File Sharing

captronlive · captronlive #1 (**permalink**)

04-06-2012, 11:49 AM

I know this is a very elementary question. I set up a user account for my wife. She helps me with my business. Therefor I need documents that she has prepared. How do I retrieve these from while I'm logged into my account?

Thanks

louishen · louishen #2 (**permalink**)

04-06-2012, 12:25 PM

Best to get her to save documents in the folder Users/Shared/

That way both users on the machine can have access to the files

AliOop · AliOop #3 (**permalink**)

04-06-2012, 08:51 PM

I'm a new Mac user as well. Can you expound on this some? Is User/Shared a folder already in the system? Or do I have to set this up? Is it a case of '...save to...'? And then choosing Users/Shared?

Thanks.

chas_m · chas_m #4 (**permalink**)

04-07-2012, 08:08 PM

AliOop: you have it exactly right. Users/Shared is an existing folder, and all you have to do is save to it.

captronlive · captronlive #5 (**permalink**)

04-08-2012, 10:23 AM

I looked under both user accounts and can't find shared file folder. I exported it as a word doc and when it asked me where to save it, it didn't give that option. I looked using finder and couldn't find it. Can you tell me where it is?

vansmith · vansmith #6 (**permalink**)

04-08-2012, 11:03 AM

It's in /Users - open up Macintosh HD > Users to get to it.

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captronlive #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Feb 14, 2012 Location: Port St. Lucie, Florida Posts: 12 Mac Specs: MacBook2,1 Intel Core 2 Duo, 2 GHz, 2gig Mem, OS X Lion, 320 HD	04-06-2012, 11:49 AM I know this is a very elementary question. I set up a user account for my wife. She helps me with my business. Therefor I need documents that she has prepared. How do I retrieve these from while I'm logged into my account? Thanks
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captronlive #5 (permalink)
Member Since: Feb 14, 2012 Location: Port St. Lucie, Florida Posts: 12 Mac Specs: MacBook2,1 Intel Core 2 Duo, 2 GHz, 2gig Mem, OS X Lion, 320 HD	04-08-2012, 10:23 AM I looked under both user accounts and can't find shared file folder. I exported it as a word doc and when it asked me where to save it, it didn't give that option. I looked using finder and couldn't find it. Can you tell me where it is?
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