How To Network Two Computers By Sharing Files between Windows and Mac
- Connect the two computers. Use an Ethernet cable to connect your two computers to one another.
- You’ll need an Ethernet to USB-C adapter to plug into your Mac’s Thunderbolt 3 port before you can attach an Ethernet cable to the Mac.
- If both your Mac and your Windows computer are connected to the Internet, you can transfer the files over Wi-Fi; however, doing so will lead to much slower file transfers than if you use a cable.
- Enable file sharing on the Windows computer. To do so:
- Open Control Panel by typing control panel into Start and then clicking Control Panel.
- Click Network and Sharing (skip this step if you see “Small” or “Large” in the upper-right side of the window).
- Click Network and Sharing Center
- Click Advanced sharing settings
- Check the “Turn on file and printer sharing” box.
- Share a folder. Do the following:
- Open Start
- Click File Explorer
- Select the folder that you want to share.
- Click the Share tab.
- Click Specific people…
- Select Everyone from the drop-down menu at the top of the window.
- Click Share
- Click Done
- Enable file sharing on the Mac computer. To do so:
- Open the Apple menu
- Click System Preferences…
- Click Sharing
- Check the “File Sharing” box.
- Change the “Everyone” permissions from “Read Only” to “Read & Write”.
- Share a folder from your Mac. Click the + icon below the list of shared folders, then double-click the folder that you want to share.
- You may have to click Add to add the folder to the list of shared folders.
- Access the Mac’s files from the Windows computer. You can do this from within the File Explorer:
- Open Start
- Click File Explorer
- Click the Mac’s name below the Network heading on the left side of the File Explorer.
- Open the shared folder.
- Select the files that you want to save, then press Ctrl+C
- Go to a folder on your computer and then press Ctrl+V.
- Access the Windows computer’s files from the Mac. You can do this from within the Finder:
- Open Finder.
- Click your Windows computer’s name in the lower-left side of the window.
- Open the shared folder.
- Select the files that you want to save, then press ⌘ Command+C
- Go to a folder on your Mac and then press ⌘ Command+V.
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