How to Share files between a Mac and Windows Computer in 5 easy steps

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How to Share files between a Mac and Windows Computer in 5 easy steps

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Күн бұрын

In this video I am going to show you how to connect your Mac Computer to a Windows computer over your wifi network.
I am using a Macbook Pro with Mac OS Monterey V 12.6 and a Razer Laptop running windows 11.
If you are using Mac OS Ventura: You can access sharing on the Mac by going to the Apple Menu, clicking on System Settings, General, then Sharing and turn on file sharing there. Click on the info button to access read write privileges.
If you are on Windows 10 or before you may prefer to watch my previous video on the topic. You can see this video here: • How to Share files bet...
#mac #windows #filesharing
Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
00:45 Enable file sharing on the Mac
01:19 Enable file sharing on Windows
02:22 Create Share Folder on Windows
03:23 Get IP Address of Windows Computer
04:54 Connect Mac to Windows Computer\
06:42 Common Issues

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@liberation4nature 11 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!! For me my Windows PC was configured a little differently so it was a little hard at first, but once I was able to find my Internet & Network settings... your step-by-step tutorial worked like a charm.

@Touchtechnologyreview 10 ай бұрын

Great to hear!

@randydod Ай бұрын

This was so much easier to get working than the other way around of accessing the Mac's files from Windows. Thank you.

@Touchtechnologyreview Ай бұрын

thanks for the feedback. Yes probably a little easier this way.

@kevinalvarez3147 5 ай бұрын

Well explained. I was having issues with the credentials being incorrect because I didn't watch all the way through the video. I just had to put in my Microsoft email and password and it worked perfectly. Thanks!

@meansled 2 ай бұрын

Same here. Thanks for help clarifying that!

@user-zy6lz2ee5l 7 ай бұрын

This man saved me a lot of time as its just so much better to transfer files like this . Hats off.

@Touchtechnologyreview 7 ай бұрын

Glad you found the video helpful! Thanks for watching.

@Simleybob Жыл бұрын

Accessing your mac's files from the Windows side: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/maeqhsx829DNhZ8.html

@fixins 9 ай бұрын

Really great video, right down to "common problems and their fixes." Nice work.

@Touchtechnologyreview 9 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching and for the great feedback!

@skelhain Жыл бұрын

For people with the password problem: Don't put your Computer's name into the "Name" field! As shown in the video, enter "whoami" into the command prompt and use the name after the backslash and your Windows login password for the server connection. God bless you, TTR!

@Touchtechnologyreview Жыл бұрын

Great tip. Thanks for sharing.👍

@LukeThrash1 Жыл бұрын

number 1 ❤

@rakapanjiwibowo8349 Жыл бұрын

thanks for the solution, it is working in my case

@HuanNguyen.. Жыл бұрын

thank you so much. I was stuck at that step.

@stellablue2927 Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much! I was so frustrated that everything was working great until this point, and you saved the day

@wmoellers 10 ай бұрын

This worked! The common issues at the end is what saved me! So make sure you check that out

@Touchtechnologyreview 10 ай бұрын

Great to hear it worked. Yes that is the issue many people face so important to check the end if at first it does not connect.

@ericphillips9608 Жыл бұрын

Excellent attention to detail. I did not get it to work; but it was me not you. :). Had to retrace and go slow and not skip. Working with Windows 11 and Mac OS Ventura 13.4. Again, excellent. Apple community was not complete.

@Touchtechnologyreview Жыл бұрын

glad you persisted and got it working. there are quite a few steps so sometimes you do have to go over it a couple of times to make sure it is all right.

@avinashacharya1506 9 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! It is great that you have also addressed the potential errors that can appear, that shows how much deep knowledge you have and the willingness to help people. Thanks again !

@Touchtechnologyreview 9 ай бұрын

You're most welcome!

@07dhutch Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this video!!!! I have tried so many times and failed for one reason or another. This was a success! :)

@Touchtechnologyreview Жыл бұрын

Great to hear that it was helpful! Thanks for watching!

@jameshameed9585 Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this video! You are an absolute legend!!

@Touchtechnologyreview Жыл бұрын

You are very welcome! Thanks for checking out the video.

