[ibkc]

I have a new Mac, and I am trying to set up my old Mac so that I can access my files over there as I need them, from within applications. But the only way (that I can see) to share files is via that whole public folder/drop box thingy, which is very tedious. I want to be able to access and save files over the network in their own folders, like used to be possible. Is there anyway around the drop box? Forgive me if this is common knowledge - I can't figure it out if it is!

[Macola]

Try Sharepoints.

[ibkc]

Thank you - that looks like just what I need!

[Simon]

If you allow Personal File Sharing on the remote Mac a simple
afp://username@RemoteMac
in your Finder's "Connect to Server" window will allow you to share either the user's home folder, the entire boot partition, or any other disk attahced to the remote Mac.

[ibkc]

See, when I did that all I could get was the public folder. I do have personal file sharing turned on on the remote mac. I'm sure it's some step in the process that I am missing, but Sharepoint worked like a charm. I've got the folders I wanted on the old mac mounted on the new mac's desktop and all is right with the world.

[Simon]

Did you authenticate with a username that exists on the remote Mac?

[Sherman Homan]

I think Simon is right, the Public folder is available for anyone who tries to connect to the remote Mac. If you use the User Name and Password for the remote Mac's admin account you have access to everything. Sharepoints gives you much better control between the restrictions of the Public folder and the wide open access of admin access.

[ibkc]

Ok, thanks, I'll go back and try this again.

ETA: Alrighty then. It worked. I feel stupid, but thanks for talking me through it!

[OreoCookie]

Why don't you create a special user for this on the remote machine, say, SharedFiles, with a known password. Then log in as that user and you have full access on this machine. This might be an alternative to SharePoints if you don't want to fiddle too much.