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You will be asked to enter a password for the account you are using to connect to the Mac before you can connect. To connect to the Mac, you can open up an Explorer window on the Windows computer and type in the address for the Mac share (the address is in the format: \\ipaddressofthemac\shortusername). You will then see the address you need to connect to the Mac from a Windows computer at the bottom of the Sharing window. If Windows Sharing is not already started, click on the Start button to enable it. To enable Windows sharing, choose System Preferences from the Apple menu, then Sharing and make sure a check mark appears next to Windows Sharing. The short version of the user name will be listed on that tab. To find out the short version of a user name on the Mac, open up the System Preferences window from the Apple menu and select Accounts, then make sure the Password tab is selected. To connect to the Mac from a PC, you must know the short version of a user name on the Mac and have Windows Sharing enabled in the System Preferences. Once a connection has been made, the shared folder will be mounted on the Mac’s desktop (a shortcut to it will be created on the Mac’s desktop). Make your selection using the pulldown menu and click on OK. You will then have to enter the user name for an account on the Windows machine and the password for that account before you can connect by clicking on OK.Ī window will pop up where you can select from the shared folders on the Windows computer. Browse the network to find the computer you want to connect to, then click on the Connect button below its icon. Make sure Network is selected in the Finder window when it opens up. To connect to this shared folder from the Mac, make sure you are in a Finder window and choose Go, Connect to Server. To share a folder, right click on it, select Properties, then on the Sharing tab check the box next to Share this folder on the network. Once you have configured these two options, you must share a folder on the Windows computer. Select the user account you want to use when you connect to the Windows computer, then choose Create a Password. To set a password on a user account in XP, go to the Control Panel (Start, Control Panel) and select the User Accounts applet. Two other things need to be configured on the Windows computer to make sharing with a Mac possible: file and printer sharing must be enabled, and the account you will use to connect to the Windows computer must have a password set on it. This will show the Windows computer’s unique IP address which you will need to know to connect to it from a Mac. The easiest way to do this is by going to Start, Run and typing cmd, then ipconfig /all. First, you must find out what IP address your Windows computer has been assigned. It is easy to share files between Windows computers and Mac computers using TCP/IP, an industry standard networking protocol.īefore you can connect to a Windows computer from your Mac you must know some information about how your Windows computer is set up.