tailieunhanh - Accessing Shared Files

. Accessing Shared Files So far in this chapter, you've read about setting up a Mac so that people at other computers can access its files. | . Accessing Shared Files So far in this chapter you ve read about setting up a Mac so that people at other computers can access its files. Now comes the payoff sitting at another computer and connecting to the one you set up. There are two ways to go about it You can use Leopard s new streamlined Sidebar network or you can use the older more flexible Connect to Server command. The following pages cover both methods. . Connection Method A Use the Sidebar Suppose then that you re seated in front of your Mac and you want to see the files on another Mac on the network. Proceed like this 1. Open any Finder window. In the Shared category of the Sidebar at the left side of the window icons for all the computers on the network appear. See Figure 13-8. Tip The same Sidebar items show up in the Save and Open dialog boxes of your programs too making the entire network available to you for opening and saving files. If you don t see a certain Mac s icon here it might be turned off it might not be on the network or it might have File Sharing turned off. And if you don t see any computers at all in the Sidebar then your computer might not be on the network. Or maybe you ve turned off the checkboxes for Connected Servers and Bonjour Computers in Finder Preferences Sidebar. Figure 13-8. Macs often appear in the Sidebar with model-specific names MacBook iMac and so on . Other computers like PCs have generic blue monitors. When you click All in the Sidebar you see both the icons of individual computers and the icons of network chunks like AppleTalk zones and Windows workgroups . POWER USERS CLINIC What You Can See What You Can See Precisely which other folders you can see on the remote Mac depend on what kind of account you have there Guest Standard or Administrator. See the previous chapter. If you re using the Guest account you can see only the Public and Drop Box folders. The rest of the Mac is invisible and off limits to you. If you have a Standard account you can see .