- Add users or groups from all users of your Mac: Select Users & Groups in the list on the left, select one or more names in the list on the right, then click Select.
- Add users or groups from everyone on your network: Select Network Users or Network Groups in the list on the left, select one or more names in the list on the right, then click Select.
- Add someone from your contacts and create a sharing-only account for them: Select Contacts in the list on the left, select a name in the list on the right, click Select, create a password, then click Create Account.
Once you have decided what to share, and who to share with, the final process is to decide what the users can do with the content. When you click on the individual usernames of the users on the network, you can select one of the following access types for them –
- Read & Write: The user can see and copy files to and from the folder.
- Read Only: The user can view the contents of the folder but can’t copy files to it.
- Write Only (DropBox): The user can copy files to the folder but can’t view its contents.
This is how you can successfully set up file sharing on your Mac or Macbook device. The settings and procedure remain the same irrespective of either of the two.
