Macos and Windows are two completely different operating systems. Both from the point of view of many characteristics and operational, the two operating systems developed by Apple and Microsoft respectively use different architectures. Despite the differences, they can be accessed one after the other in a local network (LAN). If we work on Mac but we need to access stored files in the directories on a Windows PC, they can be accessed through the local network. The condition is that Windows PC will allow access to its files on the local network. To be shared. Share.
How can we access from Mac Shared (SHARED) folders of a Windows PC in LAN
The first stage is its We activate the sharing of printers and files in the local network pe Windows 10 si Let's share them.
How to give Share to a folder / director of Windows 10 to be visible in the local network (LAN)
On Windows we have the opportunity to share one or more leaflets, one or more partitions, partitions of attached external hard drives, printer, Scanners or partitions created when connecting a Rooms Photo. Before you can share a director or device, you must We make Windows PC visible in the local network. We go in “Settings” →“Network and Sharing Center” →“Advanced Sharing settings” → We activate “Network discovery” and “File and Printer Sharing“.
After we save these settings, all we have to do is go to the folder or partition we want to share, we do click-right On her, click “Properties“, click on the tab “Sharing“.
Next, in the box that opens we click on “Advanced Sharing“, then followed the steps in the following image:
In our scenario I gave Share to the folder “Stealth”. The “PERMISSION” I set access for anyone in the local network. Here you can choose from the last dialog box specific in the local network, for which you can set Control over files in shared folder. You can choose to give rights for reading, modify or acces total. Click “Apply” and “OK” to save the changes. At this moment, the fold is shared and visible in LAN.
The next stage is to access from Mac of folders and printers shared in the local network by a Windows PC.
1. We access the director in which we see the local network. “Network”. We go in “Bar menu” →“Go” →“Network” or we press “Shift + Command + K” To access it.
Here we will see the name of the computer with Windows PC.
We click on it, and the opening box that opens, we enter the Windows user and its password. If Windows 10 has a password user. You can also choose the connection as “Guest”.
Click “Connect”. At this moment you will see in Finder the folders / directories shared on Windows 10. Depending on the permissions set on Windows 10 you will have access to modify, delete them or create new ones.
In a future tutorial we will show you How you can share folders and directories on macos and how you can access them from Windows PC. Due to the security restrictions imposed by Apple, this is a little more complicated than on Windows.
