File Sharing Mac OS X Lion and PC Windows 7

Steps on Mac OS X Lion

Step-1
Open “System Preferences” from Apple menu

Click on “Sharing” icon from “Internet & Wireless” section

Step-2
Click the Lock icon to unlock if its already Locked, you may need to enter the current logged in user password

Step-3
Now turn the “File Sharing” service On by click on its check-box

Step-4
Under “Shared Folders” section select folder that you want to share. If the folder is not in the list Click the + button to add specific folder in the Shared Folder list

Step-5
Under “Users” section select the current logged in user and change the user Rights to “Read & Write” by clicking on tiny arrows. Also change Rights of “Everyone” to “No Access”

Step-6
Now Click on “Options” button

Check the “Share files and folders using SMB (Windows)” option
Check the logged in user name Check-box, you need to enter its password, click OK, Click the Done button.

Step-7
Note down the IP address as shown on your Mac.

Close the File sharing window on Mac

Steps on Windows 7

Step-8
Now open Run windows in Windows 7 by pressing Ctrl+R buttons from keyboard
Step-9
Type the IP address of your Mac computer that you have noted down in step-7. Type the IP address in the format as show below and hit the OK button

This will prompt for the Username and Password of the Mac computer. Type the Username that you have selected in step-5 and 6.3 and its Password, hit the OK button

You will see all the shared folders of Mac OS X Lion in Windows 7. Now you can Cut, Copy, Paste or Delete any Mac’s shared files or folders from within Window 7.