Hi Tiffanitsa, Dan's solution of using Windows file sharing should work. The basic idea is to use Samba (SMB), which is Windows' protocol for file sharing, and to enable sharing on your Windows machine. Then from Finder on your Mac, type Command-k, which is the keyboard shortcut for Connect to Server. In the window that pops up, you'll be prompted for the server address, which you'll type in as:
SMB://<the IP address of your Windows Machine> You'll need to find the IP address of your Windows machine. Type cmd <enter>, then ipconfig <enter>. You'll be prompted for your login and password, and then the shared files will be mounted and accessible through finder. Then you can copy files as though your Windows shared folder were a device attached to your Mac. There are some more complications, mainly because the WIndows security is weak, and without additional precautions it would be too easy to break into your Mac, but that's the basic idea. Hopefully, you'll do this on a home network behind a strong firewall. Hopefully, someone like Dan who uses a Windows computer regularly and who is also running Leopard can give you details. I know that some list users (David? Scott?) I did this once a long time ago, and I recall it was easiest if I had a user account on the Windows machine with the same login name as my Mac, but that may not be necessary. HTH. Cheers, Esther On May 24, 2008, at 02:31PM, Dan Eickmeier wrote: >Hi tiphany, what I usually do, is share the folders on my windows >machine that I want to get files to the mac from, and I can access >those right from the finder, and do what I want as far as copying and >pasting files over to the mac. If ya need any help with that let me >know, I've got ya on msn, and Skype. >On 24-May-08, at 8:22 PM, Tiffany D wrote: > >> I'm looking for an application that will allow me to access my pc from >> my Mac so that I can transfer my files on it. I'm not going out and >> buying a hard drive so I can use time machine and I'm not even sure if >> it'll work with the two opperating systems. I know that there are >> alot of sites out there that will access your pc, but 1. they have to >> work with the Mac as well and 2. they have to be accessible with >> VoiceOver and a windows screenreader like Hal, NVDA, System Access to >> Go or JFW. Does anyone know of such a site? I'm also curious how you >> can control one os while using the other, but that's another question >> entirely. In the meantime, I'm transfering my files by uploading them >> to various sites, but this would really make things quicker. That, >> and some of them just don't seem to want to transfer. When I zip them >> with Winzip, they're empty when I open them. I'm hoping remote access >> will fix my problem. >> >> Thanks, >> Tiffanitsa >> > > >
