Allowing information to be used by more than one user
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iTunes library for multiple machines
I have multiple machines with iTunes installed (mac and pc) and a Windows server with a file share hosting my music. I would like :
All machines to use one data repository but still have the ...
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5answers
2k views
AFP over the internet?
I'm using my MBP as a media server, and I'm connecting to it via my MBA through AFP (settings can be found in "File Sharing" tab in System Preferences).
This works fine if I am connecting locally, ...
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1answer
3k views
Can I share a .ipa file (iOS app) among multiple users?
Is it possible to share a .ipa file between iOS device users who have purchased the app? The reason is we do not want to download the app (especially if it has a large file size, like 1GB).
For ...
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2answers
917 views
Calendar sharing with iCloud and MobileMe
There are 3 different people, each needing to publish their own calendar, and view/edit the other calendars. Each has an iMac or macbook, and iPhone. Person 1 has MobileMe and is unable to upgrade to ...
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8answers
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What are some best practices for a family sharing a single Apple ID?
My family shares an apple ID, and I can't chose whose contacts I want to sync with when I set up Icloud. For example, I own a Mac and an iPhone. I want my content to only be synced between MY Mac and ...
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0answers
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Internet Sharing causes System Preferences to crash!
OK, every single time that I go to sharing in system preferences and click the internet box, it crashes and unexpectedly quits.
I have no clue why this keeps happening, I have restarted my computer, ...
2
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2answers
668 views
Is there a way to share photos from one iTunes account with another?
I would like to share my photos that I have in my iTunes/iCloud account with another account. Ideally, I would like to be able to have anything that is in my photostream to be automatically sent to ...
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0answers
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Airport Extreme sharing 1TB disk
I just bought an Airport Extreme thinking it was easy to share a USB disk.
I'm very disappointed that this is taking so much time and still not working.
The disk is 1TB NTFS formatted. It works well ...
4
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1answer
597 views
Sharing a iPhoto Library between users on the same computer
I tried to share my iPhoto library with putting it into my sharing folder. I changed the permissions, so the other users can use it. Now they can use it, but if they add new photos, i cannot edit ...
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1answer
3k views
How should I debug AFP issues?
I'm having some problems connecting to a Time Capsule's shared drive from a Macbook Air running OS X 10.7.2 Lion. I can connect to the share without problem from a Macbook Pro running OS X 10.6 Snow ...
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1answer
337 views
Share Web through another port
I have a webserver running on a MBA at port 4431 and I want to access through my local network.
But web sharing uses port 80 by default and I can't access to my_mba_ip:4431
Can I add ports to web ...
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1answer
63 views
How do I assure that all files from a shared HFS+ drives are always writable by all users?
I have a shared drive on a Mac and I keep having problems accessing different directories.
For example, while logged on the server as root I create a new folder aaa on this drive.
Now, I discover ...
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4answers
49k views
How does a family with multiple idevices and multiple laptops share music and digital movie copies?
My wife and I both have our own laptops with our own iTunes accounts. Then we have a shared desktop. In the past, this was fine as all we had for iDevices was an iPod each. So we just managed our own ...
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0answers
303 views
What kind of partition should I use for a shared network drive used mostly un Mac?
I have a 2TB external USB drive that I'm using to share things in my home network.
Now the drive is connected to my Mac Mini, that is supposed to act like a file server.
Currently the drive is ...
4
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1answer
178 views
How can I keep songs unchecked?
I share an iTunes library on another computer in my house. If I uncheck songs so they don't play when I shuffle, the next time I share that library the songs are checked again. No one else re-checked ...
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1answer
472 views
Mount root of SMB Server
I have a Windows server that I want to backup all the Shares through a script automatically to my MacBook Pro running OSX 10.6.8. There is no common folder all the shares are in, they are just mounted ...
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4answers
488 views
‘Web Sharing’ won't turn off
I'm trying to turn off the Web Sharing service from the Preferences panel, but everything I try, it just gets stuck on ‘Interrupting...’, with an orange icon, and it doesn't do anything. If I close ...
