One of the easiest ways to permanently share files across computers and mobile devices (with apps) is using the SMB file sharing protocol ("Windows file sharing" or Sharing tab on Windows). This allows devices with access to the same Production VLAN to easily share files to another device. Any computer on the network can have file sharing turned on; however, we recommend only turning it on for some computers, such as the Graphics one.
Turning On File Sharing
Windows
To turn File Sharing on on Windows, please contact the Production Support team. We can set a share up on the device you'd like and give you the read or write permissions for a user or users on the network.
macOS
On macOS, you can do the following on a network device:
Connecting to a File Share
Windows
In Windows, simply map a new network drive using the username and password from the other device.
macOS
WARNING Be sure that the device you are connecting to does not go offline. Devices that go offline and are not disconnected via Finder, will lock up your device due to bugs in the macOS Finder operating system with any remote file system. They are not exclusive to SMB and also affect NFS fileshares. These lock ups will typically occur in the following scenarios: saving or opening files, opening certain applications, trying to reboot the computer, general lock ups and freezes, application crashes and unresponsiveness. These issues have been observed on Sequoia 15.4.1 and earlier, across multiple computers, and is still known to be present in newer versions.
On macOS, navigate to:
- Finder > Go
- Type the name of the drive you want to connect to; for example: smb://10.CC.60.10/production.
- To persist this across reboots, go to System Preferences > General > Login Items & Extensions, and drag and drop the network share from the sidebar.