lifehacker.com — So you've made the switch to Mac, but kept your old PC, and now you've got both connected to your home router. How do you access your Windows files from OS X? Turns out that Mac OS X can connect to Windows shared folders very easily. Read on to find out how.
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herolintMar 27, 2007
This is very basic, but the problem isn't with OS X, it is with Windows. Try connecting to a Samba share with OS X. It just works.It is difficult sometimes to get Windows machines talking together; at least for the common user.
xiataMar 27, 2007
Those are just the administrative shares. If the user does not have admin-level access, that share (as well as any drive letter as smb:///x$ where x is the drive letter) will reply access denied.There's also smb:///ipc$ but that I believe is used by the printer service (among other things) to list all connected printers.
cdraffMar 27, 2007
Wow this is way more difficult than it should be...Step one: Share Folder on Windows PCStep two: Open the Mac HD on the Desktop of the MacStep Three: Open the Network Window in Finder (upper left hand corner)Step four: Find your PC network (Mine Labeled Home), and open it.Step Five: find the PC with shared files (Mine Name Leonard), open that.Step Six: Enter the Password for your network, at the SMB/CIFS File System Authentication Window.Step Seven: Select the volume, and there you go it is now acting like a mounted drive on the OS X Desktop...Easy as pie...
wiihuckMar 27, 2007
feel free to give us the step-by-step
enzowebMar 28, 2007
Can someone answer the 'alias' question? I have the same problem. I set up a share on XP, and had an alias to it. Now when I try and connect I get that there's a problem and I can delete or fix the alias, but nothing works. I don't have permission to delete the alias. Even if I go into an x-term as root I can't delete the folder. Also, I can't browse to the XP machine through Mac Network, it doesn't see it at all. However, my XBOX 360 can see the shared folders on the XP machine so it's obviously working.So, to all the people who say "it just works" - it doesn't. It may work for you, but that doesn't mean it works for everybody.
justin6512Mar 28, 2007
yeah, this isn't that hard to figure out.you open up finder, see the big button called network, then you see your network name, click on your windows computer and accept. not hard.
markfleserApr 2, 2007
Lame, it's not that difficult. I learned how to do that about a week after I got my Mac.
oldnikonMay 4, 2007
Beautiful! Are you people blind to vote for THIS?