aonavy Posted January 16, 2010 Share Posted January 16, 2010 I have a external WD 500GB hd and a powerbook g4. i cant plug in the HD because the g4 has lower power output. only way to get it working is plugging a in a usb powered hub..PITA. So what i want to do it a "map" the hardrive thats plugged into my windows 7 machine with 10.5.8. on G4 can anyone help me out? ive set the hard drive for sharing already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aonavy Posted January 16, 2010 Author Share Posted January 16, 2010 I have a external WD 500GB hd and a powerbook g4. i cant plug in the HD because the g4 has lower power output. only way to get it working is plugging a in a usb powered hub..PITA. So what i want to do it a "map" the hardrive thats plugged into my windows 7 machine with 10.5.8. on G4 can anyone help me out? ive set the hard drive for sharing already. edit** found it. change workgroup to same as windows command -k then smb://"ip address of pc"/"drive" then password and user name for the wndows machine then to make it map even after reboot do this: make alias from anything (app,music,doc) the click on get info for that alias then click select new original and put in smb://"ip address of pc"/"drive" worked for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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