Local Mac malfunction file sharing

I am using local file sharing in my house for a good 8 years. I have 2 older iMacs (white 2006, 2007 aluminum) and a new late 2015 5 k iMac that I bought a few days ago.

For some reason any local file sharing has started to malfunction: I no 1 wifi access point and all computers are to connect to that, but in the sidebar of Finder, tab, sharing only the 2007 aluminum appears. Other computers cannot see other computers except 2007 one. 2007 iMac can see and connect them too. I checked the settings for sharing on all computers, but nothing has changed.

I tried to manually enter the ip address into Finder go tab, 'Connect to server', but I always find myself with 'server not found '. There is nothing different between computers sharing preferences, but somehow only the 2007 one appears.

Please help me, I use this feature a lot!

Thank you.

Hi pianistemre2,

Thank you for using communities of Apple support and congratulations on your new iMac! I understand you wanting to continue using the sharing of files between your 3 iMac, but only one is considered by the computers on your network. I know it's a great way to share files between devices, so I'm happy to provide advice to solve this.

Since you are able to see and connect to the 2007 iMac, it seems as if it were the only one who has fully implemented which files he will share, and with whom he will share the. Make sure that you have followed the steps below to configure which directories you want to share with other users on your network. Also, remember that users can access those files.

How to share files with other users of Mac:

  1. Open sharing preferences if it is not already open (choose Apple menu > System Preferences, and then click Sharing).
  2. Check the file sharing.
  3. To select a specific share folder, click Add at the bottom of the folders list, find the folder, select it, and then click Add.
    1. The Public folder of each user who has an account on your Mac is automatically shared. To prevent a shared folder, select it in the list of shared folders and click Remove.
  4. By default, any user put in place on your Mac in the preferences users and groups can connect to your Mac via network. A user with an administrator account can access your Mac together.
    1. To give only some users access to a folder, select the folder in the folders list, and then click Add at the bottom of the list of users. Then do one of the following:
      1. Select a user in users and groups, that includes all your Mac users.

      2. Select a user from the network or users groups network, which includes everyone on your network.

      3. Select a person in your contacts. Create a password for the person, then click on create an account.

OS X El Capitan: share your files with other users of Mac

These steps are specifically for OS X El Capitan, but should be similar for earlier versions of Mac OS X.

Once you have added users to the network or the correct groups on all your computers, you will be able to access everything again.

See you soon!

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