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Share files with PCs on home LAN?
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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1549
And again have a look at the following links, as the information presented there might be helpful in your future endeavours into Mac OS X and could clear up initial confusion and may even prevent harm to your system or your files.
http://www.apple.com/support/switch101/
http://www.apple.com/findouthow/mac/
http://www.apple.com/support/mac101/
PS: In all of my previous posts to your threads I found the answer via web search engine by entering "mac os x set up printer", "mac os x file sharing" and the picture I found via "mac os x pdf create".
As you will now discover Mac OS X, also know that many before you had the same questions and thus many have already been answered many, many and plenty of times, and many have even made an effort to create helpful guides.
And again have a look at the following links, as the information presented there might be helpful in your future endeavours into Mac OS X and could clear up initial confusion and may even prevent harm to your system or your files.
http://www.apple.com/support/switch101/
http://www.apple.com/findouthow/mac/
http://www.apple.com/support/mac101/
PS: In all of my previous posts to your threads I found the answer via web search engine by entering "mac os x set up printer", "mac os x file sharing" and the picture I found via "mac os x pdf create".
As you will now discover Mac OS X, also know that many before you had the same questions and thus many have already been answered many, many and plenty of times, and many have even made an effort to create helpful guides.
ForkLift
I am using ForkLift as file managing program. It showes my PC (running Win7) as an available drive and all I have to do to access files on it is enter the Windows login password.
It is a WiFi connection, so it is a bit slow, but so far it works even for watching video, playing music etc. Although for transferring large volume files, a physical connection is much faster.
I am using ForkLift as file managing program. It showes my PC (running Win7) as an available drive and all I have to do to access files on it is enter the Windows login password.
It is a WiFi connection, so it is a bit slow, but so far it works even for watching video, playing music etc. Although for transferring large volume files, a physical connection is much faster.
The links above seem to be about sharing from Mac -> PC. For PC -> Mac I think the easiest thing would be to set up your shared folders on the PC. Then you'll want to install this http://support.apple.com/downloads/Bonjour_for_Windows. I haven't personally done it, but I believe there should be an easy configuration through that program. Then you're Windows Shared Folders should show up in your Finder sidebar.
Yes, that's how you do it, but you don't need to do anything with Bonjour (other than perhaps installing it--I already had it on my PC from downloading iTunes).