In the left-hand panel you’ll see a list of available options. Open System Preferences and then the Sharing icon from the Internet & Wireless section Open the sharing options in System PreferencesĢ. The next stage is to enable and configure sharing on the Mac, which is normally turned off by default. In this case, my sharing-only account for the PC is just called roland placeholder Configure Sharing Preferencesġ. Once you’ve entered the relevant details, the new sharing-only account will be active and appear in the Other Users section in Users & Groups as below. This just means that you don’t need to enter the login details every time the PC connects to the Mac because the PC user account and the Mac sharing account details will match Enter the user details and create the accountĥ. For example, suppose you normally login to Windows as pc-admin, then the new account name on the Mac should also be called pc-admin. Bear in mind that it’s advisable to use the same account name as the Windows logon account that is already setup on the PC.

Next, enter the full name, account name and password for the new account and select Create User. In the New Account field, select the drop-down menu and choose Sharing Only Add the user and choose Sharing OnlyĤ. A new drop-down window appears with various fields that you need to complete. Just click the + sign which is located just below the Login Options button Add a new sharing-only userģ. It’s usually best to create a new sharing-only user for your PC to access the Mac. In the left-hand panel you’ll see all the current users already setup on your Mac, including the current user account that you’re logged in with. Open System Preferences and select the User & Groups icon in the System section Setup a new sharing user accountĢ. This is the account that your PC will use when it connects to the Mac.ġ. The first thing to do is to create a new user account on your Mac that will be used for sharing only (i.e you won’t be able to login with it).

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