Wohoo! Just Made the switch

Nabooly · Sep 20, 2007

Oh god i looove this thing! Its toooooo simple!!!

Its a 2.16 Ghz 20" iMac!!! (WHite, i dont like the new ones

)

Ok i need help on ONE thing! How do i connect my mac and pc through the ehernet cable? Ive gone through the steps on Apple's site but it wont find my pc.

Can anyone walk me through the process?

BTW, i get error code -36 when i try to connect (I put smb://IP/share name

goobimama · Sep 21, 2007

Are you sure Windows is sharing properly? Its most probably a problem on that end. Otherwise, try to access your mac from the PC. Enable Windows sharing first (sys prefs>sharing> windows sharing enabled)

illy5603 · Sep 21, 2007

I wouldn't recommend plugging the two into each other directly. You should plug into a switch or use your wireless connection to an existing network that the PC is on to to do this.

To enable proper OSX to Windows file sharing, you first need to make sure it is enabled on both. You also need to make sure that your "workgroup" name is the same on the PC as it is on the Mac. Both PC's and Mac's default to "workgroup" but if that was changed, you will need to change it.

I got it up and running using this reference.

Good luck!

Nabooly · Sep 21, 2007

Thanks alot guys, but i just gave up after trying for nearly an hour. Used my ipod to move all my files.

Now i have another question. Is there anyway to change the default size in firefox? The text is quite small and i have to zoom in 2x whenever i open a new window.

mikepugs · Sep 21, 2007

Nabooly said:
Thanks alot guys, but i just gave up after trying for nearly an hour. Used my ipod to move all my files.

Now i have another question. Is there anyway to change the default size in firefox? The text is quite small and i have to zoom in 2x whenever i open a new window.

Command(apple symbol) +(plus) to enlarge and command - to shrink, at least for firefox 2.0

goobimama · Sep 21, 2007

but i just gave up after trying for nearly an hour

Don't give up! You never know when this will haunt you later on in life....

If you are absolutely sure that your Windows side is right, and that it is sharing right, then do this:
1. Change your mac IP to a static one. Go to the Network > double click the ethernet > then select "set iP manually" and enter 192.168.0.2...then try to connect using that IP. Change your windows ip to 192.168.0.1 though...

As for your firefox thing, the default CSS template can be accessed by typing About:config in the address bar (this was what it was on the PC. On mac I use Safari). Then there's a whole lot of configuration settings there...

andrewbali · Sep 21, 2007

thanks for posting that instruction to make the font larger on firefox, that came in real handy!

Nabooly · Sep 22, 2007

goobimama said:
Don't give up! You never know when this will haunt you later on in life....

If you are absolutely sure that your Windows side is right, and that it is sharing right, then do this:
1. Change your mac IP to a static one. Go to the Network > double click the ethernet > then select "set iP manually" and enter 192.168.0.2...then try to connect using that IP. Change your windows ip to 192.168.0.1 though...

As for your firefox thing, the default CSS template can be accessed by typing About:config in the address bar (this was what it was on the PC. On mac I use Safari). Then there's a whole lot of configuration settings there...

Thanks for the encouragment, but when you posted i already got my files over, maybe next time :Angry-Tongue:

andrewbali said:
thanks for posting that instruction to make the font larger on firefox, that came in real handy!

Did u use apple + or did u go into the about:config thing? If u went to the config thing could you please tell me what you changed? That page must be a mile long, lol

johnnyluu · Sep 22, 2007

Sometimes networking with PCs can be a problem because the workgroup names are not the same.

To chance the workgroup name open Directory Access, choose SMB/CIFS and click configure. This should help solve a lot of networking issues.

Nabooly · Sep 22, 2007

johnnyluu said:
Sometimes networking with PCs can be a problem because the workgroup names are not the same.

To chance the workgroup name open Directory Access, choose SMB/CIFS and click configure. This should help solve a lot of networking issues.

I keep on getting error -36! Wow this is frustrating! I have all my files transferred, but i still want to be able to do this.

ki99 · Sep 22, 2007

i'm 94% sure that you need a cross over cable, not just a regular ethernet cord to do that.

edt:: i just remembered
if you use TWO ethernet cords, and run them through a router, it has the same effect

Nabooly · Sep 22, 2007

ki99 said:
i'm 94% sure that you need a cross over cable, not just a regular ethernet cord to do that.

edt:: i just remembered
if you use TWO ethernet cords, and run them through a router, it has the same effect

hmmm...apple says that all you need is a standard ethernet cable.

JBat · Sep 23, 2007

goobimama said:
Don't give up! You never know when this will haunt you later on in life....

If you are absolutely sure that your Windows side is right, and that it is sharing right, then do this:
1. Change your mac IP to a static one. Go to the Network > double click the ethernet > then select "set iP manually" and enter 192.168.0.2...then try to connect using that IP. Change your windows ip to 192.168.0.1 though...

As for your firefox thing, the default CSS template can be accessed by typing About:config in the address bar (this was what it was on the PC. On mac I use Safari). Then there's a whole lot of configuration settings there...

Thanks for the info about how to get into the Firefox settings, but which one do you change to resize the fonts? There's about 400 of them in there.

JBat · Sep 23, 2007

Nabooly said:
hmmm...apple says that all you need is a standard ethernet cable.

I just did this yesterday and used a standard ethernet cable to network my old PC and my iMac. It's easy.

goobimama · Sep 23, 2007

What's the difference in the ethernet cables? They all look the same to me...

ki99 · Sep 23, 2007

if macs can do it with standard ethernets, that's awesome, and handy.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethernet_crossover_cable

cheetahastra · Sep 23, 2007

Crossover CAT5 cables are for using direct PC to PC
Your meant to use a different type of cable to connect to a hub/switch/router etc.

JBat · Sep 24, 2007

I read in book that you only need a crossover ethernet cable if your Mac was made before 2002, otherwise a regular ethernet cable will suffice. It's easy to set up, then it's a matter of dragging the shared files over from the PC to the Mac, then opening them up on the Mac, then copying them to whereever you want.

The hardest part was on the Windows side, and that wasn't hard at all.

cheetahastra · Sep 24, 2007

Oh okay. Different on Mac's to PC in that regard then - could have been a simple explanation for no talky between the 2 machines though! Oh well.

WakeCarver · Sep 24, 2007

You can use straight through cables on most machines these days. Crossover cables are not as common as they once were.