Good IDEA E.T. most Macintosh computers can make their ethernet ports reverse polarity so that there is no need to use a router or hub just connect the ethernet between the two ports.
One can also transfer files using blue tooth though that is usually fairly slow. Another option might be Firewire and putting the Macintosh in “target disk mode”. Best Wishes, Jonathan Cohn > On May 30, 2018, at 1:02 PM, E.T. <ancient.ali...@icloud.com> wrote: > > Limiting your options. Perhaps an Ethernet connection between Mac and PC? > > From E.T.'s Keyboard... > ancient.ali...@icloud.com > Many believe that we have been visited > in the past. What if it were true? > > On 5/30/2018 9:44 AM, Bill Gallik wrote: >> I have no intentions of connecting a printer to the network nor the Mac. >> ************ >> - Bill from Ino, Wisconsin >> - “Last week I was diagnosed with Insomnia, now I’m just so tired of it.” >> - Contributor Unknown >> On May 30, 2018, at 11:29 AM, Erik Burggraaf <e...@erik-burggraaf.com >> <mailto:e...@erik-burggraaf.com>> wrote: >> Why not just print from your mini and ipad? >> Best, >> Erik >> On May 30, 2018 12:19:55 PM Bill Gallik <wfgal...@icloud.com >> <mailto:wfgal...@icloud.com>> wrote: >> A bit of background here; I have an old PC (Vista) I use for scanning >> documents and printing out whatever. This PC is not connected into the >> network router I’m using with my Mini Mac, iPhone and iPad because I don’t >> care to deal with the anti-virus software so necessary when made vulnerable >> by using network connections. >> However, I would like to be able to readily transfer files from my Mini-Mac >> to the PC (PDF documents for printing). Is it prudently feasible to connect >> the PC to the Mac-Mini via USB (or another possible hard-wired approach) >> such that the PC would appear as a device to the Mac? A device that could be >> browsed much like any other device? >> **************** >> - Bill from Ino, Wisconsin >> - "It is even harder for the average ape to believe that he has descended >> from man." >> - US Editor and Satirist, H. L. 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