Help - Snow Leopard can't access Tiger network folders - Page 2

ngcomputing · #9 September 27th, 2009, 08:32 AM

Sorry guys, running on 3 hours sleep really got to me and I apologize for being so grouchy.

I put Snow Leopard on the other machine and get the same results. I figure on this macbook there is just something not letting me connect to the mini...after the install screen sharing stopped working.

Anyways, I'm going to take the day off, collect my thoughts and come back to it later. Again, I apologize to everyone for my rudeness.

macspectrum · #10 October 24th, 2009, 12:45 AM

i've seen similar issues when trying to share folders from an older mac OS

always a good idea to share folders on the mac with the most recent OS and then connect from the mac with the older OS

i have found it a good rule to follow

newer OS probably is backward compatible while older OS isn't forward compatible, when it comes to file sharing

after all, does it really matter if you "copy from" or "copy to"?

ngcomputing · #11 October 24th, 2009, 12:59 AM

I have snow Leopard on both the macbook and mac mini. Screen sharing & sharing folders works, but, it takes SL forever to connect, several minutes sometimes.

This has been the same case on other networks with SL, really, really slow connect times for screen sharing and NAS sharing. Other problems that I have seen is after terminating screen sharing, any mounted network drives disconnect...then it might take the system a few min to reconnect, or have to go back and re-mount the drive through finder.

Just some bugs that Apple needs to work out.

thanks for the reply

macspectrum · #12 October 24th, 2009, 01:31 AM

how do file x-fers work between snow leopard macs using file sharing? i am upgrading a client from tiger to snow leopard w/ new macs soon

Satcomer · #13 November 12th, 2009, 09:04 AM

Well after the 10.6.2 update every sharing Snow Leopard problems went away. You may would want to try that update first.

eric halfabee · #14 November 14th, 2009, 12:22 AM

Similar problem here. I've just upgraded to a MBP from an old G5 iMac (running 10.5.8) - which I have transferred to the kids room. This G5 connects to the internet via wireless to a Siemens Gigaset WLAN DSL modem and has no problem doing that. My new MBP running 10.6.2 connects via ethernet to the Siemens DSL when at my desk and wireless elsewhere in the house with no problems there too. I have recently tried to connect to the old G5 to get some files etc of it via sharing and have had no joy from the MBP to the G5 even though the iMac is showing up in the sharing pane of the sidebar etc. I can however connect to other way the MBP from the iMac, so in a way I can get the files I need but it would be more convenient to do it from the MBP.

Even though I shouldn't need to connect that often, being able to do so without the added step of having to go into the kids room would be good. I hope Apple sort this out quickly.

I think I might actually use Dropbox to move files back and forth in the meantime.

Apart from this I'm very happy with SL and my new MBP... so far.

djackmac · #15 November 14th, 2009, 09:35 AM

Which MBP is it? Depending on which one just get a 6 pin or 6 pin to 9 pin firewire cable and migrate everything from the G5 if you see fit.

Satcomer · #16 November 14th, 2009, 03:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by djackmac

Which MBP is it? Depending on which one just get a 6 pin or 6 pin to 9 pin firewire cable and migrate everything from the G5 if you see fit.

When going from a PPC to an Intel Mac don't transfer any programs. Find an Intel compatible version that is Snow Leopard worthy and if you need the serial number from a program get it from the PPC Mac or the PPC Mac's /Users/YourUserName/Library/Preferences/ and in /Users/YourUserName/Library/Application Support/.

I can't stress the importance of not using PPC only programs in an Intel Mac!