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

[@skelhain]

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]

Great tip. Thanks for sharing.👍

[@LukeThrash1]

number 1 ❤

[@rakapanjiwibowo8349]

thanks for the solution, it is working in my case

[@HuanNguyen..]

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

[@stellablue2927]

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

[@kevinalvarez3147]

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]

Same here. Thanks for help clarifying that!

[@huzefamalik6690]

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

[@randydod]

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

[@Touchtechnologyreview]

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

[@wmoellers]

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

[@Touchtechnologyreview]

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.

[@liberation4nature]

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]

Great to hear!

[@harisdurrani8422]

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]

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

[@mareneluses]

very good I was had the exact problem with user and pin and of Corse I did not waited I went and googled myself just to realize that you also covert that You made a great job here

[@Touchtechnologyreview]

Yes the username issue comes up a lot and I do mention it at the end of the video. Glad you got it to work!

[@PixelBomb]

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]

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

[@jovanmilovanovic]

thanks this worked!

[@adamelliott8180]

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

[@Touchtechnologyreview]

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

[@IAmKdizzle]

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

[@AravShakya-i3g]

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

[@Touchtechnologyreview]

Glad you found the video helpful! Thanks for watching.

[@seifenspender]

Thanks for the tutorial. I intuitively did the exact same steps, but it wouldn't authenticate if I gave permissions to anyone except for "Everyone". Turns out you need a windows login password in Windows 11 22H2+. If you have no password, or a blank password, the SMB-connection will fail with "Wrong username or password".

[@noexchavez]

Saved my butt, thanks!

[@seifenspender]

@@noexchavez Glad it helped :)

[@mihailrusanov5567]

Perfect! Worked for me as well. 👌 Just for those who don't have password enabled on their windows user accounts - have to enable it, otherwise leaving the pass field blank might lead to error msg like Access denied or similar. ✌

[@ericphillips9608]

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]

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.

[@fixins]

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

[@Touchtechnologyreview]

Thanks for watching and for the great feedback!

[@Donbros]

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]

💯 Well summarised.

[@pojoksiku]

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]

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

[@07dhutch]

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]

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

[@eyeidea]

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]

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

[@donthatton]

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

[@Touchtechnologyreview]

You are welcome! Thanks for checking out the video!

[@AeroNest5]

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

[@Touchtechnologyreview]

Thanks so much for the great feedback!

[@HussainAlMarkhi]

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

[@Touchtechnologyreview]

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

[@celebritychit6876]

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.

[@toddlichtenwalter2041]

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

[@Touchtechnologyreview]

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

[@IBC_Videos]

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]

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

[@NathanBrantley]

I looked for a thumbnail with a real person and thankfully you were spot on. Hate those Indian generated text to voice videos that are not useful.

[@Touchtechnologyreview]

Thanks so much, that's one for the humans. Thanks for your support!

[@scottmoravec2473]

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

[@Touchtechnologyreview]

Glad it helped. You are very welcome!

[@jameshameed9585]

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

[@Touchtechnologyreview]

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

[@chrissmith367]

Brilliant explanation - easiest video to follow by miles.

[@Touchtechnologyreview]

Thanks so much. Glad you found the video helpful!

[@darrenbutterfield6417]

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

[@avinashacharya1506]

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]

You're most welcome!

[@scarp6297]

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.

[@bjwedd18]

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]

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

[@RoelsonObra]

This fixed a lot of headaches LOL. Thank you!

[@Touchtechnologyreview]

You're welcome!

[@compnmuzac]

Thanks for the refresher course Mate !

[@Touchtechnologyreview]

Any time!

[@neilwildy4192]

Fantastic instructions and it worked great, thank you...Howver the Mac doesn't maintain the connection after a reboot. is this expected behaviour, or is there another step required?

[@Touchtechnologyreview]

After a re boot it is possible that the IP address of the computer that was closed down changed, so all you need to do is just check the ip address again.

[@neilwildy4192]

@@Touchtechnologyreview thank you, that must be it. The solution I found was to create Aliases for the folder connections, which then look to reconnect when selecting/opening them. I don't need to reconnect manually then. 👍

[@Touchtechnologyreview]

@@neilwildy4192 Great. Thanks for info. Sounds like a good idea!

[@jackoneil3933]

A lot of important elements here such as log in credentials and configuring windows private network setup

[@DigThat32]

SUPER HELPFUL...big thanks!

[@Touchtechnologyreview]

You are very welcome!

[@kindredmathematician4290]

for the password, I used the username after typing whoami in the command prompt and my Microsoft account password instead of the computer password. That worked for me.

[@oldcommercialsUSA]

Thank you for the info @KindredMathematician

[@AAFX-OM]

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

[@zayaproduction5653]

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

[@Touchtechnologyreview]

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.

[@justinor1115]

Thank you !! It helps a lot! However, my Mac storage is much more larger than my desktop. Is there any tutorial that to guide us to create a share folder base in my Mac rather than the window desktop ?

