Connect to Mac From Windows 10

[Steverido1]

Hi Guys,

I wonder if anyone here networks with a PC!

I have upgraded my early 2011 17" MacBook Pro to El Capitan and my custom PC to Windows 10. Prior to this the OSX was Yosemite and Windows 8.1. I could connect to the Mac from Windows no problem. Since upgrading both I can't connect to the Mac. I have tried to connect to El Capitan from another Windows 8.1 since to no avail. I have also reverted the OSX to Yosemite and still can't connect to the Mac from Windows PC.

I have followed the Network and sharing setup for the Mac to the letter from Apples website. I have checked forums and had Apple support check the setup remotely and it is fine.

Has anyone else had this issue and can help because I have run out of ideas now?

Thanks in advance.

 

[Spudlicious]

Hi Guys,

I wonder if anyone here networks with a PC!

I have upgraded my early 2011 17" MacBook Pro to El Capitan and my custom PC to Windows 10. Prior to this the OSX was Yosemite and Windows 8.1. I could connect to the Mac from Windows no problem. Since upgrading both I can't connect to the Mac. I have tried to connect to El Capitan from another Windows 8.1 since to no avail. I have also reverted the OSX to Yosemite and still can't connect to the Mac from Windows PC.

I have followed the Network and sharing setup for the Mac to the letter from Apples website. I have checked forums and had Apple support check the setup remotely and it is fine.

Has anyone else had this issue and can help because I have run out of ideas now?

Thanks in advance.

Yes, I've seen the issue, but not yet an answer. My main PC is a Windows 10 machine in my study, and with Yosemite I can see its shared folders over the network, no problems. But El Capitan, whilst it shows the PC in Finder, cannot connect. I suspect this is because EC doesn't use the SMB protocol as previous versions of OSX do. Not connecting to the PC is not a show-stopper for me if I can use a network drive as an intermediary, but alas EC has trouble with them! For now I can share files via Google Drive, but probably I'll get ticked off with the situation and roll back to Yosemite, as I've already done a few times.

 

[Steverido1]

You can connect to Windows easily on El Capitan ad it does still share with SMB. If you review the settings in shared you will see there is a check box.

I can connect to Windows from the Mac but not to the Mac from Windows.

I also noted that the Windows Network Credentials box shows my name in the Domain but I am unsure what the Domain is or means.