Hi, When in the Sidebar, do you see your other Mac in the Shared section?
Later… Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Jan 6, 2014, at 2:02 PM, Bill Holton <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi. > It seems to be step three where I get hung up. I do open the network drives, > including the second Mac, my Win 7 virtual machine and another notebook on > the network. But when I press command-O on the Mac computer name, nothing > happens. There is a sidebar table below, but on this are the favorites for > my current Mac, the USB drives connected to that machine and the various > tags. The Documents folder on the Mac I am trying to access has a single > file, the one that shows up the the sidebar table has my usual 5,000 files. > > > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tim Kilburn > Sent: Monday, January 06, 2014 3:29 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Accessing other Macs on my home network > > Hi, > > Similar to what Chris mentioned earlier, try the following when using the > cmd-shift-k method: > > 1. Navigate to the desired computer. > 2. Press cmd-o to access it as a Guest. Focus should change to the > accessible shares available to the Guest user. > 3. Stop interacting with the file area, VO-left once and it should say > “Connect As”. > 4. VO-space on that button. > 5. Enter credentials for a user on the shared computer. > 6. A new list of shared items should appear that pertains to the level of > access for the given user. > 7. Navigate to the shared item you wish to view and press cmd-o to open it. > > Let me know if you still have no success. You may also like to confirm the > share permissions for the given share by pressing cmd-i (Get Info) on the > shared item. This should be done from the computer providing the share. > > Later… > > Tim Kilburn > Fort McMurray, AB Canada > > On Jan 6, 2014, at 11:29 AM, Bill Holton <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi. > I have turned on file sharing on both computers, one is called Fancy Fancy, > the other is Choo Choo. The folders in each show as shared folders, but I > still cannot access the other Macs. For some reason, when I try to access > Choo Choo and do a get info is shows up listed as a PC. It does show the > locked button is dim and unchecked, but I cannot get to any file lists in the > shared folders. Any further suggestions much appreciated. > Bill > > > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tim Kilburn > Sent: Monday, January 06, 2014 12:10 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Accessing other Macs on my home network > > Hi, > > On your second Mini, make sure that File Sharing service is turned on. In > the Sharing pane of System Prefs, check the box for File Sharing in the > Services Table. Likely, your Mini is broadcasting that it exists but if you > haven’t enabled the File Sharing service, then connecting to it is difficult. > > Later… > > Tim Kilburn > Fort McMurray, AB Canada > > On Jan 6, 2014, at 9:45 AM, Bill Holton <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hi. > I can see my second Mini on the shift-command-k network menu, but I cannot > access it. I tried highlighting the computer name and pressing command-o, > left clicking, right clicking, pressing enter and doubletapping my trackpad. > Anyone with suggestions, thanks much. > Bill > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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