Mac OS X
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Setting Up a Computer as a File Server
Log in to Mac OS X as Administrator.
Start the FTP services under Mac OS X.
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Click the [System Preferences] icon in [Dock].
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Click the [Sharing] icon in the [System Preferences] window.
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Select [Allow FTP access].
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Click [Show All] on the toolbar.
Specify the user to whom you want to send data, and then the
password.
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Click the [Users] icon in the [System Preferences] window.
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In the [Users] window, enter the name of the user to whom you want to send data from the
machine through Mac OS X ➞ enter the password.
Enter a user name and a password not longer than 24 alphanumeric characters.
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Close the [Users] window.
Create a shared folder to which files are to be sent.
Sample setting:
Create a folder named "iR_Folder" in the [Public] folder in the [Home] folder.
Grant access to the shared folder created in step 4.
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Click to select the shared folder ➞ select [Show Info] from the [File] menu.
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Select [Privileges] from [Show].
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Enable read & write access to the folder by the owner and members of a group to which the
owner belongs.
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Close the [Info] window.