[@Touchtechnologyreview]

Yes I have created a video showing you how to share a Mac folder to a Windows Computer You can see it here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fpu3hoRphb-elas

[@mirko606]

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

[@Touchtechnologyreview]

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

[@recordable542]

Thanks! it works like charm

[@Touchtechnologyreview]

Great to hear!

[@mqnuelcarrillo6695]

in the part 5:50 the password says that it is incorrect, IDK why, but that is the only password I have when I log in. What do I do?

[@rahafahmed8894]

me too, which password were you trying to put in?

[@mqnuelcarrillo6695]

@@rahafahmed8894 I was trying to put the one on my windows pc, (either way I have the same password from my laptop)

[@gbezjak]

finally, thank you, i have been having problems with the connection. I have one more problem, the shared folder isn't on the desktop of the mac. I can only access him with the GO to folder

[@hossainahmadjp]

Open a finder window and then click finder on the top left and select settings. Click on the general tab and you should see a list of options regarding the items shown on the desktop.

[@TennysonEStead]

This is SO helpful. Thank you very much!

[@Touchtechnologyreview]

You are very welcome!

[@ricktaira6723]

Excellent tutorial...Thank You!

[@Touchtechnologyreview]

Great to hear. Thanks for checking out the video!

[@andrescarpintero]

Excellent video. Thank you!!!!

[@Touchtechnologyreview]

You are very welcome! Thanks for watching.

[@Jemy9]

You explained everything thank you 😃👍

[@Touchtechnologyreview]

You’re welcome 😊

[@StormyDMG]

Thank you so much for this man!

[@Touchtechnologyreview]

You are very welcome!

[@danielw-m5819]

You my dude are a legend. Thank you!

[@Touchtechnologyreview]

Glad to help. Thanks for checking out the video!

[@giahuypham5902]

You truly are life saver

[@Touchtechnologyreview]

Great to hear!

[@rmax2]

Followed this step-by-step, I get to entering the name and password on my mac and I get the wiggle prompt meaning wrong info. My Win 11 PC uses a pin instead of a password, the name and pin are both absolutely correct...still the wiggle..

[@RaheelPasha-t7f]

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]

Awesome, thank you!

[@johnjohn8437]

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

[@Touchtechnologyreview]

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

[@technofreakabhi]

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

[@lukshankathriarachchi3523]

This is excellent. Works so well.

[@Touchtechnologyreview]

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

[@Insidewithmichaelpodcast-qz2xe]

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?

[@IrishMcCheez]

But I want the file hosted on the Mac, not the PC like you demonstrated here. More specifically, I want to share a folder I already have connected via an external drive on my Mac. How do I do that?? (BTW, your tutorial is succinct and easy to understand - THANKS!)

[@mfachryofficial]

Best tutorial I've seen. Works really well

[@Touchtechnologyreview]

Great to hear that. Thanks for the feedback!

[@rurocking]

Great video. Thanks for sharing.

[@Touchtechnologyreview]

You are very welcome!

[@rabiiel-husseini5071]

Superb, no hidden loops :). Thanks.

[@Touchtechnologyreview]

You're welcome!

[@adriangames3254]

After I put me name and password I got error that said access denied, I don't know what I did wrong.

[@edsonmunoz4614]

you might have to switch to a local account

[@mohsinaliriad5278]

put you Microsoft email and password

Thank you so much

[@Touchtechnologyreview]

You're most welcome

[@Exercisewithleah]

what if youve forgotten your password for your computer server to log in? i have tried every password i would have chosen and can't even get access :(

[@DroneManMurphy]

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

[@Touchtechnologyreview]

Glad it was helpful! You are very welcome!

[@RaviJhag]

thanks just followed your instructions & done (y)

[@Touchtechnologyreview]

Great!

[@TylerHNothing]

exactly what I needed

[@Touchtechnologyreview]

Great to hear. Thanks for checking out the video!

[@TrevorMoin]

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]

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]

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 ?

[@squidkidyt1701]

is this secure???

[@ShohagIshtiaque]

Could you please make a video on How to remove the Shared folder from Mac and Windows?

[@terryrodbourn2793]

also make sure your Clocking goes to same third party server/router as the clients Mc, Windows and Linux!

[@Dassault354]

Worked perfectly, thank you!

[@Touchtechnologyreview]

You're welcome!

[@dheerajgajjar5133]

Thank you for the detailed explanation in the video. The problem I'm facing is that Windows 10 pc is shown in Mac Sonoma but cannot connect, and Windows PC doesn't even show my Mac. Please help me with this problem both the devices are connected to the same Wifi, i have followed all the steps you've mentioned. As of now I'm facing this issue.

[@Touchtechnologyreview]

Quite often when this happens it has to do with the password you are entering on the Mac to access the Windows PC. Make sure you are using the correct password. At the 6 minute mark of this video I talk about the different login methods: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fX_XepSfepWZjbs........ If you still can't get it to work then try my alternate method connecting to the Mac from Windows: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fpu3hoRphb-elas

[@dheerajgajjar5133]

@@Touchtechnologyreview I finally have connected the devices. Its working. Thank you so much for the help.

