Hello - this is my first post and I just got an old MacBook/10.6.8 up and running some obsolete software (Nikon Scan 4.02 to run a film scanner) and here is where I am stuck...
I am able to scan film with my Nikon film scanner to the MacBook's drive. Now I need to map a USB drive on my windows 11 workstation to the MB so I can dump the files there as an entry into my photo processing flow. The MacBook can connect to the internet and I can browse (barely, using FireFox 4.9).
However I cannot connect to the shared folder. I can map that folder to another Mac - a MBP running Monterey. On the MBP I can "Go--> Connect to Server" and then type in my Workstation ip and connect (smb://<WorkstationIp> ) with no problem. Also, I can "Browse" the network and see all my machines - windows, macs, and Android TV.
When I try this with the old MB, I get a "Connection Failed" error and can not connect. And, when I try to "Browse" to connect, I only see my other Macs. So, I can browse other Macs - but not any other machines on the network - on this 10.6.8 machine. My other MBP and MB Air can see the Macs as well as my windows machines and Shield TV.
I know this is an ancient MB and OS, but I cannot get this Software to work on later Macs - it requires the "Classic" and I think one of the last Mac OS versions to have it is 10.6.8 (and it loads Rosetta when I install the Nikon software). Both my Macbook Air and MBP are too new to run 10.6.8 - the processor is not supported.
I am not sure if I have some network Configuration issue or if I am up against a hardware problem. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
I am able to scan film with my Nikon film scanner to the MacBook's drive. Now I need to map a USB drive on my windows 11 workstation to the MB so I can dump the files there as an entry into my photo processing flow. The MacBook can connect to the internet and I can browse (barely, using FireFox 4.9).
However I cannot connect to the shared folder. I can map that folder to another Mac - a MBP running Monterey. On the MBP I can "Go--> Connect to Server" and then type in my Workstation ip and connect (smb://<WorkstationIp> ) with no problem. Also, I can "Browse" the network and see all my machines - windows, macs, and Android TV.
When I try this with the old MB, I get a "Connection Failed" error and can not connect. And, when I try to "Browse" to connect, I only see my other Macs. So, I can browse other Macs - but not any other machines on the network - on this 10.6.8 machine. My other MBP and MB Air can see the Macs as well as my windows machines and Shield TV.
I know this is an ancient MB and OS, but I cannot get this Software to work on later Macs - it requires the "Classic" and I think one of the last Mac OS versions to have it is 10.6.8 (and it loads Rosetta when I install the Nikon software). Both my Macbook Air and MBP are too new to run 10.6.8 - the processor is not supported.
I am not sure if I have some network Configuration issue or if I am up against a hardware problem. Any help would be greatly appreciated!