Macbook Air Questions

nacrawley190 · Jan 31, 2013, 04:37 PM

Okay so I think I am going to buy an 11 inch MBA base model 64 gig SSD 4 gigs of ram etc. Yes I'm going with the cheapest possible set up because I want a mac notebook. It seems like a good fit for me. Youtube, facebook, web surfing, word processing. very simple stuff.

My Question

How difficult is it to set up some sort of network where I can use my Desktop's, a PowerMac G5, HDD space and optical drive.

Waragainstsleep · Jan 31, 2013, 06:25 PM

Sharing files from the G5 is easy. You just tick the file sharing box under sharing in System preferences.

Sharing the optical drive will depend on what OS you have on the G5. I'm not 100% convinced Leopard (the latest possible) will run the DVD sharing software Apple provides.

You will have to have the G5 awake and running in order to access it. Either set it to never sleep from energy saver control panel or look into WakeOnLAN.

burnout8488 · Jan 31, 2013, 07:34 PM

Yeah, you really don't "set up" any type of network. You just check the box on your computers for "File Sharing" and they will show up as shared network devices on all of your computers.

BlakeBrattina · Jan 31, 2013, 09:28 PM

Here's a question - Say I'm at work with my MBP, and a colleague of mine brings his MBP in as well and we both have file sharing allowed. Can we both access each others files, or does the file sharing only work with those devices that are connected to specific networks, etc?

Jan 31, 2013, 04:37 PM	#1
nacrawley190 macrumors newbie Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Raleigh NC	Macbook Air Questions Okay so I think I am going to buy an 11 inch MBA base model 64 gig SSD 4 gigs of ram etc. Yes I'm going with the cheapest possible set up because I want a mac notebook. It seems like a good fit for me. Youtube, facebook, web surfing, word processing. very simple stuff. My Question How difficult is it to set up some sort of network where I can use my Desktop's, a PowerMac G5, HDD space and optical drive.
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Jan 31, 2013, 07:34 PM	#3
burnout8488 macrumors 6502 Join Date: May 2011 Location: Endwell, NY	Yeah, you really don't "set up" any type of network. You just check the box on your computers for "File Sharing" and they will show up as shared network devices on all of your computers. __________________ Intel: iMac 4,1 (Flashed to 5,1), 2012 MBA 13" Base PPC: Blueberry iBook 366 iOS: iPhone 4S - 32GB Sprint / iPad 2 - 16GB Verizon
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Jan 31, 2013, 09:28 PM	#4
BlakeBrattina macrumors 6502 Join Date: May 2011 Location: Southeast Michigan	Here's a question - Say I'm at work with my MBP, and a colleague of mine brings his MBP in as well and we both have file sharing allowed. Can we both access each others files, or does the file sharing only work with those devices that are connected to specific networks, etc? __________________ 13" MacBook Pro 2.3, i5 13" MacBook Air 1.7, i5 Iphone4 WhiteiPad Mini Ipod Touch 3/4 2nd Gen AppleTV
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Jan 31, 2013, 06:25 PM	#2
Waragainstsleep macrumors regular Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: UK	Sharing files from the G5 is easy. You just tick the file sharing box under sharing in System preferences. Sharing the optical drive will depend on what OS you have on the G5. I'm not 100% convinced Leopard (the latest possible) will run the DVD sharing software Apple provides. You will have to have the G5 awake and running in order to access it. Either set it to never sleep from energy saver control panel or look into WakeOnLAN.
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