Mac Basics: File Sharing - Apple Support

Mac Basics: File Sharing - Apple Support

Mac Basics: File Sharing Learn about File Sharing. This article has been archived and is no longer updated by Apple. File Sharing allows your Mac to share files and folders with other Macs and PCs on your network. Notes Your file sharing settings may be overridden by your network router's firewall, the firewalls on other computers, or the firewall in Mac OS X v10.5 or later. Please see this article for details. Refer to your vendor's documentation about firewalls for third-party computers or routers. Before you begin, you might want to create all the user and group accounts you will need in Users & Groups preferences (in OS X Mountain Lion and OS X Lion) or Accounts preferences (in Mac OS X v10.5 or Mac OS X v10.6).  See this article for details. You can set up your Mac to allow specific user and group accounts access to certain folders with appropriate access privileges. Open Sharing preferences Log in with an administrator user account.

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