Apple 4400, 7300 manual Using shared folders and volumes, Using PC files in the Mac OS environment

Using shared folders and volumes

You can share Mac OS folders and volumes with the PC by assigning them drive letters. The MACSHARE utility (installed with the PC support software) makes this possible.

Note: When you name a folder in the Macintosh environment that you intend to share with the PC environment, use a name that conforms to DOS 8.3 filename guidelines. Otherwise, the sharing software will truncate and translate the name to fit the guidelines. For more information about naming files, see your DOS manual.

Note: PC applications and their files work more quickly in a drive container or on a hard disk than in a shared folder. The performance of Mac OS programs is not affected by placing them in shared folders.

IMPORTANT Information in the “resource fork” of a Mac OS file (such as an original icon) is lost when the file is copied in the PC environment. This may damage some files. To copy a QuickTime file, for example, you must open it in the Mac OS using the MoviePlayer program and save it in “non-Apple computer format” before copying or using it in the PC environment.

Using PC files in the Mac OS environment

There are three ways to access PC files in the Mac OS:

mYou can access PC files on a floppy disk. For more information, see “Using Floppy Disk Drives and Floppy Disks,” earlier in this chapter.

mYou can access PC files in a shared folder or volume. For information on setting up a shared area, see “Using Shared Volumes” in Chapter 3.

mYou can access PC files in a PC drive container or a PC-formatted SCSI hard drive attached to your Macintosh.

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