Editing raw system files for system preferences mac osx

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Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. The difficulty comes when you want to share files with other people, so let’s see how to connect a MacBook Pro and MacBook Air with different users to share files. Just put your files in iCloud and they are accessible everywhere you sign in – Macs, iPhones and iPads. I have Macs, a MacBook Pro and a MacBook Air and accounts on both. If the settings are not right or if you miss one, file sharing might not work.

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The problem could be very simple and it may be a settings problem. Sharing files over a network is very common and often needed, but what if it is not working? This is limited to Macs on the same network at work or at home. There are other ways and here I look at the file sharing capabilities of macOS. In a recent article, How to sync files between Macs, I showed one method of sharing files and folders between Macs. Let’s see how the built-in file sharing in macOS works.

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If you have work colleagues, a partner or friends with Apple Macs, you will probably need to share files with them at some point.