Comments on: Share Files from Mac OS X to Windows PC’s Easily

By: Send a File to Multiple Remote Macs or iOS Devices from the Mac OS X Finder

Send a File to Multiple Remote Macs or iOS Devices from the Mac OS X Finder — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 20:37:58 +0000

[...] this uses iMessage, recipients in the PC world will not be able to get the file, you would need to use standard Windows file sharing instead. But for any receiver who is in the world of Apple, this is a great way to bulk send a [...]

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 15:03:03 +0000

I’m having the same problem as Julia. I don’t get to enter my username; it’s pre-formed for me in the dialog box that asks for the password.

Also, in my sharing preferences, my Mac’s IP address doesn’t show up, just the Mac’s name, and a long (meaningless) string.

By: Paul

Paul — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 10:39:24 +0000

In Windows
Enter \your mac username
Then enter mac password
You mac is probably not on a domain but on a workgroup so \ will be fine.

By: Julia Tavis

Julia Tavis — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 16:52:34 +0000

I made it all the way to this point:
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Windows XP is asking for me to enter “DOMAIN/username”
What’s the domain? It’s automatically entering something that isn’t working and I don’t think it’s correct. Ugh!

By: Jon

Jon — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 03:36:03 +0000

Can anyone help i’ve been trying to do this but only on a bluetooth connection, my pc can already access the shared folder but can overwrite the file. it just keeps copying the file on my mac and cannot update the document to update the one on my mac. is there a way for the pc to be able to update the file from its end?

By: kenneth

kenneth — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 14:46:46 +0000

this working for me for few day, after i restart the Mac, window 7 no longer able to view the file. keep asking for the user name and password. try three different computer, got a same problem. please help~~~

By: sharad

sharad — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 18:19:11 +0000

Like Marshal, I am facing the same problem and not found any solution. Using Mac with Lion OS and Windows XP. I am using same login name on both machines. Able to see the shared folders on the Windows machine but not able to go into them. HELP!

From Windows, I am able to read the shared Mac folders and even write to them. BUT not a shared exFAT partition on the Mac. It is visible but not accessible. HELP!

By: Pedro

Pedro — Tue, 29 May 2012 00:58:13 +0000

i replaced my computer name (in the picture above says “Macbook Air”) by may IP address and it started working again.
So to follow the example above, instead of using Macbook Air as the name of the computer just use “smb://192.168.1.9″ of course you will be using your own ip address but use the “smb://” anyway.
I hope this helps

By: Pedro

Pedro — Mon, 28 May 2012 23:45:02 +0000

Same problem here, get an error saying that the path may not be correct

By: paulthai

paulthai — Sat, 19 May 2012 08:45:39 +0000

after i typed in run box it showin error that the network path is not found… can anyone plz reply to me soon

By: Marshal

Marshal — Fri, 18 May 2012 17:52:35 +0000

I have been having a nightmare trying to link my Lion OSX 10.7 with Win XP. I can see the windows files and folders no problem from the MacBook Pro, but i keep getting the message that ‘ macbook is not accessible. You might not have permission to use this network resource’ I have followed all of the instructions (file sharing enabled, SMb etc etc) have even tried it with firewall turned off and still it will not let me connect to MacBook. PLEASE, PLEASE someone help me as this is driving me crazy. PS I am new to Macs and Networking……in case you hadn’t guessed!

By: Share Files On Mac OS X Without Creating A New User Account By Using Apple ID’s

Wed, 25 Apr 2012 21:38:21 +0000

[...] will even work for someone connecting to a shared Mac from a PC, the only requirement is a valid Apple ID, either from iTunes, the App Store, or from elsewhere in [...]

By: Frustrated

Frustrated — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 05:20:58 +0000

hey, I’ve followed all these steps, but it does not ask me for a username, just pops up with a blank explorer window connected to the IP adress, been trying to trouble shoot this for ever… Any help would be apprechiated

By: Edward Lipsett

Edward Lipsett — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 06:28:57 +0000

I have been using this method for many years, most recently with a new 10.7 server I put in last fall. It was working in December.
Now, however, perhaps after the Microsoft security update yesterday, it does not work from Vista, XP or 7.
Something has changed, but it doesn’t seem to be anything we’ve done at this end…
Anybody have any ideas?

By: Paul

Paul — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 19:42:31 +0000

Hi There
I have been trying to setup today a File Server using one of my Mac Pros. I have tried Panther, Leopard and Lion (and server) and I hit a problem with all regarding file permissions. When I setup a shared directory with Everyone with Read/Write permissions (and also added the Network users as this is on a windows domain) and a user copies a file to the OS X Share the file or directory copied across permissions change to that user so others can’t access – defeating the purpose of being a file server. Any clues of how to solve – I have searched the internet for an answer.

Paul