thanks Chris. I’ll give this a go and see what I can do. Cait On Feb 11, 2014, at 12:50 PM, Chris Blouch <cblo...@aol.com> wrote:
> When you select them, how are you doing it? I just hit command-O for Open on > the machine I want to connect to. Initially I get an empty table list but > then it populates with the available shares from that machine. The trick is > that by default it logs you in as a guest which means the only shares I can > access are the public folders for each user. So I have a "Chris Blouch's > Public Folder" as one of the choices. On the remote machine you can find the > public folder by going to that user's Home folder (command-shift-H) and then > you should find a folder called Public inside there. What you probably want > is full access to everything, not just the public folder. So after you open > the computer you want to connect to, you'll be in a list view table, showing > the public shares available to guests. VO-left once and you'll land on a > ConnectAs… button. Action that and put in the username/password for the > remote user you want to log in as. You'll be dropped back to the same button > but now it will read "Disconnect" and if you VO-right you'll be back to the > list view table but there will be some additional entries. One is, for my > machine, the cblouch folder which is my home folder. The other is Macintosh > HD which is the entire hard drive. Usually all I want is my home folder. > Select that and you should have full access over the network to the files in > your home folder on the remote machine. Note that if you have the same > username on multiple machines, as I do, it can sometimes get confusing as to > which Documents or Desktop folder I'm in as they are similar layouts. > > CB > > On 2/11/14 7:52 AM, Caitlyn and Maggie wrote: >> Hi, >> I am trying to network all my macs and one pc together on our home network. >> >> so far, from my i mac and from my mac book air, I can see all the other >> machines, but when I select them after doing command shift k, the resulting >> folders are empty. >> >> I do have file sharing turned on on both the i mac and the MBA. >> >> What do I need to do to make it so I can get files off the i mac onto the >> MBA via the networking function? Likewise, how can my husband network his >> pc to my macs? >> >> Thanks! >> Caitlyn >> > > -- > ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
