Category: Networking

“Can a Mac and PC share a network hard drive?”

Posted on by Fred Langa

Sure! Although only one operating system can “own” the drive, it can share that same drive with one or more other OSes. Let’s say a Windows PC shares one of its drives to the local network; its permission can be adjusted as you like, but in general, any device on that network — Mac, Linux,…

A reader asks: “What’s the cheapest way to network an external hard drive?”

Posted on by Fred Langa

How about $0.00? Plug the drive into any PC that’s on the network; use that PC’s built-in OS tools to “share” the drive on the net. For example, let’s say you plug the drive into a Windows 10 PC. When Windows recognizes the drive and assigns it a drive letter, right click on that drive’s…