@adamelliott8180 Жыл бұрын

Well explained and easy to follow. One of the best tutorials I have seen in a while.

@Touchtechnologyreview Жыл бұрын

Awesome to hear that. Thanks for checking out the video and for the great feedback.

@IAmKdizzle 6 ай бұрын

Seriously, this is an excellent tutorial, I'm still on Windows 10 and it worked beautifully, thanks for sharing

@toddlichtenwalter2041 Жыл бұрын

I had to watch other videos before I found yours, thank you! So well explained. Clear, accurate and successful!!

@Touchtechnologyreview Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful! Thanks for checking out the video!

@chrissmith367 Жыл бұрын

Brilliant explanation - easiest video to follow by miles.

@Touchtechnologyreview Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much. Glad you found the video helpful!

@scottmoravec2473 Жыл бұрын

Finally a video that helped me solve this problem. Thank you.

@Touchtechnologyreview Жыл бұрын

Glad it helped. You are very welcome!

@HussainAlMarkhi 7 ай бұрын

Well explained and easy to follow. One of the best tutorials direct an straight to the point

@Touchtechnologyreview 7 ай бұрын

Great to hear. Thanks for watching and for the positive feedback!

@huzefamalik6690 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for that ,for people trouble entering password on mac use your microsoft account login username and password if you are logged into Windows PC

@RoelsonObra Жыл бұрын

This fixed a lot of headaches LOL. Thank you!

@Touchtechnologyreview Жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

@AAFX-OM 5 ай бұрын

Thank you! I did follow your instructions and was able to get it to work.

@IBC_Videos 3 ай бұрын

This is an excellent video!! I watched several others before stumbling on this one and they were so confusing. You earned a new subscriber today. Well done!!

@Touchtechnologyreview 3 ай бұрын

Thanks so much for the great feedback and the sub. Greatly appreciated!

@donthatton 24 күн бұрын

Thank you, I've been trying to link my PC and Macbook and this was the easiest directions! You're awesome

@Touchtechnologyreview 22 күн бұрын

You are welcome! Thanks for checking out the video!

@eyeidea Жыл бұрын

It worked! Used my first name (all lower case) from my Microsoft account and Microsoft password and got access on the Mac. Thanks you and God bless!

@Touchtechnologyreview Жыл бұрын

Great to hear. Yes I find it easiest to use first name and password too.

@AeroNest5 Жыл бұрын

The best tutorial on file sharing. Simple, well explained and the chronology is awesome.

@Touchtechnologyreview Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for the great feedback!

@TennysonEStead Жыл бұрын

This is SO helpful. Thank you very much!

@Touchtechnologyreview Жыл бұрын

You are very welcome!

@compnmuzac 7 ай бұрын

Thanks for the refresher course Mate !

@Touchtechnologyreview 7 ай бұрын

Any time!

@DigThat32 Жыл бұрын

SUPER HELPFUL...big thanks!

@Touchtechnologyreview Жыл бұрын

You are very welcome!

@saintemichel6474 20 күн бұрын

Thanks for this video, the information was very helpful.

@Touchtechnologyreview 19 күн бұрын

You're welcome!

@johnjohn8437 Жыл бұрын

thankyou for the common issues tab in the video it really helped! thakns so much Awesome!

@Touchtechnologyreview Жыл бұрын

Great to hear that it was helpful! Thanks for watching!

@harisdurrani8422 Ай бұрын

superb....u solved my problem, i was trying to share fodler on mac vmware...from windows 10, your tutorial and technique finished all my worries....excellent, superb...love u bro

@Touchtechnologyreview Ай бұрын

Glad it helped bro! Thank for checking out the video.

@pojoksiku 2 ай бұрын

wow.. you really are a good teacher. I couldn't connect at first. but the problem and solution just on the spot. Thank you so much , Sir.

@Touchtechnologyreview 2 ай бұрын

You're welcome! Thanks for checking out the video!

@andrescarpintero Жыл бұрын

Excellent video. Thank you!!!!

@Touchtechnologyreview Жыл бұрын

You are very welcome! Thanks for watching.

