External hard showing "weird". Better known as, sharing an external/portable hard drive between osx and winxp. [more inside]
posted on Jun 23, 2008 - 10 answers

Can anyone help me figure out how to resume file sharing capabilities between my MacBook Pro and my Windows Vista PC after my 'Book has been in Sleep mode? [more inside]
posted on May 2, 2008 - 2 answers

Can a Mac open a file that is hosted on a windows 2003 network file server using a UNC path? [more inside]
posted on May 10, 2007 - 9 answers

OSXFileSharingFilter: I have a friend who's trying to make himself a great file server off an old iBook - and has hit a snag involving a MyBook external hard drive. The problem makes no sense to me, and my Google-fu as failed me once again. [more inside]
posted on Mar 11, 2007 - 7 answers

I'm looking for a cheap (or better yet, free) software to run a simple file server in my journalism lab. [more inside]
posted on Dec 10, 2006 - 11 answers

Can I access my files on a Window 2000 machine (at home) from my iBook when travelling? [more inside]
posted on Sep 10, 2005 - 17 answers

What is the best way to network my Windows and Mac OSX 10.3 machines? [more inside]

I have a home network set up, but I can't seem to share my whole hard drive with my Windows machine, only public directories. On the flip side, if I set a folder for sharing on Windows, the Mac doesn't automatically detect it, I have to set it to connect to that folder.

Ideally I'd like to be able to access either machine's hard drive no matter which machine I have connected. I'm thinking Firewire networking might be a good solution for this (and faster than my 10/100 switch) but can't seem to find any decent instructions. If I try networking via Firewire, can I restrict so I am only sharing with machines on my network, since Windows file sharing frightens and disturbs me.
posted on Feb 16, 2004 - 7 answers