On Jan 1, 2013, at 4:06 AM, Gary D. wrote:

> Pretty far OT but maybe someone can give me a tip to get me off dead center.
> 
> I have a new Panasonic TV that is WLAN capable with which I have internet 
> access (YouTube, etc.) but I have not been able to access my Mac Mini running 
> 10.6.8 so that I can display my pictures, video clips, etc. on the TV. I have 
> turned on sharing, set sharing using both AFP and FTP, marked folders and 
> volumes for sharing and turned off the firewall but I still can't get 
> connected. Entering the IP address given by the mini for access in the TV 
> bowser brings up an "can't access" error message. Any ideas about what I am 
> doing wrong or haven't taken into consideration. Any tips would be much 
> appreciated.
> 
> 

Wild guess but the TV probably wants to access a SMB (Samba) server (ie 
Windows).  Try turning that on in the Mini's Sharing prefs.

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