both PDAs is scheduled to be removed on both Treos due the economy on Feb. 4th, so I would like the HotSynch to be working so her Treo is backed up.
Thanks so much to anyone who replies to help out.
Best
Post relates to: Treo 755p (Verizon)
Post relates to: Treo 755p (Verizon)
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Works now, she had created a user ID as prompted when installing the HotSynch Software, but it was not the same name of the Treo 755p. The default ID was the one she from installing the software, so it showed nothing in address or contacts, but when she switched to the Treo ID than all her stuff was there.
Post relates to: Treo 755p (Verizon)

Mac Pro 2.66 Logic , still synch error ? is this possible ?

well , here goes my suprise . got recently Mac Pro 2.66 , one of the fastest machines around and i still get "could not synchronise data in time " error when CPU Usage of OS X is only on 12% !!! with not much happening in a Song ? is this still draging every body else down ? i used to have a lot of synch errors when i was on Pentium 4 Logic 5.5
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B
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i think logic is fine Instrument it needs to be improved just as any other major DAW's . synch errors like , coundn't process data in time etc, is 20th century . there is enough tech knowelege nowedays to sort this legacy of the past out . what i'm afraid to go into is to start twicking OS till i would go Grey and not having any improvement as i did when i was usin PC & Windos . Melissa .., i have those error poping up without audio files in a song , only logic Synths and Stylus can cause those pop up . i don't want to dramatize it i have qute bearable interaptions but still those kind of Audio or whatever related problems they might be should be sorted out once and for all by Apple . also i constructed audoload on a new system i was using Cubase before i moved to Mac .
for Chris', attention i've got quite qood Audio interface hooked up : Yamaha i88x Mlan interface .
i'm hopeing to hear more feedback on this thread though.
B
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