Modern Macs do not come with a floppy drive for easy file exchange. This is because Apple believes that you should be able to exchange files using the network, and because many files these days are too big for floppies, anyway. Sharing files in Mac OS X is a breeze , as Rendezvous automatically detects which computers are on the network. 8.6.1 Sharing FilesTo enable file sharing, go to System Preferences and select the Sharing icon. Under the Services button, check the Personal File Sharing checkbox to turn on file sharing (see Figure 8-9). Figure 8-9. Enabling Personal File Sharing8.6.2 Connecting to a File ServerTo use the files shared by another user :
Figure 8-10. Browsing for computers on the network
Figure 8-11. Viewing the computers on the network
Figure 8-12. Connecting to the remote computer as a registered user |