@DJIvanPalmer Жыл бұрын

Thank you for your video, Do you know how to see my MacBookPro folder on the Windows 11 computer. I can see the PC folder on my Mac, however, I can not see my shared folder on my PC's network list?

@user-ov9rm9os2x 10 ай бұрын

Excellent video!! You didn't just earn my like but I subscribed too just from the very first video (this one) that I saw.. Thanks!!

@Touchtechnologyreview 10 ай бұрын

Awesome, thank you!

@Jemy9 Жыл бұрын

You explained everything thank you 😃👍

@Touchtechnologyreview Жыл бұрын

You’re welcome 😊

@ricktaira6723 10 ай бұрын

Excellent tutorial...Thank You!

@Touchtechnologyreview 10 ай бұрын

Great to hear. Thanks for checking out the video!

@lennard.online9086 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the excellent tutorial!

@Touchtechnologyreview Жыл бұрын

You are very welcome!

@mirko606 Жыл бұрын

Finalmente ho risolto!!!! Grazie infinite 🙏 (Per me ha funzionato la creazione dell'account locale)

@Touchtechnologyreview Жыл бұрын

È bello sapere che ha funzionato. Grazie per aver guardato il video!

@darrenbutterfield6417 8 ай бұрын

Great Video - easy to set up and I I've set this up and have the folder all created but i still can't log in with username and password when i try and connect to server. It doesn't like either my login name and code or log in email address and password. It is an old Mini Mac on OS X Yosemite (so not sure if this is the issue). I'm trying to set this up as my external hard drive has failed and i need to transfer all media files to my Windows laptop so i don't lose them. - Any help or other advise how to achieve this would be greatly appreciated. TIA

@mfachryofficial 8 ай бұрын

Best tutorial I've seen. Works really well

@Touchtechnologyreview 8 ай бұрын

Great to hear that. Thanks for the feedback!

@thelosttravellerr 12 күн бұрын

Thanks alot❤

@StormyDMG 6 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for this man!

@Touchtechnologyreview 6 ай бұрын

You are very welcome!

@ArtisFX Жыл бұрын

Thank you for details!

@Touchtechnologyreview Жыл бұрын

You are very welcome!

@markesparkie 9 ай бұрын

Great tutorial, thanks! Worked like a charm 😊

@Touchtechnologyreview 9 ай бұрын

Awesome, great to hear that!

@lukshankathriarachchi3523 Жыл бұрын

This is excellent. Works so well.

@Touchtechnologyreview Жыл бұрын

Great to hear that. Thanks for checking out the video!

@rabiiel-husseini5071 7 ай бұрын

Superb, no hidden loops :). Thanks.

@Touchtechnologyreview 7 ай бұрын

You're welcome!

@danielw-m5819 Жыл бұрын

You my dude are a legend. Thank you!

@Touchtechnologyreview Жыл бұрын

Glad to help. Thanks for checking out the video!

@rurocking 11 ай бұрын

Great video. Thanks for sharing.

@Touchtechnologyreview 11 ай бұрын

You are very welcome!

@celebritychit6876 Жыл бұрын

All good. Made the mistake of importing my imac settings to my new MacBook pro, needed an excellent refresher on finding all the crap needed.

@Dassault354 7 ай бұрын

Worked perfectly, thank you!

@Touchtechnologyreview 7 ай бұрын

You're welcome!

@recordable542 10 ай бұрын

Thanks! it works like charm

@Touchtechnologyreview 10 ай бұрын

Great to hear!

@RobbedTheBank Жыл бұрын

Super helpful thanks bud!

@Touchtechnologyreview Жыл бұрын

Great to hear that. You are most welcome!

@PixelBomb Жыл бұрын

Great video! I had my password turned off my Windows computer for logging in - I had to re-enable it so the password would actually work when trying to login from my mac

@Touchtechnologyreview Жыл бұрын

Great. Glad it worked for you. Thanks for checking out the video!

@jovanmilovanovic 10 ай бұрын

thanks this worked!

@shubham.entrepreneur Жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot bro for this help i was struggling a lot Love you bro

@Touchtechnologyreview Жыл бұрын

Anytime Bro. glad the video was helpful!

