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#Mac file sharing network block plus#
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This Mac 911 article is in response to a question submitted by Macworld reader Gabriel. The problem is that I cannot seem to access the Mac Mini's. I am currently overseas and can connect to the Mac Mini over VPN. It is running the application iVPN Server, which I understand is a GUI that makes the built-in OS X VPN Server function available to the client edition of OS X.

In Finder > Preferences, make sure that in the General tab you have selected “Connected servers.” This will make any mounted drives appear on the Desktop, where you can select them in step 6 and proceed to step 7. It is set up to share its files using FTP, AFP and SMB.

Navigate up one level and proceed to step 7.

In the Locations section of the sidebar, click the remote Mac, then in the resulting Finder window, double-click the volume you want to make an alias from.

You can select the volume in step 6 in one of several ways: Click the folder to select it, and then click the Add button. In the Finder sheet that drops down, navigate to the folder you wish to share.

To add folders, click the plus (+) button below the Shared Folders list. Choose File > Make Alias or hold down Command and Option while dragging to create an alias. Make sure the Sharing preference pane is still open, and File Sharing still selected in the left-hand pane.Double-click the volume you want to link to.(If may be stored in your Keychain and the login handled silently.) Enter login information for that Mac if prompted.This means that computers on your local network can access Mac shared folders.

A Mac uses an SMB protocol to share data. We add these new Sharing accounts using the Accounts preference pane. At the bottom, click on the + button to add a new account. You can see the list of current user accounts in the column on the left. Double-click the computer you want to share from. File Sharing is a kind of transfer tool that allows sharing files and folders between Mac computers, or even between Macs and Windows PCs, using one network. In System Preferences on the Mac Server, open the Accounts preference pane.The alias will still try to work if the other computer is sharing via AFP, even if the volume is no longer shared over AFP. When you have a stored alias on one Mac that points to another, and which was a connection originally made over AFP. The only reason this typically matters, however, is on other Macs. Check “Share filse and folders using SMB” if it isn’t selected. Restart your Mac to stop / discard any vestige of the daemon running from. If you see an option for AFP, uncheck it. Preferences > Resources > File sharing and share the drive that contains the.

#Mac file sharing network block plus#