I hope this helps someone - I was feeling very frustrated at the lack of correct guides. VIOLA! Now don't forget to change your firewall settings back as well as your password. Open the volume and drag and drop files directly from it to anywhere on your Mac.
Your PC volume should appear on your Mac Desktop.ġ7. Follow the onscreen instructions to enter your PC's workgroup name, user name, password, and the volume or folder you wish to access.ġ6. Type your PC's network address in the Server Address text box using one of these formats:ġ5. In the Finder on your Mac, choose Connect to Server from the Go menu to open the window.ġ3. On the PC: Control Panel>System>Tab to Computer Name: Write down the 'Full computer name' this is your DNSname belowġ2. On the Mac: Preferences> network> firewall: turn offġ0.On the PC: Control Panel>User Accounts> Change the password: Change this to something else (ie 1234)ġ1. On the PC: Control panel>Firewall: turn off firewall (since there is no internet connection now, it's ok)ĩ.
Make a note of the folder name here (probably default is documents - this is your SHARENAME).Ĩ. Now tick both boxes 'Share this folder on the network' and 'allow network users to change my files'.ħ. Right click & select properties, click the sharing tab, then in 'Network sharing and security' click on the text" 'If you understand the security risks but want to share files without running the wizard, click here'Ħ. Drag and drop files to your PC by dropping them on the icon. On the PC select the files you wish to transfer and drag them to your shared folder (probably called shared documents). On your Mac, a PC icon will be displayed on your desktop.
Connect your Mac to your PC using a standard Ethernet cable.Ĥ. To move files by connecting your Mac directly to your PC:Ģ.
It's annoying to deal with and only really good for transfers whereas with AppleShare you can launch data and even programs right off the share.I am writing this because it seems that all the online guides fail to notate a couple very important items regarding loging into the pc. I know this is spicy but I avoid FTP whenever I can. To share files with another Mac over the network, you must first enable file sharing by selecting the Sharing icon in the System Preferences (it is found. I've even done this over localtalk, which is slow but you don't need to mediate. Plug the Ethernet cable into the port on the PC and the other end.
Make sure to close all open Windows applications, open Migration Assistant and hit the Continue button.
I also save full disk images of these systems (when the full disk fits in a dc6 image anyway) over the network. Once the PC is ready, go to the official Apple website and download the Migration Assistant for Windows corresponding to the Mac OS version you use and install it on the PC. In addition to using these file servers for transitions, I save all my data on them day to day, to make using multiple systems easier and to make backups easier.
Mac OS X 10.4 will also do AS IP sharing to as old as 7.5.5 with the appropriate OpenTransport + AppleShare updates, but not to plain AppleShare over AppleTalk, which, say, system 7.1 would be expecting.ġ0.4/Intel can run in VMware, which has logistical benefits ("not have to leave a powermac G4 turned on all the time" and "not have to trust a 20+ year-old power supply"), but you can also run it on early Intel Mac minis, which you can still get cheap. If you have a Linux box where QEMU will properly do bridged networking, you could virtualize that. My strategy is to run an ASIP server, which I'm also sharing. is working on a neat project that combines netatalk and a couple other things in a pi or VM image that may work well, you could combine that with something like VMware Player or VirtualBox (should work in Hyper-V if you already have that) and then you can leave that VM running as a go-between. Netatalk is probably your best choice, in terms of modern logistics. QEMU on Windows makes this slightly annoying, unsure about SheepShaver. This should work if your emulator can do bridged networking.