Allowing information to be used by more than one user
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Why can’t I share my Internet connection with another Mac?
I tried to share my Internet connection with another Mac but it failed. I could before I upgraded to Mountain Lion.
I have a 3G USB modem that I use for Internet. I went to System Preferences → ...
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Can't mount AFP and SMB shares through Finder but can manually mount via terminal
I have Mac OS X 10.6.8 on a laptop which cannot mount or connect to any shares, AFP or SMB, through Finder. I can, however, connect through terminal bash commands and is able to mount them this way;
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Odd permissions issues on Windows Share
I'm handling the IT for a Mac based design studio and they're having weird issues with files on a Windows Server 2008 R2 server. They should have complete access to everything, they can create, ...
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How to change computer name so terminal displays it in Mac OS X Mountain Lion?
When I setup my computer I named it "Scott's MacBook Pro". And so when I go to System preferences->Sharing, it says Scott's MacBook Pro there as my computer name. However, opening up a terminal gives ...
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Two laptops authorized to play my iTunes library; what can each laptop see?
There are two computers authorized to play my iTunes library; one is my main laptop and I sync my iPhone and iPad to this. The second laptop is an old one which I gave to a friend when I upgraded. I ...
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Parallels shared folders not working
I've followed the manual in setting up the shared folders on my Windows 7 installation under Parallels version 7.0.15106, but still I can not find my Mac folders in Windows explorer! I have tried both ...
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Mountain Lion 10.8.3 file sharing broken for particular named folder
I'm running Mountain Lion 10.8.3 on a 2012 Mac Mini. The Mini is headless and I'm using an iMac to do screen sharing for admin purposes. I'm trying to set up sharing of a particular folder on an ...
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Mac Osx 10.8.3 Shares Big problems
I'm tryng to share folders from an 10.8.3 imac to users in my LAN (using bot mac and windows) I'm having this problem:
1) Mac users can access the share using afp:// but
when they create new ...
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How can I enable DVD or CD Sharing with the Firewall on?
I'm trying to enable "DVD or CD Sharing" in the System Preferences. When I enable it, it says that the Firewall is blocking it. If I go into the Security > Firewall settings, I see that the first item ...
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iCloud shared calendars won't stay in view only
I'm trying to share a calendar with my partner, and she is attempting to do likewise with me.
The first issue is that when sharing a calendar you do not get to select a permissions level, which has ...
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How to share a very large voice memo to Dropbox from iPod?
I am a college student and have recorded an interview for a speech assignment on my iPod. It is too large to email (about 24min). I have Dropbox on my iPod but when I try to "share" the voice memo, ...
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Sharing a single Dropbox between multiple accounts on one Mac - possible?
This seems like it should be easy, but...
My partner and I use a single Dropbox.com account to keep all of our joint projects synced up between our computers - and this has been working great for ...
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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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How can I share an external hard drive with another Mac?
I have file sharing working between my iMac (10.8.3) and MacBook Pro (also 10.8.3), and I have an external "My BooK" drive (USB, MS DOS format) that I want to share. The iMac (where the external drive ...
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Multiple iPads need multiple games
I have 4 kids and they all have games on their iPads that are the same games. How do I get the accounts squared away so they are no playing each others game? For example, everyone has "Clash of the ...
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Does Facetime on Mountain Lion allow you to share your screen?
I am trying to figure out a way to share my screen with someone else. I wanted to see if Facetime had that feature or if there is another recommendation for screen sharing on Mountain Lion.
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What are the correct .Trashes Sharing & Permission settings?
I was trying to recover some files I accidentally deleted, so I followed this wikihow article. It makes you change the privileges for the .Trashes file, but then after says, "You can now reset the ...
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Sharing a Dropbox link directly to the clipboard, without having a browser pop open?
Is there any solution for retrieving a Dropbox share link to a file, that doesn't involve opening a browser?
That puts it directly in the clipboard.
(For sake of clarity, I'm referring to when you ...
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Iphone 5 and Ipads sharing photos
We have an Iphone 5 and 2 Ipads - the photo stream is currently set so that all photos taken on any of the three devices are all in one place. This is now becoming annoying as I don't want to see all ...
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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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Sharing itunes music between two computers
My girlfriend and I both use iTunes for our music. We have separate accounts and have iTunes on two different computers (she has a mac and I have a windows pc). I believe at one point people were able ...
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How do I remove Twitter and Facebook from Mountain Lion?
I want to remove Twitter and Facebook (in the future) from Mountain Lion.
Is it enough to simply remove Twitter.sharingservice from
...
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How does the “Copy” button work for iPad photos?
When I click "Share" on an iPad photo not in Camera Roll, there's a "Copy" option. It seems to do nothing, how can I get it to work? Ideally I want to copy a photo to the Camera Roll so I can save it ...
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Import PDF files from laptop to iPad without network
We can use iTunes to import PDF files to Books application of iPad. However Books application has no PDF annotation capability. I have installed other PDF viewers on iPad (like Documents by Readdle, ...
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Open iBooks files in other PDF viewers in iPad
iBooks permits easy file sharing and import of Pdf files to iPad through iTunes, however it lacks annotation/highlighting. After import, I prefer to open PDF file with 3rd party PDF viewers like ...
