Sorry, I don't have any sharing turned on at this time. I only learned about setting the permissions as I needed to get to my wife's email that was transferred over using Migration Assistant. I still haven't been successful at completing what I think should be a simple process.
Sorry the tip didn't work though. Jeff On 2012-08-20, at 9:15 AM, Eric Caron <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Jeff, > > Thanks for this tip. I learned about this option on a call to Apple > support a few weeks ago. I tried changing the permissions there rather then > in System Preferences I tried several different times and for the longest > time didn't see any success. I still don't have most of the files sharing > correctly but one folder on one computer, the Downloads folder, did start to > show up as a separate volume and I could share with it. still the same > folder in the shared HD folder says "No Permission To Read." and it will not > open. > > Do you have a large user folder shared that is working for all sub folders > including downloads, music, movies and such? > > In the shared area in the info tab I've changed owner to my user account. > should it be something else? I think I tried Admin and can try that again. > > I really appreciate your feedback on this. I have the feeling this powerful > tool is not used by many who would find it helpful. It seems pretty straight > forward in Mountain Lion System Preferences. That is it seems straight > forward but I have only some of the desired files sharing. > > Eric Caron > > On Aug 20, 2012, at 7:48 AM, Jeff Berwick <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I don't know if this is the right way to do things, or if it will work in >> your situation, but I recently had to take control of another user's files >> on my wife's computer. At any rate, if you open up the folder in Finder, >> you can navigate to the file. Do a [vo][shift][m] on the file and choose >> "Get Info." In that dialogue box you have the ability to set permissions. >> The interesting part of this dialogue box is the "action" button. When you >> press it, you can have the permission changes you have made apply to all >> subsequent files and folders. >> >> I am wondering if this may be helpful as you may have set the sharing >> permissions on the parent folder and those permissions have not cascaded >> down to the child folders. >> >> May be worth a try. >> >> Hth, >> Jeff >> >> On 2012-08-19, at 11:26 PM, Eric Caron <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hello Listers, >>> Using the wireless network to share files between computers is truly >>> amazing to me. That i can move files two and from my other computers while >>> on a single computer is like magic. >>> I have spent a lot of time in system preferences in the sharing area >>> trying to get everything working correctly. >>> >>> I've made good progress in having my three mac computers share files. >>> However, I'm wondering if I can increase the access I currently have or if >>> there is a limitation for Voice Over users. >>> >>> I want to be able to share my complete user account on all computers. >>> I set up sharing but for some reason some folders insist on saying "no >>> permission to share" >>> >>> So for example I set up in sharing that file sharing is turned on. I >>> select my HD and give read and write permission. I then can access it just >>> fine for many of the folders but certain ones like Downloads, Music, and >>> some others insist on saying "No Permission to read." and I can't access >>> these folders. Yet others like desktop and all the folders I have created >>> work fine. >>> >>> So, Are others able to set up sharing to work fully with Voice Over? >>> >>> Any tips on getting file sharing to completely work? >>> >>> Even the partially working sharing is very helpful. I'd love to improve >>> things a bit. >>> >>> Currently two of the three computers are using Mountain Lion and I plan to >>> update the other computer soon. they are acting the same with either >>> operating system, Lion or Mountain Lion, though Mountain Lion seems to be >>> easier to work with. >>> >>> >>> Thanks for sharing any successes or similar problems. 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