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maxoakland

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Hey everyone! I am annoyed by this banner. It appears at the top of every folder and subfolder shared with File Sharing
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All my folders are shared with File Sharing because I want all my laptop to be able to access my desktop. I don't like seeing this banner at the top of every folder window. Is there a way to turn it off? I searched all over the web but haven't seen anything about it
 

haralds

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Jan 3, 2014
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Silicon Valley, CA
If you want access as an Admin user, you do not have to explicitly share folders. I only specify access to the "Public Folders" for guests.
Turn on "File Sharing" and in the panel you will see:
Other users can access shared folders on this computer, and administrators all volumes, at smb://system_name.
 
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maxoakland

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Oct 6, 2021
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If you want access as an Admin user, you do not have to explicitly share folders. I only specific access to the "Public Folders" for guests.
Turn on "File Sharing" and in the panel you will see:
Other users can access shared folders on this computer, and administrators all volumes, at smb://system_name.
Thanks for the tip! How do I access smb://system_name? I tried entering that in Go to Server and it gave me an error
 

haralds

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Jan 3, 2014
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system_name would be your system. One of my computers is named Neptune, so it would be smb://neptune.local. You can see this in you network configuration.
On most networks, you can just browse it in the Network "folder" section of your Finder.
 

maxoakland

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Oct 6, 2021
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system_name would be your system. One of my computers is named Neptune, so it would be smb://neptune.local. You can see this in you network configuration.
On most networks, you can just browse it in the Network "folder" section of your Finder.
OK yeah when I go to Network it does show up but the issue is that it always gives me a connection error. I thought i was doing something wrong
 
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