PC-Mac-Net FileShare
User Manual
Getting Started
Overview
The PC-Mac-Net
FileShare application must be running on all computers you wish to
share files between. It only uses Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) for it's
operations, so you don't need other protocols such as NETBEUI,
AppleTalk, etc. to successfully share files.
In addition, you
don't need file sharing enabled on your computer, nor do you use the
Network Neighborhood, My Network Places, the Chooser, or any other
networking functions built into your operating system to use PC-Mac-Net
FileShare.
Setting
Up
Select the Preferences panel and enter a Sharing Password to ensure only
authorized users (ie. those people who know your password) can access
your shared files and folders. Then choose the Shared Folders panel
and add all the files and folders on your computer you wish to share.
If you wish to
share files with your friends over the Internet, select Internet
(Internet Workgroup) from the Workgroup
Setup Method popup menu on
the Preferences panel. Then
enter the Workgroup Name you
and your
friends have chosen to use, and press the Join button. Your friends'
computers should appear in the Connect
to popup menu on the Transfer
Files panel within a few seconds.
The fastest way
to set up a LAN workgroup (eg. a simple home network) is to select Auto-Discovery from the Workgroup Setup Method popup menu on
the Preferences panel. All
computers on the LAN should then be discovered
quickly and automatically. No further setup is required.
Operation
When you launch
PC-Mac-Net FileShare, you should see other computers running PC-Mac-Net
FileShare listed in the Connect to
popup menu on the Transfer Files
panel after a few seconds. They will also be shown in the Remote
User Connection List listbox on the Network panel, and you can
see their IP address, their computer name and what they are doing.
Select a
computer from the Connect to
popup menu to view it's shared files and
folders. You may need to enter a Sharing
Password to gain access to
files on this computer (once entered, the password will be stored and
automatically used for subsequent operations).
When you have
the remote file list displayed, simply double-click a file in this list
(or highlight it and press the Download
button - the left-pointing
arrow)
to begin transferring it to your computer. The file will be stored in
the folder displayed in the Local
File List listbox. You can also
highlight a range of files and/or folders in the remote file list and
press the Download button to
get them all.
To upload files
to a remote computer, the remote computer must be set up with a shared
folder which has been set to 'Writeable'. You can then navigate into
this folder via the Remote File List
listbox, select files in the Local
File List listbox and press the Upload
button to upload the
files
to it.
The Sync
button works similarly to the Upload
button, except that it transfers
(uploads and downloads) files so that the contents of the selected
folder is synchronized with the equivalent remote folder on the Remote
File List. If the remote folder doesn't exist, it is
automatically
created. Synchronization means: any files not at
both locations will be transferred, so that they exist at both
locations; any updated files will be transferred, overwriting the old
ones (if they exist).
Dynamic help
text (based on which button, textbox, etc. you have the cursor over) is
displayed at the bottom left side of most panels.
Notes
If you get a
message saying that a computer is unreachable, try again. Sometimes
network packets get lost (especially in congested networks) and simply
trying again can result in success.
A file shown in
the Local File List or Remote File List with an '*' in
front of it's
size value is a Macintosh file with a resource fork. When
transferring these types of files to another Macintosh, all file
information will be transferred correctly. However, when transferring
these types of files to a PC, only the data fork will be transferred
(thus, the file may be corrupted) unless you check the Transfer MacOS
Resource Forks checkbox in the Preferences
panel.
If a control is
disabled, the dynamic help text associated with it will be displayed in
red. Normally, it is displayed in black.
Further
Information
Please read the
section on Detailed
Operation
for further
information.