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    Drop Box? Where is my drop box?

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by passive101, Jul 13, 2008.

  1. passive101

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    So I'm getting something to work networking my leopard and vista machine together.

    The vista machine see's the mac and lists a single shared folder called "Drop Box"

    Where the heck is drop box? I checked spotlight, but it doesn't list a drop box!

    Also the vista machine says it can't view the drop box. I have smb listed
     
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    How do I put a file into the magical "drop box" folder that I can't find on my mac?
     
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    Your Drop Box is not exactly a "magical" folder, but is the folder that likes to be the default share on your Mac once file sharing is enabled. You can find the drop box folder in "/users/YourUserName/Public/Drop Box".
     
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    Yes, just use spotlight and search for drop box. You will find it
     
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    Ok I found the drop box after going their manually. Why does spotlight not find it? It seems it does not search all the files on the mac?
     
    passive101, Jul 14, 2008
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