[G4] Mac Network#2

[Wayne Clodfelter]

rich northouse wrote:
> Al,
> 
> Thanks -- nice eagle eye you have -- the 5 of 10.5.1 got left off. 
> Thanks for your ideas.
> 
> Rich
> On Mar 1, 2008, at 4:47 PM, Al Poulin wrote:
> 
>> Rich:
>>
>> Sorry, not a short answer, but here is a summary.
>>
>> I'm a little perplexed about the G5 having 10.1.  I believe, according 
>> to lowendmac.com, that the machine came with 10.2 Jaguar.  There are 
>> chapters in books describing how to do what you want.  In David 
>> Pogue's series of books, "Mac OS X The Missing Manual," one for each 
>> version of OS X, there are a number of ways described for doing what 
>> you want to do.  But in your Finder Help, and at Apple's web site, you 
>> can get the basic info that you need.  Key words include File Sharing, 
>> Printer Sharing, and Public Folder.  In one method basically, with 
>> File Sharing enabled on each Mac, you copy files into your Public 
>> Folder on one computer and then go fetch them from there with the 
>> other computer.  With photos, if you use the iPhoto application on 
>> each Mac, there are ways to keep albums (or events in Leopard) 
>> intact.  Also look for FireWire Disk Mode or Target Disk Mode which 
>> uses a FireWire cable between two Macs instead of Ethernet Cat 5.
>>
>> I hope this helps you peel the onion in this business.
>>
>> Al Poulin
>>
>>
>> On Mar 1, 2008, at 4:39 PM, rich northouse wrote:
>>
>>> Sorry, I failed to mention that I want to transfer programs and data 
>>> between the two machines, as well as having them on the network. I 
>>> currently have them hooked together on a small cat5 network, sharing 
>>> printers, cable modem. etc.  What I want to is transfer files, 
>>> photos, etc.  between them.
>>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> Hope you guys can help. I have two macs, a QS 733 G4(10.4.11) and a 
>>>> G5 1,6Ghz(10.1) that I want to connect on an cat5 network. The last 
>>>> time I had to do this was when I was using OS7 or 8. Things are a 
>>>> lot different nowdays. Is this a short answer, or do I need to look 
>>>> elsewhere?
>>
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Swapping data and files is as easy as it can be on two macs connected 
via ethernet.
In the sharing System Pref, just turn on Personal File Sharing. On both 
computers.
Then, by supplying the user name and password of the other computer, you 
can mount that computer's disk(s) on your computer right alongside your 
own disks. Then transferring anything is just a drag and drop away.

Here's how you do it:
Click "Go" in the Finder menu bar and drag down through the popup dialog 
and select Network. You should see the other computer in the resulting 
Network window. Select it with a single click. Then click on the 
resulting "Connect" button. Finally, enter the username and password for 
the computer you are connecting to. Then select as many (Command-click 
for more than one) of the disks in the resulting list of volumes as you 
want to mount on your computer.

That's all there is to it.