Wifi between windows and mac

[gazwsx]

Hello,

if I take a white macbook can i exchange data on it with my cousin latptop that having a windows 7 on it? is t possible to do with wifi network? please post your experience and knowledge. Thanks for reply.

[Raiz]

Refer to following threads:

Creating a network between PC and Mac
How to protect Wi-Fi connections ?

[Mac rumor]

No problem in sharing with mac and windows in wifi, i alawsy used to do it in my macbook and my windows pc. Just to share one or more folders to the right IP address and it works without any compatibility issues.

[Fleming]

Configure the MAC first!

For this it is in the "System Preferences" tab and then "Sharing". Here you click (the list) to "file sharing for windows" and a button on the right will appear, you click on it (it will be called "Enable" or qq thing in the genre). Once completed, it gives you info to log the MAC from a PC, please note the info.

On the Windows:

In Windows Explorer, you created (on C:, for example) a file that you named "Sharing" (eg, you name as you want) then you right click on it and the menu, you choose "Properties ". You go in the tab "Sharing".

In the second box, you click on "Enable file sharing windows" then you select "Simple mode". Finally you click on the box "Share this folder" and "Allow users to edit the content.

And finally on the pc, you connect to the MAC, you follow the instructions provided by your Mac. On the Mac, you go in the finder and you click on "Network", it will do a search and it will a list, you seek the name of your PC and you go about connecting.

[Spyrus]

Mac OS X: Setting up Windows File Sharing

1. From the Apple menu, choose System Preferences.
2. From the View menu, choose Accounts.
3. Click New User (10.2) or the "+" button (10.3 or later).
4. Enter the Name and Short Name for the user who will log in from Windows.

The user's short name is exactly how the user will enter their name when they log in to Windows Sharing. The short name is always lowercase.

For users of Windows 98: If you log in to Windows 98 with a username, make sure it matches your Mac OS X account's short name. If you do not log in to Windows 98 with a username, you will need to create a new Windows 98 username that matches the account short name in Mac OS X. For more information on using Windows operating systems, please see Microsoft documentation or contact Microsoft for further assistance.

5. Enter the user's password.
6. 10.2 only: Click the checkbox for "Allow user to log in from Windows".
7. 10.2 only: Click OK.
8. Quit System Preferences.

Specify the Windows workgroup name

The default Mac OS X SMB workgroup name is "WORKGROUP". If you did a custom installation of Mac OS X and deselected the BSD Subsystem, you may not be able to change your workgroup name, which may prevent you from sharing. This is not an issue if you did a standard installation. If necessary, reinstall Mac OS X 10.2 with the BSD Subsystem selected.

If you are sharing files between Mac and PC, make sure your workgroup names are exactly the same on both computers.

Turn on Windows Sharing

1. From the Apple menu, choose System Preferences.
2. From the View menu, choose Sharing. The Bonjour (formerly "Rendezvous") Name field will be used for the Mac OS X SMB host name. This is the name that appears in the Windows Network Neighborhood.

For versions 10.2 and 10.2.1 only: If a DNS reverse lookup entry exists for your computer, the DNS name will be used instead of the one entered here.

3. Click the checkbox for Windows Sharing (located in the Service column). Network preferences says, "Windows Sharing On".
4. For version 10.4 only: As indicated by the yellow prompts, you must click the Enable Accounts button and complete the resulting dialog.

If Windows Sharing service does not stay on, make sure you have a reliable network connection.