If you have installed Apple’s latest OS X Mavericks on your Mac and on the other side have a PC running Microsoft Windows 8.1 operating system, and now want to share OS X Mavericks files with Windows 8.1 then you are at the right place to find the help. Here we’ve compiled step by step instructions that can enable file sharing between OS X Mavericks and Windows 8.1. So, continue after the break to get access to the whole article to build a connection between computer running OS X Mavericks and a PC running Windows 8.1 to share files.
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- Make sure both your Mac and PC are on same Wireless or LAN network.
- This guide is written for Windows 8 and OS X Mavericks 10.9.
Let’s talk about the steps to enable file sharing between PC (Windows 8.1) and Mac (OS X Mavericks)…
Enable File Sharing Between OS X Mavericks and Windows 8.1
Note: Steps are same for both Windows 8.1 and Windows 8.
First do the following steps on Mac OS X Mavericks. Create a new user for file sharing purpose.
Step-1
Press cmd+space
keys from keyboard and type users & Groups
in Spotlight
-OR-
Click on Apple menu and select System Preference
> Sharing icon
.
Select “Users & Groups” in search results.
Step-2
Click on this lock icon, enter admin password.
Step-3
Click on +
sign to add a new user.
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Fill the form with the details as shown below then click Create User
button.
Setup file sharing
Step-4
Now we are going to enable file sharing option in OS X Mavericks so we can access folders from Windows 8.1.
Press cmd+space
keys from keyboard and type file sharing
in Spotlight
-OR-
Click on Apple
menu and select System Preference
> Sharing icon
.
Select “File Sharing” in results
Step-5
On sharing window select the File Sharing
check-box, an IP address will be assigned. Note down this IP address.
Step-6
Click on Options...
button, click on Share file using SMB
check-box and then select username (that created in first steps), enter user password and click OK
and Done
buttons.
Step-7
Click on “+” icon under “Shared folders” section and select a OS X folder that you want to share with Windows 8.1.
Note: You should remove all unwanted folders from this sharing list, because all folders that are listed in this section will be available to user on PC after sharing.
Step-8
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Click on +
icon under Users
section and select the user windows8
that we have created in first steps. After selecting user, set folder permissions for the user to Read & Write
as shown below.
All done on Mac, now close this window and go to your PC.
Steps on Windows 8.1
Following steps you need to do on Windows 8 to access OS X shared files.
Press Windows+R
keys from keyboard and type the IP address of your Mac that your note down in step-5 and hit enter.
Windows will ask for the username and password Type the username and password that we have created in step-3.
After entering correct username and password your will see the folders that you have share with Windows.
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After completing the file sharing purpose, remember to disable sharing especially when shared with any other person. That’s it! You have successfully shared files between OS X Mavericks and Windows 8.1.
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