Allow Mac OS X to Access Windows Shared Files]

At present, there are already a lot of Mac users, and many design companies have configured MAC for the designers. Next I will introduce the file access between Mac OS X and windows.

First, you must know:

Mac OS x can only recognize Windows's fat16 and FAT32 file systems. If it is an NTFS file system, you must use the paragon NTFS for Mac OS X software to read and write NTFS file systems.

Windows cannot directly identify Mac OS X file systems. macdrive is required.

Therefore, if you use a USB flash drive or a mobile hard disk, pay attention to the format of the file system.

If you want to share files, printers to Mac access directly on Windows NT, 98, 2000, XP, you need to use PC maclan, PC maclan is the industry's most famous PC-MAC interconnection software.

The above software is paid software.

 

The following describes in detail how to allow Mac access to Windows 2003 Server shared files and printers.

1. You only need to set it on Windows 2003 Server.

In terms of account settings, you can enable Guest or set a dedicated account.

Control Panel-add and delete programs-add and delete Windows Components, double-click other network file and print services, and select the Macintosh printing service and file service, as shown in figure

Click OK. Windows will install the corresponding service. Prepare the windwos installation CD.

2. After installation, an additional appletalk protocol will be added to the local connection properties, such:

3. Right-click my computer, right-click my computer, select Manage, open the management console, expand the shared folder option, select share, right-click, and create a shared folder. The shared folder wizard appears, such:

4. Click Next to browse and select the folder to be shared, such:

5. Click Next to set sharing options. Make sure to selectApple Mac usersOptions, such:

6. click Next to set the Windows shared access permission. Note that the Mac OS X system does not recognize the NTFS permission. Here, the Windows permission is set and the Mac shared access permission is read-only by default, for example:

7. Click Finish to complete the sharing settings. For example, the style of the shared folder icon selected by the Apple Mac user option is different:

8. If you want to set the sharing permissions for Mac users, click the shared folder and right-click Properties. You only need to select the "this is a read-only volume" option at the bottom, for example:

9. after completing the preceding settings, you only need to open the connection server on Mac OS X, enter the IP address, enter the user name and password, select the shared folder to be accessed, and set the supported language.

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