ufability.blogg.se - Connect to server mac smb

You enter the address in the format smb://address, such as smb://10.0.1.120, and click Connect or press Return. If you need to enter a Mac’s address, choose Go > Connect to Server (Command-K).

Click the Network link in the Finder sidebar under Locations or choose Go > Network (Command-Shift-K). Some servers won’t show up in the Finder, depending on your local network. (If you don’t see them, go to Finder > Preferences > Sidebar and check Bonjour computers.) Click any server and then click Connect As, enter credentials, and select an available volume. Macs with file sharing or screen sharing enabled appear there. Open any Finder and look under the Locations list. (You can also remove certain users and groups by selecting one and clicking “-“.)įrom macOS, you can connect to a file server in the Finder. Remove a folder or volume by selecting it and clicking – (minus).Īssign users and permissions to shared folders by selecting the folder in the Shared Folders list and then modifying existing permissions in the Users list. (See “ How to create a sharing-only user in macOS to limit access.”)Īdd shared folders by clicking the + (plus) at the bottom of the Shared Folders list.

Create sharing-only users, who can’t log into a Mac or connect to it via a Terminal session they can only access shared folders.

(That’s the lowercase “drop box”: a place to deposit things.)

Create shared folders that people with regular accounts on the Mac can access to create pooled local storage or a write-only drop box.

That’s the default and requires no further work.

Limit sharing to you and other people with regular and admin accounts on the Mac.

You have several options for what you might share and with whom:

While SMB is now the only choice for file sharing, you can optionally enable a Windows-compatibility mode needed for some operating system versions.