Mac Os X to the Max: Networking Mac OS X with Windows Computers
Because support for Windows and Unix file-sharing protocols is built in to Mac OS X, using a Mac on a Windows or Unix network is much easier under Mac OS X than it was under previous versions of the Mac OS.
You can use Mac OS X to access files provided on a network via the SMB protocol without doing any additional configuration. To use files that are provided on a Windows or Unix network that uses SMB, perform the following steps:
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Connect your Mac OS X to the Windows or Unix network.
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2. | Open the Connect to Server dialog box. Depending on the SMB servers on your network and how the network is configured, the SMB servers might or might not appear in the list of available servers, ... |
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