@sixstringslayaguitarman419 11 ай бұрын

Hi so I tried this on my 2023 Mini mac and at first it worked. I successfully linked my PC to my mini mac but I have two major errors. 1st is when I made the folder on the mac it never made a desktop folder for it. I could see it in the finder though and tested it and it worked. But the biggest issue is when I reset my mac the new folder disappeared. So is this a one time thing that only works until you reset your mac or pc?

9 ай бұрын

Thank you so much

@Touchtechnologyreview 9 ай бұрын

You're most welcome

@lexlederman8869 Жыл бұрын

Thank you! it works!!

@scarp6297 7 ай бұрын

Is the windows password (trying to fileshare on mac) the same as the pin to login windows? I cant get my credentials right. I was able to go from mac to pc but i can't the other way around.

@flardrynn1 2 ай бұрын

thank you very much!!

@Touchtechnologyreview 2 ай бұрын

You're welcome!

@jamesaidoo Жыл бұрын

Very helpful stuff. Thanks

@Touchtechnologyreview Жыл бұрын

Great to hear. You are most welcome!

@SkyHounddroneservices 4 ай бұрын

Thank you very much !

@Touchtechnologyreview 4 ай бұрын

You are welcome!

@technofreakabhi 7 ай бұрын

Great video ❤. Is there a way to access mac hard disk on my windows pc

@reidcampolong6647 4 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@Touchtechnologyreview 4 ай бұрын

You're welcome!

@KitKalvert Жыл бұрын

Bless you it worked thank you!

@Touchtechnologyreview Жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

@bjwedd18 4 ай бұрын

THANK YOU!!!!!! YOU MADE MY DAY!!! IM TRYING TO CREATE A SONOMA VM AND I NEEDED TO TRANSPORT 16GB .iso IMAGE. I NEED THIS FOR WORK YES!!!!!!!!!!!

@Touchtechnologyreview 4 ай бұрын

You are welcome! So glad it worked for you. Cheers!

@emanuelagu5392 Жыл бұрын

Hi John, I would like to transfer a 250 Gb file from a Mac (Ventura 13.2.1) to a Windows 11 computer. The wireless transfer stops at some point --presumably due to the large file size. Would it be possible to connect both computers with a Thunderbolt cable and do a wired transfer? Thank you!

@Touchtechnologyreview Жыл бұрын

Hi Emanuel, sorry about the delay. I don't think this method would work via thunderbolt. You can connect a mac to another Mac via thunderbolt and put one into drive mode to share files across but I am not aware of a way to do it with Windows. The large 250GB file might be an issue on windows depending on the file format. Really for such a large file best thing to do is to get a spare usb drive and format it in Windows, Your Mac can then mount the drive, drag the file across, disconnect from the Mac and mount to the PC.

@mattiashultberg7133 8 ай бұрын

You are a true legend.. 10/10! Thanks mate!

@Touchtechnologyreview 8 ай бұрын

You're welcome! Thanks for checking out the video!

@ben_oh Жыл бұрын

Thanks for this!

@Touchtechnologyreview Жыл бұрын

You're very welcome!

@Babu69Official 10 ай бұрын

Awesome! It works, thank you so much!

@Touchtechnologyreview 10 ай бұрын

You're welcome!

@RaviJhag Жыл бұрын

thanks just followed your instructions & done (y)

@Touchtechnologyreview Жыл бұрын

Great!

@slightlyhappy5385 Жыл бұрын

Thnk you good sir, very helpful!

@Touchtechnologyreview Жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

@ismailahmed786 8 ай бұрын

Thank You Sir

@Touchtechnologyreview 8 ай бұрын

You are most welcome!

@celsohernandez7173 9 ай бұрын

well delivered, thanks man

@Touchtechnologyreview 9 ай бұрын

You are very welcome. Thanks for watching!

@djfunkyt 8 ай бұрын

Thank you! You're amazing!

@Touchtechnologyreview 8 ай бұрын

Thanks so much. Glad you found the video helpful!

@TylerHNothing 8 ай бұрын

exactly what I needed

@Touchtechnologyreview 8 ай бұрын

Great to hear. Thanks for checking out the video!

@wamwamsuperham 10 ай бұрын

Thank you very much

@Touchtechnologyreview 10 ай бұрын

You are welcome

@bigolomofe415 3 ай бұрын

thank you. thank you. thank you.

