OS 9 / OS X File Sharing

You will need to have the two Macs connected together in a network, either directly through a crossover cable or using a hub or router. If you haven't set up your network for that already, you may find this walkthrough including minimal network setup helpful instead. If you need to access filesharing through the internet on a system located at another location, you may find this information on access from outside your home helpful as well.

Another excellent resource is to simply type "file sharing" into OS X's Mac help (Finder's Help menu.)

Enabling FileSharing

Try this process on the OSX system:

• In System Preferences' Network pane:
  Launch System Preferences and select the Network pane.
  Set the "Show" pull-down to either "Built-in Ethernet" or "Airport", whichever you are using
• Click to the Appletalk tab. Check the make Appletalk Active. (This enables file-sharing with older Mac OS 8-based system; you don't need to do this if all your systems are OS X.)
  

  Click Apply Now.

• Now "Show all" System Preferences and pick the Sharing pane, then select the Services tab.
  Click on "Personal file sharing." Click Start.
  

  Your computer's name will be displayed instead of mine.

• (This step is only necessesary in OS X 10.3 Panther if you are going to use it with a OS 8.6 or previous version of MacOS)

  Launch Directory Services application from the Utilities folder. Go to the Services tab. If the padlock icon at the bottom of the screen is locked, unlock it and provide your administrator password. Then check the Appletalk box to make it active. (This enables file-sharing with older Mac OS 8-based system; you don't need to do this if all your systems are OS X OS 9.)

  

  Click Apply.

On the OS 9 system:

• Open Appletalk control panel.
  On Connect-via pull-down choose "Ethernet built-in" or "Airport", whichever you use on this computer to connect to the network.
  

  Close and save.

• Open FileSharing control panel.
  If you don't have a name, password, or computer name already, make some up.
  

  Click "Start" under File Sharing.

• In Finder, select your disk drive icon, then "Get Info..." from the File menu.
  Set the Show: pull-down to Sharing.
  Check the "Share this item and its contents" box.
  

  Your Hard disk name will show instead of my default "Macintosh HD"

  Close

Using FileSharing

On the OS 9 system:

• Select Chooser, click AppleShare, wait a few seconds.
  

  (Your OS X system name will appear instead of mine.) The name of your OS X system should appear. Double-click it.
  Use your OS X short user name and password, as registered on the OS X system, to log in.
  The shared OS X disks/folders should display. Click to mount.

On the OS X system:

In the OS X 10.3,Finder either select "Connect to Server..." from the Go menu (or Open a Finder window to the Network toolbar icon.)

• In the OS X 10.3 Finder select "Network" from the Go menu:
  

• Or, in the OS X 10.3 Finder select "Network" from the drive icons in a Finder window toolbar:
  

• Double-click on the icon for the server to be prompted for a password.

In OS X 10.2:

• In the OS X 10.2 Finder select "Connect to Server..." from the Go menu (or Open a Finder window to the Network toolbar icon.)
  

• A list of systems on your local network should appear.
  

  Pick the OS 9 system.

However you select the server, you'll be prompted for a name and password to connect.

• Use the Name and Password you set on the OS 9 system (in its FileSharing Control Panel) to log in.
  

  A list of the mountable disks should appear. Pick the one you want and click OK.

  

  
  Your OS 9 system's disk should mount on the Finder desktop.

Good Luck!

You can check the rest of my home network config info here.

If something above seems missing, confusing or down-right wrong, you can eMail me as car1son at my .Mac account. (Please be specific at what point things went wrong and how they went wrong.)

Good luck!