On Jan 1, 2013, at 7:30 AM, Clark Martin wrote:

> 
> 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.
> 

I'm looking in my Sharing Prefs for 10.6.8 on my Mac.
Where do I find something like "SMB"?
I also have a "smart TV" that won't connect to my computer.


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