Late MacBook 2008 running Yosemite 10.10.5

[Turtle353]

So I have an old MacBook that is hooked up to a slow USB 2.0 1 TB hard drive and internal 128GB HD. I have it hooked up via the ethernet port and sharing turned on. I can see if on my MacBook Pro in finder but it is not connected. I have tried connecting via guest, registered user, and Apple ID. It says access denied on guest and the others just shake indicating incorrect password. I've messed around with the users and can't seem to figure it out. Do I need to buy and download Mac OS X server and go get the old version for the Yosemite to make it work? All the videos I've watched on YouTube make it look really easy, but I'm getting stuck at logging into the device. MacBook Pro is on wifi network because I don't have an ethernet to TB3 port, but not sure if that matters.
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Network is green on both devices and I set a manual static IP on the old MacBook.

 

[hobowankenobi]

When you connect remotely (regardless of the protocol) you typically need to use the user name and PW of the machine you are connecting to...just as though you are sitting in front of it.

Apple (wrongly) fills in the user name of the machine you are on....not the machine you are connecting to.

As long as you have the correct sharing protocol on (AFP, SMB, VNC) and approved for the correct user, you should be in.

 

[Turtle353]

Yeah I changed passwords and user IDs. I never was successfully able to get them to talk over file sharing. I did bite the bullet and paid $20 for MacOS Server. I then downloaded the old version with Yosemite and had success. I think it may have been my selected Static IP not sure but either way it is all good now. Bummed to find out iMovie won’t make a library on a server storage device but understand.

Thanks!