Connect to windows 7 pc from osx

To do this, bring the Finder into focus and select "Connect to Server" from the Go menu. For instance, if a Windows machine on my home network has an IP address of To do this, first create a folder on your system that you would like to use as a mount point ie, a folder called "mount" on your Desktop.

If you do not provide this, then the command will assume the username for your account in OS X, which may be different. Replace "server" with the URL or IP address of the server being connected to, and then optionally provide the name of the folder being mounted in place of the word "share" some Windows sharing setups will require this. Aug 7, PM in response to sc In response to sc Did you turn on file sharing on your Windows computer?

Reply Helpful Thread reply - more options Link to this Post. User profile for user: Fluidbrush Fluidbrush. Jan 25, PM in response to sc In response to sc Mac has serious usability issues connecting to Windows machine. I solved this by: 1. Click browse to see the list of PCs available in your network 3.

Double click the one from the list you want to connect to 4. If not connected, try Connect as ' Registered User ' instead of 'Guest' 5. In the Password: field, leave it as blank. Don't type anything. Press 'Connect' The above step works for me. Once it shows up in the sidebar, go ahead and click on it. When you click on it, it will try to connect and you may get a message saying Connection Failed or Not Connected.

You can do that by clicking the Connect As button at the top right. Go ahead and type in your credentials and then click OK. Now you should see the Windows 10 shared folders in Finder on your Mac. Founder of Online Tech Tips and managing editor. He began blogging in and quit his job in to blog full-time.

He has over 15 years of industry experience in IT and holds several technical certifications. Read Aseem's Full Bio. We hate spam too, unsubscribe at any time. More to the point of Logmein Pro, you can actually perform secure file transfers, and monitor the system in a dashboard. The Dashboard for pro subscriptions ALSO gives you things like the top fifteen running processes, all scheduled tasks, the most current 15 lines of the event viewer log, etc.

You can perform various levels of remote boot, and even utilize a scripting type offering called one to many. Thank you very much. Used realvnc viewer on win 7 64bit, to connect to a mac laptop on OS X Mavericks. I was using the built in vnc server for osx, but with the last I finally downloaded the vine vnc server turned off the osx vnc server and bingo problem solved.

Thanks for the article, it was a great help. Vladimir 12 months ago.