Thanks so much...
My hubby recently purchased me my first Mac OS X and I have been an eager learner of all things Mac related ever since. I wouldn't even look at windows if I didn't have to use QuickBooks Pro for our company.
I was using bootcamp but the tedious task of rebooting every time I needed QB was getting old. I never wanted to leave the mac side...
I did try paralells but wasn't happy with the performance. I eventually installed a demo of VMWare and that was quite a difference. I needed the information in this post in order to share files with the external drives I had installed via USB.
I just wanted to give a big "THANKS" to pastrychef for these excellent instructions! It couldn't have been put any simpler.
Now I can use QB without rebooting!
So THANKS again pastrychef!
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Here is how I do it:
From the Windows virtual machine:
1. Open "My Computer".
2. Right-click the C drive and select "Sharing and Security..."
3. Select the "Sharing" tab in the window that pops up.
4. In the middle section, you should see "Network sharing and security".
a. Check the box next to "Share this folder on the network".
b. Check the box next to "Allow network users to change my files". (optional)
c. Click the "Apply" button in the lower, right corner of this window.
From OS X:
1. From Finder, go to the "Go" drop down menu from the menu bar.
2. Select "Connect to server..."
3. You can either enter the IP address of your Windows virtual machine or click the Browse button. (if you use the IP address method, type in "smb://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx" where xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx should be the actual IP address)
4. Enter the username/password of your Windows virtual machine.
The Windows virtual machine's C drive should now be on your desktop and you will be able to access all the files and be able to put files in there for use on Windows.