Share your Mac files with Ubuntu in 10 seconds
Need to access your Mac files from Linux? Downloaded something on one OS and need to put it on the other? Sharing files between OS X and Ubuntu is easy. The following guide takes 10 seconds and doesn’t involve any terminal usage or extra software.
In OS X
Open System Preferences
Tick Windows Sharing
That’’s all. At the bottom of the window, OS X box will mention the following details:
Windows users can access your computer on \\IP_Address\share_name
Enabled accounts: your_user
We’ll use these details to connect to the share from Ubuntu.
In Ubuntu
Click Places → Connect to Server
- Service Type: choose Windows Share
- Server: the IP address
- Share: the share name
- User Name: the enabled account
Leave the rest, and click Connect.
You can now access your Mac files (including your Desktop, Documents, Pictures, and more) on your Ubuntu desktop, as well as via the Places menu.
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November 9th, 2007 23:35
Isn’t it weird that smb has become some kind of standard? Accessing an smb share is generally easier than an nfs share on macs and even in *nix. Good example of microsft leveraging market power to become a standard - even though the standard is neither the most open or the best designed.
November 12th, 2007 20:19
Why smb when there is ssh?
Ed: SMB is faster when you don’t need encryption.
November 22nd, 2007 06:19
Thanks ! It is very easy. Also, I tried with a Windows XP share folder and works just fine (of course, it is based on M$ SMB protocol
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December 25th, 2007 13:31
mac (volume) mounts on ubuntu desktop, but double clicking gets ‘contents could not be displayed’