MacBook For Dummies by Unknown

Author:Unknown
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781119775683
Publisher: Wiley
Published: 2021-04-06T00:00:00+00:00

Network file sharing

You can swap all sorts of interesting files with other Macintosh computers on your network. When you turn on File Sharing, Big Sur allows all Macs on the network to connect to your MacBook and share the files in your Public folder. (Note that sharing across a network is different from sharing a single computer among several people. I cover that environment in Chapter 10.)

Follow these steps to start sharing files and folders with others across your network:

Click the System Preferences icon on the Dock.

Click the Sharing icon.

Select the On check box next to the File Sharing service entry to enable the connections for Mac and Windows sharing.

Other Mac users can connect to your computer by choosing Go from the Finder’s menu bar and choosing the Network menu item. The Network window appears, and your laptop is among the choices. If the other Macs are running Big Sur, your MacBook’s shared files and folders appear in a Finder window, listed below the Shared heading on the Sidebar.

Windows 10 users should head to the Network panel. Those lucky Windows folks also get to print to any shared printers you’ve set up. (The following section covers shared printers.)

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