Whether you are running Apple's newest version of Yosemite or you most likely find using cloud storage providers such as Dropbox, Google Drive, or Microsoft OneDrive convenient for sharing files. All are great for cloud storage purposes and especially desirable if you routinely share files with mobile devices, but they have their drawbacks - from size limits and file type restrictions to delays uploading and syncing. Tweet this: Accessing Windows 10 files on Mac OS X Yosemite: A quick how-to (via @ITworld) On home or local networks, the drawbacks of cloud storage can become especially annoying - especially when you can see the network machine you want to copy files from. So, if you wish to eschew the cloud and share Windows 10 Tech Preview files with your Mac OS X Yosemite box on a home or local network, follow these steps. Change Windows 10 file share settings. Open Control Panel from the Start Menu. In the Network and Internet section, click Choose homegroup and sharing options.
If you need to share documents, click the Change what you're sharing. Then, toggle the Documents combobox setting to Shared. Documents should now appear in the list of shared libraries and devices.
Next, modify Advanced sharing settings. This is needed to ensure files on the machine are password protected and only shared with valid users. Turn on password protected sharing. As the text states, this setting provides an extra level of security, permitting connections only from people with a user account and password on the machine.
Close Control Panel, and open Windows Explorer. Drill down into This PC and select the drive or folder you wish to share. In this example, the Local Disk (C:) drive is selected. After making your selection, right click and open Properties from the context menu.
After the Properties window opens, click the Sharing tab, and click the Advanced Sharing button. Tick the Share this folder checkbox, then click the Permissions button. I chose to enable Full Control in the permissions list. Click Apply and close Advanced Sharing.
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Before closing Properties, take note of the Network Path. This will be needed when connecting to the folder from a Mac OS X Yosemite machine. Almost done - connect to the shared folder in Mac OS X Yosemite On your Mac, open Finder, select the Go menu, and Connect to Server. You can also use the Command-K keyboard shortcut. Now, use the Network Path of the windows shared folder to enter in the Server Address textbox. Be sure to prefix with ' smb:' replacing all backslashes ( ) with forward slashes (/). Click Connect when finished.
For example, a network path of Win10-desktop C would be entered as smb://Win10-desktop/C in the server address textbox. A connection window will briefly appear, then a prompt for username and password. Enter a valid Windows username and password with permission to access the share, ensuring you are connecting as a Registered User. Tick the Remember password in my keychain checkbox if you will be accessing this shared folder often. The Connecting window. Is soon followed by prompt for name and password. The Windows 10 (C:) drive and folders now appear in Finder.
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I am having extreme difficulties sharing files over my home network! I have 3 PCs and one Mac. I have tried the Mac forums and the Windows forums, to no avail.
On the Mac side: File Sharing is ON, with smb Users are set to Everyone with read/write privileges WINS has the correct Workgroup name Network Name has no spaces in it Shared my Desktop, Public Folder, Documents, and Shared folders (just to cover root folders and specific ones too) Mac gives an smb://xxx.xxx.x.x address and a local network accession 'mycomputername.local,' but I don't know what to do with either of these things. When I put the addresses into the Windows Run dialogue box or in Internet Explorer, they don't seem to recognize the path.
Firewall is set to Allow All Incoming Connections Under the Shared location in Finder, I can see my router name, and if I click on it, I can connect. No password is required. I am connected as my account name. However, I can't see the PC or anything at all, in fact.
Under the Shared location in Finder, I can see my shared name for my Mac. But I cannot connect to it, probably because I'm connecting from my Mac. It would be nice to use the smb://DNSname/sharename or the smb://IPaddress/sharename function in the Go to Server window, but I have no idea where to find this information on my PC. Or on the network. Or whatever this is referring to. On the PC: Sharing is NOT password protected under Advanced Sharing Options I am sharing my Desktop and My Documents with Everyone and Guest, and Windows 7 has provided a file://computername/Users/foldername path. However, when I put this into the Connect to Server or Connect to File window, there is an error.
I can click on my Mac computer name in the Network window, but I get the error message that it cannot connect (network path cannot be found, using MYMACNAME as the path). This is when my Mac says it is 'connected' when I click on the router in Finder's Shared places. Of course both the Mac and the PC have full connectivity to the same network. Also, I have disabled the internal firewall in the Belkin router. Also, my accounts have identical names with no spaces. Thanks guys!!
Okay, so the strangest thing just occurred. I reformatted my Mac and installed Snow Leopard (10.6.4), and now it shares fine. Here are my settings: On the Mac: Sharing - File Sharing ON, I shared my desktop and gave Everyone Read and Write privileges. Under Options, SMB is the only thing checked. My account is checked. My Computer Name can have many different kinds of characters in it, including capital letters, spaces, numbers, and even a comma.
Accounts - The name of my account has a space in it, and capital letters, but that seems not to matter. It is password protected, and has the same password as my Windows 7 desktop. Network - Advanced - WINS has the workgroup name WORKGROUP. The NetBIOS name automatically fills in, I'm assuming because I'm successfully sharing on the network. Security - Firewall is set to Allow All Incoming Connections.
However, I toggle with Intego's VirusBarrier X6 and if set to Client, Local Server this works as well. Of course Airport is connected to my home network. Finder - Shared Locations sees my router, but nothing else. When I highlight the router, it says 'connection failed.' This seems not to matter.
My home network has capital letters but no spaces in it. On the PC: Network and Sharing Center - Advanced Sharing Settings - Current profile is Home of Work.
Turn ON network discovery, turn ON file and printer sharing, Turn ON sharing so anyone with network access., Media streaming is ON, Use 128-bit encryption, Turn OFF password protected sharing, and Allow Windows to manage homegroup settings. User name is the same name as the Mac, but without a space. Also contains capital letters. I don't know if a space would be okay or not, or if would be okay if the Windows User Name didn't match the Mac Account name (excepting the space, of course). Control Panel - Windows Firewall - One, set to Home network.
Following previous post, the following has also been performed: 'Win7 Pro/Ultimate only: Start OrbSearch boxtype: secpol.msc When secpol.msc appears in Results above, right-click it and 'run as administrator'. Click on 'Local Policies' - 'Security Options' Navigate to the policy 'Network Security: LAN Manager authentication level' and double-click it to get its Properties. By default Windows Vista sets the policy to 'NTVLM2 responses only'. Use the drop-down arrow to change this to 'LM and NTLM – use NTLMV2 session security if negotiated'. In Win7 Home Premium: Start OrbSearch boxtype: regedit When regedit appears in the Results above, right-click it and 'run as administrator' Navigate to HKEYLOCALMACHINE SYSTEM CurrentControlSet Control Lsa 1. If it doesn't already exist, create a DWORD value named LmCompatibilityLevel 2.
Set the value to 1 and reboot.' On the router: Firewall is disabled. (If I enable the router's firewall, I lose all sharing connectivity!) Now, with these settings, on the Mac, I go to Finder - Go - Connect To Server and type in smb://PCNAME and login as a Guest (my Windows Sharing setting is NOT password-enabled), my Mac will ask me which drive I would like to mount (I selected Users) and voila! My PC is fully accessible through Finder. Now, with these settings, on the PC I go to Network and voila! My Macbook is listed. The shared folders are browseable.
My gut says that this is a 10.5 bug.