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Click Finish. Your network shortcut now appears in the Network

Location area in the Computer window. The wizard also offers to
connect to and open the corresponding folder.

You can work with these remote folders exactly as though they were
sitting on your own hard drive. The only difference is that because

you’re actually communicating with a hard drive via the internet, the
slower speed may make it feel as if your PC has been drugged.

Tip
There’s one significant difference between working with “local” icons and working with those that
sit elsewhere on the network. When you delete a file from another computer on the network (if
you’re allowed to do so), either by pressing the Delete key or by dragging it to the Recycle Bin, it
disappears instantly and permanently, without ever appearing in the Recycle Bin.

You can even use Windows’ Search feature to find files elsewhere on the
network. This kind of searching can be very slow, however.

Sharing Between Macs and PCs

These days, Microsoft and Apple don’t consider each other enemies.

Microsoft makes all kinds of apps that run on Macs and iPhones; Apple
makes most of its online services available to Windows machines.

Everybody wins.

If you have both Mac and Windows machines on the same small network,
they can “see” each other just fine.

Share PC Folders, Open on the Mac

Here’s how to prepare your PC for network invasion by Macs:

1. Make your PC “discoverable” on the network. Type sharing
into the search box; choose “Manage advanced sharing