How to transfer files macbook pro to windows laptop thrue LAN

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hello there just wanna ask about transferring files from macbook pro to windows laptop thru LAN cable?...when i was working on my iMac transferring files using LAN cable is no problem i can get and transfer files from PC or laptop to my iMac computer, but when i try to use my macbook pro same procedure same set up, but didnt work...i try to search on youtube i apply it, but yeah yes still, i didnt get want i want, uhmm i was confuse because my last attempt is i can only transfer files from my windows laptop to my macbook pro but ironically is, i cant transfer from macbook files to my windows laptop.
 

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In order to transfer files from Mac OS X to a Windows machine, you must have a NTFS driver installed on your Mac that will allow write access to the PC. Of course if the PC hard drive is formatted to FAT-32, then no driver is required. But nowadays only very old PCs have their hard drives formatted to FAT-32.

We recommend Paragon NTFS from Paragon Software. ($19.95)
 
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In order to transfer files from Mac OS X to a Windows machine, you must have a NTFS driver installed on your Mac that will allow write access to the PC. Of course if the PC hard drive is formatted to FAT-32, then no driver is required. But nowadays only very old PCs have their hard drives formatted to FAT-32.

We recommend Paragon NTFS from Paragon Software. ($19.95)



yes my macbook pro has a ntfs app infact i was able to send files from windows laptop to my macbook pro but when send files from macbook pro to windows laptop it didnt work so thats my confusion why it doesnt work?
 

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Which NTFS app do you have on your MacBook Pro? You do not need a NTFS driver to copy files from a Windows machine to your Mac. However, you do need a NTFS driver that works right in order to copy files from your Mac to Windows.
 
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Which NTFS app do you have on your MacBook Pro? You do not need a NTFS driver to copy files from a Windows machine to your Mac. However, you do need a NTFS driver that works right in order to copy files from your Mac to Windows.

Tuxera as NTFS is my apps, uhmm can we focus of this concern why i can send files from my windows laptop but i cant send from my macbook pro to windows laptop? this is only my concern for now where did i get wrong on my set.up? as far i as review same set.up on my imac before.
 

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I am a relative novice at this but here is something that has happened to me before with some incarnations of Windows. Sometimes I find it helpful if the user accounts on both machines have the same name and password.

I assume of course that under Windows you have the right to access the area you are writing to.
 
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In order to transfer files from Mac OS X to a Windows machine, you must have a NTFS driver installed on your Mac that will allow write access to the PC. Of course if the PC hard drive is formatted to FAT-32, then no driver is required. But nowadays only very old PCs have their hard drives formatted to FAT-32.

We recommend Paragon NTFS from Paragon Software. ($19.95)

Not via an SMB share, the windows machine makes the write.. and SMB facilitates it. You are not writing directly to disk this way..

What error did the OP get when attempting to write files?
 

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I thought the same thing at first. There should never be a need for drivers when networking different systems as the protocol takes care of it. However, I'm not certain from his posts how he's transferring the data. He says by Lan, but then states that it's OK from Windows to the Mac but not the other away around?
 

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