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1answer
463 views
Can't print from OS X 10.7 to shared printer on OS X 10.6
I have a network with 2 Mac OS X computers in it.
When I try to print a text document from my upgraded OS X 10.7 to the shared printer on OS X 10.6, my print job gets stuck at the "job pending on ...
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1answer
8k views
one computer, multiple iphones, multiple apple IDs
We have 2 iphones and 2 ipod touches and 3 separate apple logins. We manage all accounts on one computer by using multiple computer user logins. Note: this is how apple told us to set it up in the ...
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3answers
36k views
How do I share apps between iTunes profiles?
We have a number of iDevices in the family, and each user has their own Apple ID.
If I purchase an app for my ipod or ipad, can I share it with my wife and son, each of whom have their own IDs? How ...
3
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5answers
634 views
Image Uploading to Web Service from iOS
I often want to make a picture available on the internet, without wanting it as part of my Twitter stream or Facebook account etc. For example, posting a screenshot to a thread on a forum or just to ...
2
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1answer
5k views
Can I share iBooks with another device that is authorized for the purchasing account?
Is there a way to share iBooks with a device without connecting it to the machine running iTunes with the purchasing account?
I know that it is possible to download iBooks to a device that uses a ...
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3answers
2k views
How do I set up iCloud for a family?
What is the right way to set up iCloud for a family? Assume that I want to share iTunes store account, have separate mail, contacts, bookmarks and notes, but have the possibility of sharing calendars ...
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1answer
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Changed home directory of OSX Server user account, user disappeared, access remains
I'm dealing with my company's Mac Mini (with loads of data I cannot risk on an external drive, but cannot plug out because of below) running Mac OS X Server 10.6.4.
My problem was that I needed to ...
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2answers
499 views
Why won't scanner show up for Scanner Sharing?
I have an HP ScanJet 4890 connected via USB to my desktop Mac Mini running Lion. Recently, HP finally! updated scanner drivers and my scanner is recognized and works on that machine (connected to a ...
2
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3answers
530 views
Need to create a common workspace between two macs connected wirelessly in a network
I need to create a common development workspace between two macs connected in a wi-fi network. Sort of like a shared folder. But the problem using a shared folder is that there are a lot of ownership ...
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3answers
3k views
Why is my Mac constantly trying to connect to another server?
After logging on, I see this dialog box pop up. Whenever I dismiss it, it reappears 30 seconds later. (Stealing focus at the same time! Grrrr!)
"Slate" is my old iMac, which is sitting on the desk ...
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2answers
318 views
Can I use the Sites folder for whatever I want?
Not realizing that OS X creates a ~/Sites folder when you enable web sharing, I started putting my sites for MAMP within a ~/Sites directory, which did not exist on my new laptop. Is this ok, as long ...
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2answers
800 views
Internet sharing through WiFi disconnects
I am currently using an iMac running Lion and am having problems sharing my internet through WiFi.
The iMac is connected to the internet through ethernet and I share that connection through WiFi to ...
2
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1answer
2k views
share purchased movies with friends
Sometimes when I visit friends and don't have my Mac around I still would like to watch some of the movies I purchased on iTunes together with them. How do I do this? Can I share movies with others ...
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1answer
414 views
Shared hard drive with user-level permissions
I have a Drobo attached to an always-on Mac mini, with a bunch of files I want to be able to access from other computers. Some of them (DVD rips, photos) I want to be available to anyone on my ...
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3answers
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How many times can really I share a purchased app with other people
I understand I can share apps with up to five other iOS devices of other people (with different apple IDs). But is this on a per-app base? I.e. can I only register five devices I want to share with ...
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1answer
1k views
How do I share purchased iOS apps without my Mac?
Is there a way someone else can share a purchased iOS app with me when I only have my iOS device with me but no Mac but the other person has both his Mac and his iOS device around?
Is there also a ...
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1answer
454 views
Problem using CD & DVD-sharing
I've recently bought me self a new Macbook Air (the teeny one, 11.6 with 60 gb) and I am using it for college purposes mainly.
Problem is that college is rather boring, so I'd like to install ...