[@Touchtechnologyreview]

Great to hear that you got it working. @@dheerajgajjar5133

[@shubham.entrepreneur]

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

[@Touchtechnologyreview]

Anytime Bro. glad the video was helpful!

[@joejoe-lb6bw]

Where are these links for further information mentioned in the video?

[@mattiashultberg7133]

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

[@Touchtechnologyreview]

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

[@markesparkie]

Great tutorial, thanks! Worked like a charm 😊

[@Touchtechnologyreview]

Awesome, great to hear that!

[@KitKalvert]

Bless you it worked thank you!

[@Touchtechnologyreview]

You're welcome!

[@lauriecrabb1461]

I was able to connect the two computers, however the shared folder does not appear on the Mac desktop. I have to use the 'Go' menu to find it under the 'Network' tab where I am then able to access it. Annoying, but at least it works.

[@daydaykey]

Check the side deck in your finder. It's probably there

[@MaxSpieltLP]

Had the same issue. Open a finder window and then click finder on the top left and select settings. Click on the general tab and you should see a list of options regarding the items shown on the desktop. Make sure connected servers is selected and it should appear on your desktop

[@p1xeled793]

@@MaxSpieltLP Thanks so much bro, I was struggling for like 20 minutes

[@kostikoglu95]

Can't get past the login, it keeps rejecting my username and password..

[@Daniel0007729]

Try your email address for username. That worked for me!

[@jacobmancini3954]

@@Daniel0007729worked for me aswell. Thank you!

[@maybesaadkhan]

Amazing video, so easy to follow and worked perfectly

[@Touchtechnologyreview]

Great to hear that. Thanks for watching!

[@flardrynn1]

thank you very much!!

[@Touchtechnologyreview]

You're welcome!

[@ArtisFX]

Thank you for details!

[@Touchtechnologyreview]

You are very welcome!

[@olalekanmutiu886]

Thanks for the video. But this means that the two laptops must be in the same location and connected to the same Wi-Fi before the file can be shared. What if one will like to give the same access to a MacBook in a different location?

[@Touchtechnologyreview]

You can use an app called "Microsoft Remote Access" Free on the App store. Download it on the Apple and then you have to configure it to give access to the windows computer remotely.

[@sixstringslayaguitarman419]

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?

[@Energyswordsunday]

For those who are having login issues, I changed the username to my email and that worked.

[@RobbedTheBank]

Super helpful thanks bud!

[@Touchtechnologyreview]

Great to hear that. You are most welcome!

[@morrisreinisch4098]

Hi. Just bought a new PC running Windows 11 and want to migrate files from my iMac to the PC. I have followed your instructions very, very carefully. When I get to the part of connecting the two computers on the server, I simply cannot get past the window asking for "your name and password for the server". I have looked up my administrator name on the PC and typed that in exactly as shown and used the PC pin and that does not work. I have used my Microsoft account sign in information and that does not work either. And I have used every possible combination of that information. It's driving me crazy. Is there any way to bypass the "Registered User" way of getting the two computers to talk to each other, i.e., how do I use the "Guest" choice of the "Connect As" request. That appears to avoid the need to enter the login information. Please help. Desperate to get my new PC to finally be properly setup. Thanks so much for your help in advance.

[@morrisreinisch4098]

Just as a follow up to my earlier note, I read below where you indicated that we should also check to make sure that Windows defender or some other third party software is not preventing access to the other server. I did what I thought was needed on Windows Defender as well as on my virus protection software which is called Sophos with no better results. My login attempts still failed. Very frustrating.

[@Touchtechnologyreview]

@@morrisreinisch4098 The only thing I can suggest is to go to the Accounts/ Sign in Options on Windows 11 and try setting it up with a pin. So if you can login to the PC using a username and pin, then try those details when you login from the Mac....

[@rahas420]

any success? I have the same problem

[@Babu69Official]

Awesome! It works, thank you so much!

[@Touchtechnologyreview]

You're welcome!

[@slightlyhappy5385]

Thnk you good sir, very helpful!

[@Touchtechnologyreview]

You're welcome!

[@celsohernandez7173]

well delivered, thanks man

[@Touchtechnologyreview]

You are very welcome. Thanks for watching!

[@بلاموسيقى]

thank you it's working perfectly keep up

[@Touchtechnologyreview]

You're welcome! Great to hear!

[@Natalie.digital]

wow, workeds perfect , thanks so so much

[@Touchtechnologyreview]

You are very welcome!

[@djfunkyt]

Thank you! You're amazing!

[@Touchtechnologyreview]

Thanks so much. Glad you found the video helpful!

[@webber7217]

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

[@ben_oh]

Thanks for this!

[@Touchtechnologyreview]

You're very welcome!

[@ismailahmed786]

Thank You Sir

[@Touchtechnologyreview]

You are most welcome!

[@goodlookproductions]

Great tutorial! Thanks so much!

[@Touchtechnologyreview]

You are so welcome!