Mac and PC connect to the settings on the Mac
It is easiest if you give the Mac a folder for your Windows computer free. A prerequisite is that both are on the same network. If you have connected the devices with Wi-Fi or network cable plays no role at all. First of all, you must find out the IP address of your Mac:
- Open the system preferences of OS X and select the item "network" (pictures in the gallery). In the following window, you will see how your Mac is connected to the network. This can be, for example, via Wi-Fi / Airport or via Ethernet. If you click on your connection, you can see under the "Status" of your network IP. This must make a note of now.
- Now click on the "More options". There you will find under the point "WINS" the NetBios name of your Mac and the possibility of a working group to be entered. If your Windows PC is in a workgroup, you should add this there. You can find the working group in Windows under "control panel - system".
- You now to go back to the main menu of the system preferences on your Mac and then select the item "shares". There you all free taxes, you can set up on the Mac gave can. Here the file sharing is important: you can Switch this on by setting the hook.
- Now you can select "shared folders" in the folder that you want to release for the PC. You have selected not yet or you want to create, you can do in the Finder. The new folder, you can then use the Plus to gave sign under "shared folders" in your add.
- Now you need to determine who is allowed to access it. Click on the folder you want to share. Right in the users window, you can see who has access to it. By default, the system administrator"," administrators "and" Everyone "are specified there".
- Add using the Plus sign under "user" in your user account that you usually log on to your Mac. You get on your Windows PC access to this folder, if you enter your Mac login credentials. You set all the rights you need. You want to read and Write, then set the right of your user name. You can restrict other users ' rights as well.
- A last, but important step: Under the "options" button is the setting option that allows you to connect to Windows. Set the check mark for "share files and folders using SMB (Windows)".
Sharing with sharing folders
Windows and Mac in a network - on Windows-on-Mac-release access
Now that you have set up a share on the Mac and the Mac in the same workgroup as your Windows PC, you can find both computers without a problem. Get you now the IP of your Mac, which you noted in the first step, and you need to log on to the Windows computer.
- Open "my computer" / Explorer by clicking the Start Button in Windows 7 and then "Computer".
- In the address bar of the Explorer you will now test a way, the IP of the Macs. Starting with a double Backslash, so for example "\\192.168.10.7" (as in the gallery to see it). Then confirm with Enter.
- Now Windows should ask you for your log-in data. It is the same that you entered on the Mac as a user for the share. Type the data and press OK to confirm.
- If everything went smoothly, you are now in the shared folder on your Mac and can - depending on their rights - files to read and write.
At the release log
Tips and Troubleshooting
Depending on the security settings of their systems are, it can sometimes come to problems. If you are not able to absolutely access your Mac, try the following solutions:
- Check if your Windows cannot access the computer at all over the network to the Mac. In Windows, open the command line, by searching under "Start" to "cmd". You can open the offered cmd.exe and a black terminal window will appear.
- Try with "ping 192.168.10.7" (of course, with the IP address of your Mac), if you can ping your Mac. The command ping sends a test packet. You get three "request timed out", can't find the PC on the Mac in the network.
- Check the firewall settings of both computers, if on a Mac, all the settings were correct, but the computer can't find each other in the network. A short turn Off the Firewalls on both machines exposes the Problem, then, if the access suddenly stopped working. Turn on the Firewall but is better again.
- If that does not help, are not both of the computer may not be in the same network. Professionals will be able to are logged in to the Router to see if Mac and PC in the same address range, and each other are allowed to see. You can specify in the DHCP settings, if both computers are to get a fixed IP address. This is useful because then you don't have to always look.
- For added security, you can set up on the Mac a extra user account sharing for the folder. The possibility of setting the item "users and groups in the system". Here, you can restrict the rights so that a hijacked Account can devastate the entire System. Of course, you have to register for Account then also in the free gifts, as it is in point 5 of the first paragraph described.
Tip: extra user set up
In our gallery you can see the individual steps that you read.
Depending on the operating system can distinguish the above-mentioned menu items and options a bit. If you don't want to navigate manually to the shared Mac folder, you can set up a network drive. How you can use the article "Windows 7: map network drive".
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1. Under "system settings" > "network", the connection and the IP in the home network access, in this case, Wi-Fi. The IP of the Macs, please make a note of. Under "Additional options - WINS", the workgroup of the PC's enter.
"Network" is the connection and the IP in the home network access, in this case, Wi-Fi. The IP of the Macs, please make a note of. Under "Additional options - WINS", the workgroup of the PC's enter." />
"Network" is the connection and the IP in the home network access, in this case, Wi-Fi. The IP of the Macs, please make a note of. Under "Additional options - WINS", the workgroup of the PC's enter." />
"Network" is the connection and the IP in the home network access, in this case, Wi-Fi. The IP of the Macs, please make a note of. Under "Additional options - WINS", the workgroup of the PC's enter." />
1. Under "system settings" > "network", the connection and the IP in the home network access, in this case, Wi-Fi. The IP of the Macs, please make a note of. Under "Additional options - WINS", the workgroup of the PC's enter.
2. Under "control panel" > "System" of the Windows PCs, you can the workgroup have a look.
The "System" of the Windows PCs can see the workgroup." />
The "System" of the Windows PCs can the working group take a look." />
The "System" of the Windows PCs can the working group take a look." />
2. Under "control panel" > "System" of the Windows PCs, you can the workgroup have a look.
3. The desired folder under the "shared" and specify which users are allowed to access it. Under "options" check "share files and folders using SMB (Windows)" put.
3. The desired folder under the "shared" and specify which users are allowed to access it. Under "options" check "share files and folders using SMB (Windows)" put.
4. In the Explorer, IP, "\\" prepended, and log in. You are on the shared drive!
4. In the Explorer, IP, "\\" prepended, and log in. You are on the shared drive!
5. In case of problems, check first your settings and ping from the Windows machine to the Mac. The problem could lie in the firewall settings or the Router: Make sure that both computers can see it on the network.
5. In case of problems, check first your settings and ping from the Windows machine to the Mac. The problem could lie in the firewall settings or the Router: Make sure that both computers can see it on the network.