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1answer
182 views
Scanner sharing service stops after logout. How do I make it always share?
I'm sharing a scanner from a Mid 2007 iMac (10.6.8, USB scanner over wired ethernet). I've enabled sharing on the local admin account and it all works well on the other Macs that are using the ...
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2answers
440 views
Copying Files From Windows Share To OSX Share Results In Access Denied
When copying files/folders from a share on a Windows server to a share on our OSX (10.4.7 Server) using a Snow Leopard workstation. The Linux workstations get "Access Denied" errors.
All users are ...
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3answers
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Choosing native screen resolution aspect ratio when screen sharing
I have two Macs both running Lion:
iMac (early 2009, iMac9,1 with NVIDIA GeForce GT 120)
MacBook Air (Early 2011, first of the new shape 11.6")
I often screen share using the Macbook Air as the ...
2
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1answer
233 views
GUI for managing automounting of fileshares?
I have a bunch of MP3 files on an SMB share. They play great if I use Finder's Connect to Server to mount the disk first, iTunes thinks they have names like /Volumes/musicshare/foo.mp3. But if I ...
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2answers
301 views
How to share files with coworkers via internet? Securely?
I have number of co-workers in other countries. I would like to be able to setup something like shared network drive so that we can all access the files and work together. What's the best way of doing ...
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votes
2answers
518 views
How can I share all document revisions with another Mac?
Mac OS ‘Lion’ introduced a version control system with a fancy user interface called Versions. I’m slowly getting used to working with it and find it quite powerful.
I have found out how to share the ...
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5answers
2k views
Does iChat screen sharing over the internet work in OS X Lion?
If I upgrade to Lion, will I still be able to use iChat to take over my elderly father's Mac (we have MobileMe accounts) to help him with problems and software updates? I read in some forums that this ...
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5answers
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Mounting shares with Login Items at login, Finder windows popup
I have some shares that are mounted during login. I used Users & Groups' "Login Items" panel to do this. When I login, all of the shares pop up in their own Finder windows.
How can I keep the ...
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3answers
161 views
What are some steps to troubleshoot problems sharing printers, files, and screen?
I am having many problems sharing (printer, file, screen) from a Macbook Pro (10.6.8) to a PowerMac G5 tower (10.5.8). It was working just fine until we switched internet providers and got a new ...
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1answer
679 views
Security problem if Mac Os X file sharing permissions for “everybody” is set to read-only?
What does "everybody" exactly mean in File Sharing in the Sharing Preference Pane in Mac Os X.
Sounds as if everybody in the local network could read my files without authentication if its set to ...
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1answer
1k views
Samba is removed from Lion. How is the role of auto_master changed [closed]
I used to use the /etc/auto_master file to load SMB shares in Snow leopard Mac OS X
Now that Samba is removed, I wonder what should be the correct way to auto mount windows shares.
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2answers
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Can Snow Leopard Servers`s File Sharing (AFP), iCal, and iChat be updated without user logins/accounts and by individual iMacs?
My supervisor wants this setup. We have the internet service provider connected to a switch, and the switch has Snow Leopard Server and 5 iMacs connected to it.
Is it possible to use File Sharing, ...
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0answers
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Why is file sharing missing from sharing preferences?
File sharing is not an option for me under 'sharing'.
The image above illustrates the lack of file sharing, but I do have the following items:
dvd or cd sharing
screen sharing
scanner sharing
...
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1answer
81 views
Create and distribute printers
Is there a way to create a printer on a machine. Then bundle up the Printer bundle and create an installer out of it for multiple users at a location. To avoid having to explain to each user how to ...
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2answers
485 views
Is there a way I can share a disk image as a remote DVD drive?
I would like to upgrade one of my laptops to Snow Leopard but the DVD drive doesn't work.
So can I share a disk image to use it with Remote Mac OS X Install tool?
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10answers
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Share links, notes, and pictures between iPhone and Mac?
Just like the newly presented iMessage but instead of just between iOS devices, with the Mac too.
I've looked at Handoff. It can only send links to the iPhone from the Mac.
I've looked at Droplr. It ...
