Chapter 23: Sharing with Others
In This Chapter
Using share sheets
Setting up sharing preferences
Providing files to and getting them from other users
Sending files to and receiving them from Bluetooth devices
Using AirDrop to exchange files
Observing and controlling other Macs
Mirroring your screen to a TV
Accessing other Macs' DVD drives, printers, scanners, and Internet connections
If you work with other people—and who doesn't?—you're going to share files and perhaps other resources. Sure, you can exchange files via e-mail, file servers (including Internet-based services as explained in Chapter 22), or various media such as CD-R (Compact Disc-Recordable) discs and flash drives. But OS X also makes it easy to directly share files and other resources by providing you with access to other peoples' Macs and enabling them to access yours.
This direct sharing has been a hallmark of the Mac since shortly after the first Mac shipped. Since then, Apple has extended its capabilities so you can control other Macs and share a Mac's directly connected resources such as printers and Internet connections. And you can share your Mac's screen with others or present it on a TV screen—when giving a demonstration, for example.
The key to direct sharing is to be able to access the Macs of others over the same local wired or wireless network or via the Internet (see Chapter 33). You also can set up sharing with Bluetooth devices by using the Bluetooth system preference, as Chapter 27 explains. ...
