Hi Folks In the interests of clarity and easing the strain on my ageing brain, let me be more specific. Each month, Margaret receives some emails with financial statements attached and I use Quicken to "keep the books" for her - no trouble with one computer. Now, she prints them out for me, admittedly on second-hand paper, but Apple raves on about the ease of sharing and I got sucked in. Should we just continue with the prints?
Ian On 2 May 2012, at 1:53 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Ian, Thanks Daniel, I had missed that Ian mentioned "Public" folder, I had assumed he was having problem with "File Sharing". Ian; In case you are a bit unsure of how to share files in OS X over your local network. It’s really sharing “Shared Folders and Volumes.” Add Shared Folders for File Sharing: Once you’ve turned on a file sharing service, it’s time to set which folders on your Mac can be accessed by which users. Apple labels Mac OS X’s list of shared items Shared Folders, but you can add the top level of anything mounted on the Desktop—hard drives, CDs and DVDs, flash drives, and even disk images—as well as individual folders. To add a folder or mounted drive, follow these steps: 1. In the Sharing preference pane,under the Shared Folders list,click the + button. 2. Select the folder or drive that you want to share. For folders, navigate to the item, and make sure it’s selected. For volumes, choose the volume under the Devices list in the left sidebar. 3. Click Add. There’s no additional “apply” button; the folder or drive is now available for sharing, and it appears in the Shared Folders list. Cheers, Ronni On 02/05/2012, at 1:15 PM, Daniel Kerr wrote: > Hi Ian > > Also just to add on,... > If you are trying to access the "Public" folder itself, you can only drop > items into it, you can't actually open it and view. > ie on your machine you can drag files into your wife's iMac public and she > can view them and vice versa. But you can't actually open to view each others > "public" folder across the network. You can only view it on the machine. > > If you're sharing other folders then you will have full access, as long as > you long in with the correct username and password for the machine in > question. (ie you have to log in with the shortname (or fullname) and > password for the iMac if you're logging from the MacBookPro and vice versa. > > Hope that helps > > Kind regards > Daniel > --- > Daniel Kerr > MacWizardry > > Phone: 0414 795 960 > Email: <daniel AT macwizardry.com.au> > Web: <http://www.macwizardry.com.au> > > > **For everything Macintosh** > > On 02/05/2012, at 1:07 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: > >> >> On 02/05/2012, at 12:26 PM, Ian Reid wrote: >> >>> Good Afternoon All >>> >>> Since my wife and I have had separate computers we have been unable to >>> access each others Public folder. For both computers, "File Sharing" is on, >>> "Share files and folders using AFP" is on, although "number of users >>> connected " is 0. Connection is via a Netgear 54 mbps wireless ADSL2 + >>> modem router. Where are we going wrong? >>> >>> Snow Leopard on iMac and Lion on MacBook Pro. >> >> Hi Ian, >> >> You have the Firewall on in System Preferences on both computers? >> I have heard of AFP not working correctly in Lion for File Sharing. >> >> Try this first: >> A) >> 1. Leave your firewall activated. >> 2. Turn OFF AFP file sharing in the system preferences >> 3. Restart your Machine >> 4. Turn ON AFP file sharing >> 5. You should now get a message if you want to accept AFP connections... >> 6. Click YES >> >> Seems like this somehow resets the AFP permissions in the firewall settings >> >> If that does not fix you problem; try this: >> B) >> 1. Go to Preferences >> 2. Click on Sharing >> 3. Click on File Sharing on the left-hand side >> 4. Click the Options button >> 5. Uncheck “Share files and folders using AFP” >> 6. Check “Share files and folders using SMB (Windows)” >> 7. Click the Done button. >> >> At this point, you should be able to connect from the other machine. >> If you need to go in the other direction, perform these same steps on the >> other machine. >> >> Let's know how you get on please. >> >> Cheers, >> Ronni >> >> 17" MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt" >> 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD >> >> OS X 10.7.3 Lion >> Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
