Enable Mac to Windows File Sharing in Mac OS X
First you need to enable the Windows to Mac file sharing functionality, this is a simple preference toggle in OS X system settings on the Mac:
- Launch “System Preferences” and click on “Sharing”
- Click the checkbox next to “File Sharing” to enable it
- Once File Sharing is turned on, select it and then click on the “Options…” button
- Click the check box next to “Share files and folders using SMB (Windows)”
- Now click on the checkbox next to the user accounts you want to share or access from Windows – when you click to enable SMB sharing on a user account, you will be asked for that users password
- Click on “Done”
Connecting to a Windows PC from a Mac
Going the other direction, you can connect to a Windows Shared PC very easily from a Mac running OS X:
- From the OS X Finder, hit Command+K to summon “Connect To Server”
- Choose the “Browse” button to browse the available network shares, double-clicking on the share to enter a login
- OR: In the “Server Address” field, simply enter the IP of the Windows share to connect to preceded by smb://
For example, to connect to a Windows share at 192.168.1.115, the smb address would be:
smb://192.168.1.115
smb://windows-computer-name
Original source http://osxdaily.com/2011/09/08/share-files-from-mac-to-windows-pc/
