If they have an account on that Mac, they will have the same access they would have if they sat down at the Mac and logged into their account.ġ) Start by creating a top-level folder inside /Users/Shared/. File Sharing on macOS is essentially logging into the Mac remotely. Third, you should create Sharing Only users for the others in the office unless they need an account on your Mac (because they use that Mac). They cannot edit them without making a copy. File Sharing just lets the others see the files. You can set up your Mac to act as a file server, but it takes some work in the Terminal. Second, you likely want a file server which is not the same as file sharing. Nothing particularly wrong, but it is messy due to the permissions set on your home folder. Please help!!! Thank you!įirst, you should only share files out of the /Users/Shared folder, not from your user's home folder. What might you suggest I do? I have tried deleting their user names, I established new ones.I changed permissions on folders to those new user names, it is not working. For whatever reason, however, while those other machines DO see my computer on the network, neither of them can "log in" or connect. I want to use file sharing so that other employees in my office can access folders and documents on my machine. However, there still remains a major problem, which I have experienced before, even before upgrading to Big Sur, which I really must resolve, and could use your help.
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Since my original post on related issue from almost a week ago, I have decided to stick with Big Sur and just keep my older Mac handy for using older CAD software which no longer runs on Catalina nor Big Sur (shame on the CAD company, I know, for being super super slow in keeping their stuff up to date, there is no excuse). That being the case, there is hardly a word in your response that I understand.
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I love how that highlights the gap between us in knowing how to solve Mac issues. I noticed you are a "Level 10 with 83,506 points" while I am a "Level 1 with 4 points".
Barney, I appreciate your trying to help.