Pretty new to Mac, but I’m trying to share folders over the network from my laptop (Mavericks) with my wife’s (Yosemite). From my machine, the /users/brian/Public folder is sharing successfully, but other folders are not.
If I add new folders into the /users/brian/Public folder, they show up instantly on her machine, but when I attempt to share a folder from another part of my system, i.e. /Users/brian/gdrive/picasa_database (it never shows up for her).
I’ve tried sharing the folder by “right clicking on it > get info > clicking shared checkbox,” and also by going through “system preferences > sharing > file sharing > add folder.”
Neither method has worked. I have also checked permissions and both folders offer access to ”everyone.”
Best Answer
In my case, my hard drive wasn't been shown in Finder, and therefore any folder on that drive would not show up in the shared folders list (even though it was, in fact, shared.) To fix this, go to Finder | Preferences and make sure you are showing the appropriate category of things