Article created July 28th 2009 at 15:02 Description
This is
Part 3 of a 3 part tutorial on HOWTO set up both your Windows PC and your Apple Mac to allow you to access a shared folder on your Microsoft Windows PC from your Apple MAC. If you’ve landed here by mistake and are looking for
Part 1 or Part 2 then click a link below.
HOWTO: Access Windows files from an Apple MAC over the Network (Part 1)HOWTO: Access Windows files from an Apple MAC over the Network (Part 2)HOWTO: Access Windows files from an Apple MAC over the Network (Part 3)
This HOWTO explains how to access your Windows files from an Apple Mac. If you are looking for the opposite, ie. you’re trying to access your Apple Mac from your Windows PC then try this article:HOWTO: Share your Mac OS files with Windows over the NetworkPart 1 | Part 2 | Part 3
Solutions Below….
Solutions
Step 3 – Connect and Add Shortcut
If you’ve gotten this far then you’re nearly there.
On your MAC:- Open your Finder and click Go > Connect to Server
- In the Server Address field, enter the following:
smb://10.0.0.195/Shared!Remember! Substitute 10.0.0.195 for your own IP Address and Shared for your own Shared Folder as detailed in Parts 1 & 2 of this tutorial!
- You should now be prompted for Login information as per screenshot below
- You must enter the username and password that you setup in Windows in Part 2 of this tutorial
- At this point, your MAC should connect to your PC and a window should open automatically displaying all of the files in the folder you shared on the Mac
- After it opens you can optionally drag the Share into the sidebar of your Finder for quick access.
If it doesn’t work, here’s a few pointers – - Temporarily disable the firewall on both your Mac & PC to see if that’s blocking it
- Double check your TCP/IP settings
- Go back over the steps and make sure username, password, shared folder, etc are all correct
- Leave a comment below and we’ll see if we can sort it
Please Comment! Add your comments below if this solved your issue or if you found that your setup was different.Please let us know your versions and what exactly you were doing when you had this issue so that we can update this solution and help others with the same problem.
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