Macs running OS X are already able to function as an FTP server, that is, if you allow connections via FTP in the sharing preferences.įire up WS_FTP LE on the PC and you can start transferring merrily. Febru15:20 EST #3 Setting up an FTP server on the PC that will talk to a Mac is either a real pain or requires a commercial (not free) FTP server on the PC.
Obviously you can expect a better product for a price, but since this was only for home file transfer, free was the most important consideration.
As a general observation, I checked out about five or six different freeware Windows FTP servers, and BlackMoon was the easiest to use of what I saw. There are no actual directories with those names. The "." entry means "this directory" and "." means "the parent directory," in shorthand form. This should open a connection to the server and show you the default directory you specified in step #3 above.
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Enter the username and password identically to how you entered them on the FTP server, then connect.Open a new connection and enter the Windows system's IP address.Close the User Accounts window and start the FTP server.This is the folder a user will see when they login with the given username and password. Set a name and password, then use the Browse button to select the default folder.Create a new account, or select an existing account.Select User Accounts from the Setup menu.The picture in the article ended up being smaller than I thought, so here's a more specific list of steps: In BlackMoon: Novem22:12 EST #2 When you set up a new user account on the BlackMoon server, you also set the Home Folder using the provided Browse button.Remember, a lot of us Mac users just don't even know where to begin choosing programs like this on the Windows side. If you could offer other alternatives, this would be most helpful.
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As far as I can tell, BlackMoon offers no help files for the trial version. "." "." and a "my faxes" folder that I cannot find anywhere on my PC). Further, the directory that is available via Fetch shows three folders that make no sense (e.g. Upon downloading BlackMoon server, I am unable to change the default directory. Novem11:14 EST #1 Your article on FTP transfer lacked a bit of needed detail for someone new to FTP work with Windows (i.e.
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