One way is to simply open up Explorer and click on Network. There are a couple of ways you can do this. Now it’s time to try connect from your Windows machine.
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If you don’t do this step, you’ll be asked to enter the username and password from your Windows machine, but it will just give you an error even if you type it in correctly. For whatever reason, OS X has to store your Mac user account password in a less secure way in order to connect from a Windows machine. In order to connect from a Windows machine, you have to check the box next to the user name and enter your password. The only other thing you have to do is click on the Options button and you’ll see a section at the bottom called Windows File Sharing. Under Users, you can see the standard permissions and edit them as you see fit. Click the little + (plus) button to share any folder on your hard drive. Under Shared Folders, the Public folder is shared out by default.
You’ll also see the IP address for the computer listed by the Options button. Click the Edit button to change the name. If you don’t, OS X will give it a short name automatically so that Windows can recognize it.
Starting at the top, you can change your computer name to something less complex so Windows users have an easier time connecting. This one dialog pretty much contains all the settings and options for sharing. Now go ahead and check the File Sharing box under Service to enable file sharing. Now click on the Sharing icon, which is where we need to go to configure all the sharing options.īefore you get started, make sure to click on the little gold lock icon at the bottom left otherwise everything will be greyed out and you won’t be able to make any changes. It is also widely supported by memory storage technology companies and third-party operating systems like OS X and Linux.First go to the System Preferences menu option by clicking on the Apple icon at the top left and then clicking on System Preferences. Microsoft introduced exFAT in 2006 it’s an optimized version of FAT, providing better performance advantages over FAT32. Now you’ll be able to save and copy files to your thumb drive on both Windows and OS X. In the Format list box, select ExFAT, enter a Volume Label if you want, then click Erase. Select your thumb drive in the Disk Utility window, then click the Erase tab. Launch Disk Utility press Command+Space then type: disk utility. If you only use a Mac computer, you can format your thumb drive to work on Windows systems.Ĭonnect the thumb drive to your Mac. In the File System list box, choose exFAT, type in a Volume Label if you want, and then click Start.Ĭlick OK to the format warning and wait until the process is complete. Right-click your flash drive and then select Format. Prepare a Thumb Drive for Both Windows and OS X or macOS Before you start, though, make sure your thumb drive is formatted so it can work on both Windows and macOS. If you’re working in a mixed environment, where you might need to work on files between both systems, a handy solution is to use a thumb drive. This makes it difficult to move data between the two unless you have them networked together. MacOS uses the HFS+ file system, while Windows uses the NTFS file system that shares little in common.