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Setting Up Sharing
Before we go through the file sharing options, you need to make sure sharing is properly set up on your computer.
Enabling File Sharing in Windows 7
To enable simple file sharing in Windows, head into the Control Panel and go to Network and Internet > Network and Sharing Center. Hit Change Advanced Sharing Settings and make sure network discovery, file and printer sharing, and public folder sharing (the first three options) are all turned on. Then, head down the list and Turn off password protected sharing, and check "Use user accounts and passwords to connect to other computers". This is the easiest way to connect computers, and the most similar to the Mac method below. If you're worried about prying eyes, see connecting with an ad-hoc network below, and just be sure to turn off file sharing when you're done. If you're sharing with a Mac, you'll need to make sure the Guest account is turned on under Control Panel > User Accounts > Add or Remove User Accounts > Guest Account.
To share files in Windows, open up Windows Explorer; you should see all available computers (regardless of operating system) under Network in the Explorer sidebar. If you click on one, you can access its Public folders, in which you have both read and write access (so you can copy files to your machine, as well as copy files from your machine to theirs). If for some reason you don't see the desired machine in the sidebar, you may need to manually enter its name in the Windows Explorer address bar, in the form of
file://computername.Enabling File Sharing in OS X
To set up file sharing on a Mac, go to System Preferences and navigate to the Sharing preference pane. Check the box marked "File Sharing" and ensure that your public folder is listed under the shared folders. If you expect you'll need to share with any Windows computers, hit the Options button and mark the "Share Files and Folders Using SMB" box, as well as the box below it that corresponds to your username.
When another computer is available for sharing, it will show up in the sidebar of the Finder. You can either place a file in your Public folder for them to view and copy, or they can place a file in your Drop Box (located inside your Public folder and not to be confused with Dropbox the app) for you to then retrieve. If it doesn't show up automatically, just open up the Finder, then navigate to Go > Connect to Server in the menu bar. After typing in
smb://computername, it should connect you to the computer and you can carry on. You'll need to choose to log in as a Guest at the prompt, after which mount the Users folder so you can access the Public folder from there.
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