Learn about File Sharing in Mac OS X v10.5 and later in this article. File sharing allows your Mac to share files and folders with other computers on your network. In this article, you can learn to: Select folders to share Configure the user and group accounts with appropriate access privileges Choose the appropriate network protocol to communicate with the kind of computer that’s accessing your shared files Join a Microsoft Windows workgroup Notes Mac OS X v10.5’s firewall, firewalls on other computers, or network routers may override your file sharing settings. Please see this article for details on the Mac OS X 10.5 firewall. Refer to your vendor’s documentation about firewalls for third-party computers or routers. To enable and configure file sharing you will need to know the name and password of an administrator account on your Mac.
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Mac 101: File sharing
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