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Could any bright soul point me in the direction of an idiots guide to sharing files between accounts on a Macbook?
I have the administrator account and want to make a folder accessable to my Wife's user account with read/write access. I've amended all the permissions whilst in my account but I can't actually see the folder from the User account to access it!
Also, I store some files on an external HDD. I've noticed that they default to only have access from my Admin account. How can I ensure that all files on that disc also have User access by default?
Cheers,
Paul
I'd probably just use something like Dropbox
If you open finder then at the top go to Go > Computer that should open a finder Window at the top level so you can then navigate to HDD > Users > Your user and see the shared folder?
The shared folder needs to be outside your home folder, at the top level in the Users folder. Having checked there is one there by default.
To get to it you need to be in your home folder and then right click the icon at the Finder window top.
Or you could go to Info for the file and set the sharing permissions.
I'd probably just use something like Dropbox
That would be madness on the same computer
The Mac has a shared file directory as standard or you just create one and make permissions as you wish, eg as admin set to read/write for the named users. Under file / info I recall. Can check later
Theres a folder for public sharing. Which would seem to be an option...