Sorry no you're right, that should have read the "DropBox" folder with in Private folder. I really shouldn't try email support via Siri dictation while driving sometimes,...lol.
Kind regards Daniel Sent from my iPhone 4s --- 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 7:31 PM, Neil Houghton wrote: > Hi Daniel, > > Has something changed in Lion? This is not quite how it works on my SL > computers - what you describe is only applicable to my "Drop Box" folder > within my public folder: > > If I put an item in the main "Public" folder in my user folder then another > connected computer user can access that file and copy it to their own > computer. However other users cannot drop things into my main "Public" > folder. > > Within my main "Public" folder is another folder called "Drop Box" (not to > be confused with the "Dropbox" folder associated with the Dropbox cloudsynch > app!). Other connected computer users can drop things into my "Drop Box" but > they cannot see or otherwise access what is in there. The system throws up a > warning to this effect when you go to drop an item in the "Drop Box" > > All this only applies, of course, if you have file sharing turned on. > > > Cheers > > > > Neil > -- > Neil R. Houghton > Albany, Western Australia > Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 > Email: [email protected] > > > on 2/5/12 1:15 PM, Daniel Kerr at [email protected] 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>
