andsteele Posted July 14, 2008 Share Posted July 14, 2008 So I am saving up for a macbook pro *yay!* and I was wondering if I could use it to access files on my windows pc. Is there anyway I can do this? Both these machines will be wireless. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/115772-getting-a-macbook-pro/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synaesthesia Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 Yes, you can do that, no problem. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/115772-getting-a-macbook-pro/#findComment-819989 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jthemovie Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 U'll have to setup a shared folder or drive - depend what you want to share - on your windows pc, then on your mac, use the key combination "Cmd + K" and type : smb://ip_of_your_windows_pc Your windows share will me mount on osx as a network drive. That's it. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/115772-getting-a-macbook-pro/#findComment-819994 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkCarnival Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 Yup, it'll be just about as easy to do as on a completely free system named Linux (even the syntax: smb://IP ). Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/115772-getting-a-macbook-pro/#findComment-820150 Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeekofComputers Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 U'll have to setup a shared folder or drive - depend what you want to share - on your windows pc, then on your mac, use the key combination "Cmd + K" and type : smb://ip_of_your_windows_pcYour windows share will me mount on osx as a network drive. That's it. Or click log in as then type your username and password you can see the files and folders but can't write to them unless you make a sharing network folder. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/115772-getting-a-macbook-pro/#findComment-820186 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jthemovie Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 Yup, it'll be just about as easy to do as on a completely free system named Linux (even the syntax: smb://IP ). right, the only difference is smbmount instead smb about that, on linux system, i edit the file /etc/fstab to mount the share when my pc start, but on mac osx, i'm a little bit lost, there is not /etc/fstab anymore :s, how to mount a samba share automatically at startup Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/115772-getting-a-macbook-pro/#findComment-820205 Share on other sites More sharing options...
fyr Posted July 19, 2008 Share Posted July 19, 2008 You don't need fstab Each time you open a server in finder, the smb:// link is in your Library/Recent Servers directory. And/or in your Documents/Servers CIFS (CIFS is something like NFS for Windows) Just open your Login items (in Systems Preferences, Accounts) and choose the + symbol and add your disk to mount here. If you need to mount a local sparse disk it could be more trciky. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/115772-getting-a-macbook-pro/#findComment-825100 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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