Windows and Linux file managers are somewhat more effective than the Mac OS X’s Finder. One advantage they have is better file merging. If you tried to merge folders with the same title in Mac OS X as you would do within Windows, you would erase all the files in the original folder. Go in your virtual machine settings and select 'Options' tab. Click on 'Folder Sharing' and tick 'Always enabled'. Click on 'Add' button and select a folder you want to share. Confirm virtual machine settings. From 'System preferences' on Mac OS X, select 'Sharing'. Make sure that 'File Sharing' is enabled.

Recently in the, we learned how to as a local network alternative to sharing files in the cloud. In this piece, we will examine how to share files in the opposite direction: Yosemite sharing files with a Windows 10 machine. So, if you wish to share your Mac OS X files with Windows 10 on your local network follow these steps. Change Mac OS X file share settings In System Preferences, open Sharing. Note the section of text below the Computer Name field. In this example screenshot, Yosemite is telling me that my machine can referenced on my local network as MacbookPro.local. Next, select the folder you wish to share with Windows in the Shared Folders section, and ensure a user has Read & Write permissions enabled in the Users section.

When you are finished noting the machine name, selecting shared folders and changing user permissions, click the Options button. A dialog windows opens, please ensure both Share files and folders checkboxes have been checked and a user account with read/write permissions is selected.

Drive mapping in Windows. Open Windows Explorer, right-click Network and select Map network drive. [ ] The Map Network Drive window opens, select Drive letter and type the network name of your Mac in the Folder field. This is network name we found earlier in the Yosemite Sharing window. Virtualbox mac still waiting for root device. In this example I typed macbookpro.local in the Folder field and clicked the Browse button. If you wish to reconnect to your Mac every time you sign-in, check the Reconnect at sign-in box.

Your Windows 10 machine is now able to 'see' your Mac's folders. I selected my Glasskeys home folder inside the Browse for Folder dialog window. The folder selected is mapped to the drive letter chosen earlier -- in my case Z. Windows also needs to know how to connect to the shared folder as a Mac OS Yosemite user.

So please keep in mind to enter the username and password of the Mac user with read/write permissions before clicking the OK button. I see a mapped drive Windows Explore now has a drive mapped to a folder found on our Mac OS X Yosemite machine! This article is published as part of the IDG Contributor Network.

Sync Folders is a free version of the popular Sync Folders Pro utility. The app is an easy-to-use for beginners, has the ability to fine-tune synchronization settings for the most exacting professionals. Sync Folders is perfect for folder synchronization on the external storage devices including: USB, memory cards, disks on remote computers within your network, folders on Cloud services (Dropbox, etc.) With each resynchronization, the app finds and copies only new files and new file versions, thereby reducing synchronization time and extending the life of your storage devices. Update to Pro+ (website version) and create a bootable clone of your hard drive and you can use it if your main drive is crashed. The app can synchronize two folders 'on the fly' using our 'REAL TIME SYNC' technology, automatically or manually. The Sync Folders also provides robust tools to filter files and folders so that you sync exactly what you want. Do you have terabytes (TB) of data to sync?

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