Hi James Have done a re-start as you suggested and checked both are on the same network and still no shaw. How do I determine if bonjour is working?
Pedro On 13/01/2010, at 8:57 PM, James Devenish wrote: > > Hi Pedro, > > For a Mac to show 'Shared' in the Finder's sidebar, there must be at > least two computers correctly operating on the same network. This is > because Shared is hidden for solo computers. Your computers seem to > think they are solo, and a failure in merely one of the pair would > cause this to happen. > > You should double-check that both computer are truly connected to the > same wireless access point. (E.g,., it's possible for one of them to > have latched onto a neighbour's wireless by mistake.) Secondly, > Bonjour must be working on both computers. Bonjour is essential for > automatic Sharing in both the Finder and iTunes. So just in case > Bonjour has failed, you should restart both computers (reboot one of > them about 10 seconds after the other, to be sure, and then check > their Airport network names in the Network System Preferences). > > I'm pretty sure that the 'Shared' sidebar should be visible in the > Finder even if File Sharing is turned off. > > James > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> > MacBook 2.2GHz Core 2 Duo 2 GB/667 MHz 160GB OS X 10.6.2 Snow Leopard -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au>
