Share Mac files with Windows users

On your Mac, choose Apple menu  > System Settings, click General in the sidebar, then click Sharing on the right. (You may need to scroll down.)

Open Sharing settings for me

Turn on File Sharing, then click the Info button on the right.

Click Options.

Select “Share files and folders using SMB.”

In the Windows File Sharing list, select the checkbox next to the user account that will be used to share files with Windows users, enter the password for that user, then click OK.

Click Done, then click Done.

Choose View > Network, select your active connection, then click Details (for a Wi-Fi connection) or Advanced (for other types of connections).

Open Network settings for me

Click WINS in the sidebar, then enter the workgroup name used by the Windows computer.

If you don’t know the workgroup name, on the Windows computer open Control Panel > System and Security > System. (Windows computers normally use either WORKGROUP or MSHOME.)

Click OK.