How to Share a Folder on Your Mac

Follow these steps to share a folder on your Mac:

  1. Open the 'System Settings' App
  2. Select "General" then "Sharing"
  3. 'File Sharing' in the list should be enabled click the info icon to the right of the switch. How to share a folder on your Mac
  4. Under the 'Shared Folders' list, click +
  5. Choose a folder to share and click 'Add'
  6. By default all users ('Everyone') get read-only access to the share. To give your user the ability to change files, click + under the 'Users' list and choose your account. Then change 'Read Only' to 'Read & Write'. Enable folder sharing on macOS

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