Hi Alan, I tried the screen sharing method and I was able to get it to work, but found it very awkward. In that to save a file to the second mac I had to make sure that the file was visible in its location in finder and on the screen on the first Mac, so that could be reflected on the screen of the second. So I could then copy it from that initial finder to the storage location on the second screen.
What I am hoping to achieve is to be able to just be able to go Save As and an image of the files on the HD of the second mac opens up and I can select which folder to store the file in without having to actually go to that Mac. Thanks for your help. Matt. Message: 1 Date: Fri, 15 May 2020 12:17:50 +0800 From: Alan Smith <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> To: WAMUG Mailing List <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> Subject: Re: iMac not connecting to other iMac's Message-ID: <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Hi Matt Have you read the official Apple help file to ?Share the screen of another Mac?? https://support.apple.com/en-au/guide/mac-help/mh14066/mac <https://support.apple.com/en-au/guide/mac-help/mh14066/mac> I also have three Macs of various vintages. Initially I a few problems with stability with the 3 Macs all sharing at the same time. Works perfectly with any combination of two. Cheers, Alan > On 15 May 2020, at 11:54 am, Matt Falvey <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > Hi, I have three iMacs (one is a recent second hand one - 2013 HD) and I am > trying to transfer documents from one to the other. All show up as ?Shared? > on the side bar of the finder window. > > With the two older iMacs when I click on the 2013 HD icon in Shared the > window in the next column opens and states the HD name and ?Connection > Failed? and I have the option Connect As and Share Screen. When I try Connect > As and try to connect as the Registered User using the Name and Password, it > reverts to the previous screen, with the Connection Failed. > > (The two older iMacs connect to each other.) > > If I go to the 2013 HD finder window and click on either of the other two > HD?s they connect straight away and I am able to transfer files to the > respective computer. > > I have also have a problem with the new 2013 HD, which was posted last week, > with hindsight this may be associated to this problem and that is that when I > try to save files to one of the other iMacs I get a message ?The document > ?xxxxx.pdf? could not be exported as ? xxxxxxx.pdf? as You don?t have > Permission. To view or change permissions select the item in the Finder and > choose File > Get Info. Which needless to say doesn?t work. > > So it seems as if for whatever reason the other two are communicating inwards > with the 2013 HD but something is stopping it from being able to connect > outwards. > > I would be grateful if anyone has any ideas or solutions to share. > > Thanks > > Matt. > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml > <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml>> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml > <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml>> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>>
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