Re: iMac not connecting to other iMac's

2020-05-19 Thread Matt Falvey
Hi Daniel and Neil, thanks so much for all the help and I am sorry for creating so much confusion. Well, I tried Daniel’s instructions. The first thing I notice was the neither the SMB nor the AFP had been ticked in the Options on the newer 2013 iMac. The SMB had been ticked on both the older

Re: iMac not connecting to other iMac's

2020-05-19 Thread Neil Houghton
Hi Ronni, Thanks for that blast from the past ;o) Yes, I’m pretty sure that document was one of my reference sources when sorting out some of my problems, back in the day. And you explain it all so much better than me  ;o) Cheers Neil From: on behalf of Ronni

Re: iMac not connecting to other iMac's

2020-05-19 Thread Neil Houghton
Hi Matt, So glad to hear you got it all sorted  No need for apologies – stuff like this is what keeps us all interested and learning! It sounds like (with the newer OS versions anyway) once you get the actual sharing setup correctly it just sorts out the permissions automatically.

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2020-05-19 Thread Ronni Brown
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New iMac will not accept Login ?

2020-05-19 Thread Stephen Chape
Hi folks. Just set up my daughter’s brand new iMac today. Transferred data from her Time Machine (from her old iMac). All went well until I tried to login using her usual password. At the start of set-up I was asked what that should be. So I typed in the one she would be familiar with (same as

Re: iMac not connecting to other iMac's

2020-05-19 Thread Ronni Brown
Hi Neil, You might be interested to read a document I created on my website a few years ago explaining ‘Owner Account - permissions. http://www.ronnibrown.net/technicial/owner-account-permissions/index.html Kind Regards, Ronni  Ronni Brown’s iPad Pro 12.9-inch 256GB > On 19 May 2020, at

Re: New iMac will not accept Login ?

2020-05-19 Thread Neil Houghton
Hi Stephen, First off I would probably try any of the obvious ways you might have mis-entered it – it will be simpler/easier to correct the wrong password if you can actually log in with the wrong password to correct your error. However,I think you only get three tries… Assuming you

Re: New iMac will not accept Login ?

2020-05-19 Thread Stephen Chape
Thank you Neil. I just found that suggestion online as your email arrived. I shall go to my daughter’s again tomorrow and try that. If my guesses do not work. Although if I was asked for it twice at the start of transfer, it would be hard to type the wrong one twice ? > On 19 May 2020, at 7:24

Re: New iMac will not accept Login ?

2020-05-19 Thread Neil Houghton
Hi Stephen. “it would be hard to type the wrong one twice ?” Hmmm…..  Assuming you were not lazy enough to copy & paste ;o)  -  Yes, I’ve done it! Keyboard Caps lock on? or  keyboard dyslexia (a bit like keep getting “i” before “e” wrong – even though you KNOW what it should

Re: New iMac will not accept Login ?

2020-05-19 Thread Stephen Chape
True Neil. We shall see tomorrow ! > On 19 May 2020, at 8:35 pm, Neil Houghton wrote: > > Hi Stephen. > > “it would be hard to type the wrong one twice ?” > > Hmmm….. Assuming you were not lazy enough to copy & paste ;o) - Yes, > I’ve done it! > > Keyboard Caps lock on? or