> On 3 Nov 2017, at 11:09 am, Severin Crisp <[email protected]> wrote: > > I regularly connect my MacAir to my iMac to transfer files - this is a > straightforward convenient process. > Yesterday the connection failed and a new shared item shows on the MacAir. > Information and the icon say it is a PC and its name is “home_network_ga” > Despite shut down of both computers it still shows on the MacAir this morning > with the connection to the iMac being constantly attempted and never getting > there. Additionally it blocks the Apple TV connecting to my various Music > and Film libraries held in iTunes on the iMac. > What is it and how do I break out???
Hi Severin, This sounds similar to the problem you had back in January this year. The PC “home_network_ga” sounds like you have connected to a Windows server. My reply then to you which did sort the problem for you was: First check you definitely have the Permissions set for your User Account on both Macs as “Read & Write”. If you do have everything setup correctly with permissions to access all the files. Go to System Preference >Sharing. Select the File Sharing menu in the left side vertical bar, then click Options and uncheck the Share files and folders using SMB and leave the Share files and folders using AFP checked. Turning SMB off unless you need to share to Windows PC always works better for sharing / moving files to Macs. Cheers, Ronni 13-inch MacBook Air (April 2014) 1.7GHz Dual-Core Intel Core i7, Turbo Boost to 3.3GHz 8GB 1600MHz LPDDR3 SDRAM 512GB PCIe-based Flash Storage macOS High Sierra 10.13 > Severin Crisp > ____________________________________________________ > > Assoc Prof R Severin Crisp, FAIP, FIP, CPhys > 15 Thomas St, Mount Clarence, Albany, 6330, Western Australia > ph (08) 9842 1950 ( Int'l +61 8 9842 1950) > Mob 0484 624 741 mail to: [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > ____________________________________________________
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