As I mentioned in my December 31, 2012 article,, the Shared Folder is a special folder located inside the Users Folder in the system drive's root directory. One way to get to it is via the Finder's menu Go > Computer then opening your system drive (typically named 'Macintosh HD') and finally into the Users Folder. ![]() Oct 19, 2016 - Sharing files between a PC running Windows 7 and a Mac running OS X 10.6 is one of the easiest cross-platform file sharing activities. My passport for mac bootcamp. There, you'll see the Shared Folder. OS X creates the Shared folder when there are more than one user accounts on a Mac. It exists specifically to allow sharing of files *between user accounts* on any one Mac. Why would you want to use the Shared Folder? A great example of when utilizing the Shared Folder is quite practical is in situations where family members – each with his or her own account – want to share documents, images, videos and music files – whatever the case may be. This avoids excessive replication of files and file version confusion. Let me tell you how I use the Shared Folder – doing so might just give you some ideas. I create a user account on my MacBook Pro for each course that I teach. For example, for my iPhoneography course, a user account is created on my Mac, and it is named, quite imaginatively, iPhoneography. Windows migration assistant for macos mojave. Here's my preferred workflow for managing my instruction files: I create my Keynote presentations and Pages handouts in my main working account, and I keep all my files organized in my DropBox folder (referring to the service offered by Dropbox.com). I then place copies of the files inside the Shared Folder (using the OPTION-DRAG method). Within the Shared Folder, I create folders for each course. The files are moved and organized into the appropriate course folders. When in class, I log into the appropriate course account. For each account, I have already placed an alias of that course account's folder – the one that resides within the Shared Folder – onto my Finder Window sidebar as well as one sitting on the desktop in the lower-right quadrant. These aliases allow me to quickly drill-down into the Shared Folder. From there, I run my Keynote presentations directly, I open any Pages and/or PDF files I need to show for reference, or launch any Safari website shortcut files as needed. This is all pretty simple; not to mention a huge time saver. You might be wondering why I bother using separate accounts for each course when I could just as well do everything from one account. Android emulator droid4x mac. I have a few reasons for managing my course materials this way. Foremost in my mind is that I don't want the students to see my messy desktop! It's all about, 'do as I say, not as I do.' Yes, I know there are little utilities that address this, but doing so just adds another level of complexity. Additionally, by using a separate account during my lectures, I won't see (and hear) the various beeps and bops from text messages, email, tweets and other notifications that pop-up to distract the audience. I also like to modify the desktop background in order to personalize it for the specific classes.
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