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How do I maintain two different iOS devices on a single iMac
My wife and I share an iMac, and our iPhones keep populating with each other's apps. iTunes keeps trying to update my phone with my wife's apps and data. Is there a way to update the settings on the ...
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How can I remove old SMB connections?
Whenever I start up my old Mac Mini, I get an error indicating that it can't connect to an SMB share that I set up a long time ago:
So that this question is findable via Google, the text of this ...
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Looking for specific help with networking iTunes with Air and Home Theatre PC
Let me explain my set up. I have a home theater PC that houses all my music files (about 500 gigs worth of music) but right now it just works as a server in that regard since I play all the music ...
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One Apple ID being used for multiple phones. How to create a new Apple ID for one?
I have a question regarding using the same Apple ID for multiple phones. I have let my dad use my Apple ID to purchase apps and stuff, and now I realize that he uses my ID for iCloud, and all our ...
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“sharing only” account cannot access SMB shares
My home server "Mac1" is running OS X 10.6.8. On that Mac I created a "sharing only" user account so I could access the shared folders on "Mac1" from other Macs/PCs on my home LAN.
From my other ...
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635 views
Hiding home shares on file sharing computer
Due to my email backup software, I had to create 'real' users on my 10.6.6 install rather that create 'share only' users.
Now when users connect to the shares, they see a full home folder as well as ...
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Is there an app that will let me drag/drop and copy/paste across two Macs?
I've got two Macs sitting right next to each other and I'm logged on to both of them. Is there some app that will allow me to drag and drop across the two of them? Specifically, I'm trying to share ...
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Internet Sharing is grey out
My system is Lion 10.7.x
My Internet Sharing is greyed out with:
Internet Sharing: Off
You cannot start Internet Sharing because you have not selected a port to share your connection.
How ...
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Cannot access administrative share (c$) on a Windows 8 PC from Mountain Lion
I'm having an issue trying to access administrative shares on my Windows 8 PC from my MacBook Air running OSX 10.8.2.
Here is the process, errors and background info:
On the MacBook, Go menu > ...
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Why does the natd process hog my CPU?
When sharing internet in my Macbook, from a 3G USB pendrive to Wi-Fi, if the 3G connection falls, the natd process rises up in CPU usage.
Is this a real problem? Is it expected in some way?
There's ...
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Trying to access remote FreeNAS AFP share halts system!
Trying to access a remote FreeNAS box, with AFP sharing set up.
(AFP works fine over the LAN, just not over WAN.)
From a remote location, if I go to Finder and Go>Connect to Server then enter ...
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guest access to samba shares on 10.8
Is there any way to allow public (ie no user/password prompt) access to samba shares using the mountain lion built in server?
Even with Everyone set to read/write in System Preferences and the guest ...
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Can't access USB hard drive plugged in to Time Capsule
I have the most recent 2 TB Time Capsule to which I connected (via USB) a 1.5 TB Seagate hard drive.
I expect the hard drive to be visible under "Shared", but nothing appears, except the Time Capsule ...
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How can an iPhoto Library be shared between users in a way that facilitates backing up to Time Machine?
I'm aware that there has been a similar question that points towards Apple's own guidance on sharing iPhoto Libraries.
Apple's solutions aren't compatible with Time Machine - it can't be used to back ...
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How to access Windows share from an iPad?
I didn't find any iPad app that's supporting samba.
What is the best way to access Windows shares from an iPad?
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Twitter And Facebook Integration Missing In Notification center?
I have recently installed Mountain Lion and noticed that 'Sharing' via Facbook and Twitter are missing!
I have checked the System Preferences to enable this feature but I am stuck. Can anyone help ...
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Disable warning: “There is a user sharing this computer.”
I have a Mac used as a test server and it restarts daily automatically. Occasionally we connect to it to grab files, but if we forget to disconnect, the Mac fails to restart because it waits for ...
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Play iTunes 10 shared library in iTunes 11?
I have a machine running iTunes 11 and another running iTunes 10. iTunes 11 can see my iTunes 10 library shared from the other machine, and I can connect to it successfully, but none of the tracks ...
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Lack of sharing options
Im having some trouble using the new sharing features in Finder, Preview, etc. Having tried with many different file types (pictures, text, audio, video), it only ever lists Messages and Airdrop. Not ...
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How to share iOS Pages document that was created on Mac?
I recently created a Pages document on my Mac (OS X 10.8.2). I then opened it in Pages on my iPhone (iOS 6.1) to email it to someone. iCloud downloaded the document as expected when I opened Pages, ...
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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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Can I rescind the choice to share data about my iTunes library contents with Apple?
I installed the new iTunes 11 on my Mac and I accepted to share my iTunes library with Apple. There were some initial welcome screens and I opeted in when I started the new version of iTunes the first ...
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How to publish the Places map from Aperture with geotagged pictures?
So I have a set of pictures taken along the way of a road trip. They were taken with an iPhone so they're geotagged but we could be dealing with manually geotagged pics, doesn't matter. I want to ...
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Setting Default Send-From Address on iPhone
If I take a photo using the camera app, and then want to share it by email, the default is to send from my icloud email address. I have my gmail set up on my phone using exchange, and that had always ...
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Mac File Sharing with Windows 7
I haven't found any useful info about what to do when asked for a password whilst sharing files between Mac and Windows. My scenario: I have ONE user on my Mac (somebrit) and no one else, not even ...
