I'm unsure whether this is better being asked in a Windows forum or Mac - although I'm starting off here as I think the problem lies within the mac application rather than the Windows Server. W
I'm wanting to connect my imac to Windows Server Essentials 2016. To do so there is something called a connector application which adds the Mac to the Essentials dashboard. It doesn't do very much - but in my case I need to go through that process because that is what will enable AFP sharing on the server so I can run Time Machine backups. Windows PCs are added fine to the server - so it's just Mac.
Now, the connector doesn't run on 10.12. What I've done is install 10.10 on an external SSD and doing it through that (as once the AFP is enabled it stays enabled). I run the connector, point it to the server IP, add my user account - and then it just sits there at "Connecting your computer to the Server". Nothing pops up on my server suggesting it's making progress. See screenshot.
If anyone has any experience with this could you post?
But I guess most people won't so are there any utilities out there I could use to probe about and see what's happening? I'm wondering if it's some sort of network/firewall issue?
I'm wanting to connect my imac to Windows Server Essentials 2016. To do so there is something called a connector application which adds the Mac to the Essentials dashboard. It doesn't do very much - but in my case I need to go through that process because that is what will enable AFP sharing on the server so I can run Time Machine backups. Windows PCs are added fine to the server - so it's just Mac.
Now, the connector doesn't run on 10.12. What I've done is install 10.10 on an external SSD and doing it through that (as once the AFP is enabled it stays enabled). I run the connector, point it to the server IP, add my user account - and then it just sits there at "Connecting your computer to the Server". Nothing pops up on my server suggesting it's making progress. See screenshot.
If anyone has any experience with this could you post?
But I guess most people won't so are there any utilities out there I could use to probe about and see what's happening? I'm wondering if it's some sort of network/firewall issue?