Click the Firewall tab and check Personal File Sharing.However, users still cannot see your private files. Users will be given the choice to view your home directory or your entire hard drive. Note: Although file sharing is turned on, not every file on your hard disk will be shared. If you would like to share your public folders, you can click Start to turn this on or Stop to turn it off.Under the Services tab, check File Sharing.Go to the Apple Menu > System Preferences > Sharing.You must know the password to one of the Administrator accounts on the device. To check if you are an Administrator, go to the Apple Menu > System Preferences > Users & Groups.
You will need the username and password for an Administrator account on your Mac.For more information, see the postings in the AntiVirus Updates subconference in Computing Questions on FirstClass. Make sure your virus protection is up-to-date.
Your computer must be connected to the Wellesley College campus network in order to set up file sharing.Any Macintosh computer properly connected to the Wellesley College network should be able to share files with any other Macintosh or Windows computer on campus that is also connected to the Wellesley College network.
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This documentation explains how to set up file sharing on a Macintosh computer with OS X v.10.5 or 10.6, how to remove file sharing, and how to connect to files on a shared Mac.