Re: Sharing folders

Hi Ronni Sorry for the delayed reply but I can now get the shared folders on to my desktop, albeit with a few minor differences set out below. Many thanks. Ian Reid On 2 May 2012, at 6:09 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Ian, You don't need to print the documents, save the documents (the attachme

Re: Sharing folders

Sorry no you're right, that should have read the "DropBox" folder with in Private folder. I really shouldn't try email support via Siri dictation while driving sometimes,...lol. Kind regards Daniel Sent from my iPhone 4s --- Daniel Kerr MacWizardry Phone: 0414 795 960 Email: Web:

Re: Sharing folders

Hi Daniel, Has something changed in Lion? This is not quite how it works on my SL computers - what you describe is only applicable to my "Drop Box" folder within my public folder: If I put an item in the main "Public" folder in my user folder then another connected computer user can access that f

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Hi Ian, You don't need to print the documents, save the documents (the attachments) from the emails to a folder on Margaret's Desktop. Then share that Folder. A) On Margaret's iMac: 1. Create a Folder on her Desktop 2. Name it Financial Statements (or what ever you wish) 3. Then follow my previo

Re: Sharing folders

Hi Folks In the interests of clarity and easing the strain on my ageing brain, let me be more specific. Each month, Margaret receives some emails with financial statements attached and I use Quicken to "keep the books" for her - no trouble with one computer. Now, she prints them out for me, adm

Re: Sharing folders

Hi Ian, Thanks Daniel, I had missed that Ian mentioned "Public" folder, I had assumed he was having problem with "File Sharing". Ian; In case you are a bit unsure of how to share files in OS X over your local network. It’s really sharing “Shared Folders and Volumes.” Add Shared Folders for Fi

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Hi Ian Also just to add on,... If you are trying to access the "Public" folder itself, you can only drop items into it, you can't actually open it and view. ie on your machine you can drag files into your wife's iMac public and she can view them and vice versa. But you can't actually open to vie

Re: Sharing folders

On 02/05/2012, at 12:26 PM, Ian Reid wrote: > Good Afternoon All > > Since my wife and I have had separate computers we have been unable to access > each others Public folder. For both computers, "File Sharing" is on, "Share > files and folders using AFP" is on, although "number of users conne

Sharing folders

Good Afternoon All Since my wife and I have had separate computers we have been unable to access each others Public folder. For both computers, "File Sharing" is on, "Share files and folders using AFP" is on, although "number of users connected " is 0. Connection is via a Netgear 54 mbps wirele