@Touchtechnologyreview 3 ай бұрын

You are very welcome

@potater6163 Жыл бұрын

Can i use one pc with ethernet and my mac with wifi? thanks

@Natalie.digital 5 ай бұрын

wow, workeds perfect , thanks so so much

@Touchtechnologyreview 5 ай бұрын

You are very welcome!

@tsuchi2024 5 ай бұрын

Works :3 tysm !!!

@Touchtechnologyreview 5 ай бұрын

You're welcome!

@maybesaadkhan Жыл бұрын

Amazing video, so easy to follow and worked perfectly

@Touchtechnologyreview Жыл бұрын

Great to hear that. Thanks for watching!

@user-tb6nc8td6o 7 ай бұрын

thank you it's working perfectly keep up

@Touchtechnologyreview 7 ай бұрын

You're welcome! Great to hear!

@Donbros 7 ай бұрын

Its so fun to have mac and pc they are so different and have each own sweet and annoying things. Mac is more straightforward while windows is more unusual

@Touchtechnologyreview 7 ай бұрын

💯 Well summarised.

@jennabrink9417 2 ай бұрын

i have tried every aspect of this, from mac to windows and vice verca and they both dont work?? ive done everything exactly right but when it get to the part of connecting to one another it says there was a problem saying it isnt available at this time? pls help

@techsandeep224 11 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot :)

@Touchtechnologyreview 11 ай бұрын

You're welcome!

@mariomontoya7334 8 ай бұрын

Can a shared connection be done with the PC on Ethernet and the Mac of WiFi with both Ethernet and WIFI having the same network name?

@amy8159 Жыл бұрын

Does every Mac automatically have 'staff' and 'everyone' as groups on their share folder?

@webber7217 9 ай бұрын

does this hold the tagged metadata that was created on the mac. or will that give away 😊

@vales4526 Жыл бұрын

10/10! thank you sm!

@Touchtechnologyreview 11 ай бұрын

You are most welcome!

@wills10001 3 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@Touchtechnologyreview 3 ай бұрын

You're very welcome! Thanks for the support!

@silent_silence Жыл бұрын

Thank you.

@Touchtechnologyreview Жыл бұрын

You are very welcome!

@TrevorMoin Жыл бұрын

Appreciate the video! Quick question - when I enter my window login info on m mac to connect to the server, I get the error message "Access to your account on the server (my IP address) has been denied. Contact your system administrator for more information" Any idea on the reason behind this or what I need to do to fix it?

@Touchtechnologyreview Жыл бұрын

Hey there. I haven't seen that message before. Sounds like it might be a firewall block? Check if you have any rules set in Windows firewall or any third party software?

@gabrielsong6124 Жыл бұрын

Hi there, I had the same issue but I realised it was because I didn't have a password for that account. Maybe you might have to set up a password for your windows PC ?

@Paul-uo9sv 8 ай бұрын

great stuff thank you

@Touchtechnologyreview 8 ай бұрын

You are most welcome!

@Insidewithmichaelpodcast-qz2xe 3 ай бұрын

This is a really great tutorial! im not able to click the tick for some reason, it's greyed out. anyone had the same issue?

@ritiksivach9940 13 күн бұрын

Getting 'There was a problem connecting to the serever "ip address" ' while trying to connect to server via mac, any solutions plz?

@GustavFreiherrvonSachsen Жыл бұрын

Thank for the tipp to check die login credentials on windows

@Touchtechnologyreview Жыл бұрын

Anytime.

@DroneManMurphy Жыл бұрын

Very helpful video! Thanks a bunch!!! 👍😊👍

@Touchtechnologyreview Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful! You are very welcome!

@linchunjiang4408 Жыл бұрын

you are such a king

@Touchtechnologyreview Жыл бұрын

Thanks🙏 Greatly appreciated!

@zayaproduction5653 Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much, it works!!!! But is there a way to see Mac folders in my Windows?

@Touchtechnologyreview Жыл бұрын

I tend to do it this way where you see the shared folder only on the Windows. I will have to look into the other way and will see if I can do a follow up on that.