Hello Paulgamia,
I assume you know how to set up or access a shared folder under
Windows - if that is not the case, please make a request for
clarification and I should be able to walk you through that as well.
Setting up a Mac OS X machine to access a MS Windows shared folder is
pretty straight forward. First, try...
Go Menu -> Connect To Server
at this point, if the Windows PC is set up properly with a workgroup
and/or computer name it should appear on the list displayed. Select
the computer / folder and it should appear as an open folder on the
desktop. If this does not work, there are step by step instructions in
the on line help under the title
Connecting to a Windows computer from a Mac
Second, you can also set up your Mac to be a Windows file server as
well. The step by step instructions for that are in the on line help
under the title
Setting up to share files with Windows users
In this case you access the Mac shared folders from the PC.
Either of these methods should provide the file sharing you need
between the PC and Mac. The Word and Excel files can be accessed
transparently from both systems. Adobe file sharing may depend on the
application - PDF's certainly are OK. I don't have any data on Quicken
and you may have to export to QIF to move those across.
--Maniac |
Request for Answer Clarification by
paulgamla-ga
on
07 Sep 2003 19:46 PDT
This brevity was most helpful and cured 75% of my problem. What
remains is knowlege of the lowest code-overhead software to read MAC
files from my XP Ser Pac 1 PC. I assume this is 3rd party. Is there
shareware?
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Clarification of Answer by
maniac-ga
on
08 Sep 2003 05:03 PDT
Hello Paulgamia,
Hmm. You want to know about "lowest code-overhead software to read MAC
files from my XP Ser Pac 1 PC". In general, you will get the "lowest
overhead" by using the native protocols of the machine.
So - to minimize the PC overhead, you use SMB protocols - what the
answer describes and requires no "third party" software. To minimize
overhead on the Mac, you would use AFP which is supported by Windows
NT or 2000 server. If you are serious about understanding the
performance - you need to measure it with the equipment you have.
Just curious, but if you were interested in "low overhead", why didn't
you ask for that information in the original question?
--Maniac
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Request for Answer Clarification by
paulgamla-ga
on
08 Sep 2003 20:43 PDT
sorry didnt mean to s t r e t c h the question...It is all working
except that the MAC doesnt suffix dat files. Not sure how to open
them in XP.
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Clarification of Answer by
maniac-ga
on
08 Sep 2003 20:59 PDT
Hello Paulgamia,
By dat files, I assume you are referring to generic data files.
The Mac does not necessarily use the "file type" (after the period) to
map the file name to the application. This of course comes from the
original Mac OS where each file has a "file type" and "creator code".
The Mac would open the application based on creator code of the file
being accessed.
On XP, IF you have an application that can handle arbitrary files, try
the following:
- press & hold the right mouse button on the file
- a pop up menu should appear
- select Open With... (or similar named menu item)
- select the application
and you can access the file.
The other solution would be to use the "Open..." menu item from the
application directly.
--Maniac
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