Sashritha Peiris asks:
I would like to know how to access my Mac’s hard drive and files from a Windows Vista computer. The Windows computer just won’t detect the Mac. How can I do this across the network? Any help is appreciated.
Browser: Chrome 23 and Internet Explorer
System: Mac OS X Mountain Lion and Windows Vista
Tagged: connect to mac, connect to PC, mac tips, network tips, windows tips
System: Mac OS X Mountain Lion and Windows Vista
Tagged: connect to mac, connect to PC, mac tips, network tips, windows tips
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Alan Wade
January 7, 2013There are a few options listed here: http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=381510
Justin Pot
January 7, 2013You could try this out: http://catacombae.org/hfsx.html
Hasn’t been updated for a while but is built specifically for browsing Mac drives from in Windows. Let me know if it works out for you.
ha14
January 7, 2013How to view HFS+ hard drives from Windows
http://www.macbreaker.com/2012/02/access-mac-os-x-partition-from-windows.html
Sashritha Peiris
January 8, 2013Thanks for your help but it needs to be over a wireless netowrk or wired
Jan Fritsch
January 8, 2013Have you tried setting up file sharing between the computers? Make sure you enable SMB access otherwise the Windows computer won’t be able to access the share.
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-easily-share-files-across-mac-windows-computers/
FIDELIS
January 9, 2013Hello, even though the following link is dated, it might help you out:
http://www.ifelix.co.uk/tech/3022.html
Chad Oliver
January 9, 2013Are you asking between 2 diff workstation? Mac and PC or a MACOSX journaled HD connected to a PC?
for 1. it is done by sharing your domain IP of your MAC to the network PCs
however for 2. there’s no possible way that I know of but it is possible there way around if an NTFS HD connected to a MAC.
Chad
Mihovil Pletikos
January 9, 2013you should enable sharing and click on smb, still sometimes you can run into problems due to apples implementation of smb…
Keven Tao
January 10, 2013I do not think this is possible. Maybe with a little coding it is possible.