You will have to zero/clear out the name that shows up when the authentication screen first appears and type in the user ID and password for the computer you are trying to connect to.
--- On Tue, 10/14/08, John McClernan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: John McClernan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: How to transfer from a G3 without Firewire to a G3 with Firewire > To: imaclist@googlegroups.com > Date: Tuesday, October 14, 2008, 6:20 PM > John, > Go to the "Sharing" preference panel and turn on > "Personal File > Sharing" on both machines. > Then, from machine that is the destination, choose > "Connect to > Server..." from the "Go" menu in the Finder. > In the small window that opens, click "Browse" > and then navigate to > the name of the other computer and choose it, then click > "Connect". > (You may have to authenticate, which means entering the > user name and > password for the account on the other computer. Don't > connect as a > guest, you probably won't be able to access any files.) > If you have > more than one account on the computer, you will have the > chance to > pick which user account (or the entire hard drive) you wish > to open. > > In a few seconds, the hard drive of the other computer will > appear on > your desktop, but the icon will be different. It may be a > blue or > grey small globe. Double click it and you can drag any of > the files > you want onto the desktop of your destination computer. > > Let me know if you have any trouble doing this and I'll > try to send > you some screen shots. I'm doing the 10.3 part from > memory because I > have not run that OS since 10.4 was released. So, my > descriptions may > not be 100% accurate, but the procedure is correct. > > When you are finished accessing the other computer, drag > that globe > to the trash to "eject" the disk. > Cheers, > John > > > > > On Oct 14, 2008, at 6:23 PM, John Paine wrote: > > > John, > > > > OS 10.3 on the older one, OS 10.4 on the newer. They > are connected > > to a FiOS router, but I can't say that they are > networked at least > > as I understand the term. > > > > John > > > > "If there must be trouble, let it be in my day so > that my children > > may know peace." - Thomas Paine > > > > > > EMAILING FOR THE GREATER GOOD > > Join me > > > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: How to transfer from a G3 without > Firewire to a G3 > > with Firewire > > Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2008 20:36:25 -0400 > > To: imaclist@googlegroups.com > > > > John, > > Are they both on the same network? Which OS are you > running on each? > > Cheers, > > John > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's iMac List, a group for those using G3, G4, G5, and Intel Core iMacs as well as Apple eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
