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If you have multiple accounts on your Mac, you may have a need to share a file with all of the user accounts on your Mac. Mac OS X offers several ways to do it, but I think the SHARED folder is the easiest. It gives all users READ/WRITE privileges to it, so you can easily collaborate.

How to do it:

1. Open Macintosh HD

2. Open the Users folder. READ MORE »

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Do you have multiple users on your Mac? Have you ever want to share a copy of a file with one of the other accounts? If you ever have a need, OS X gives you an easy way to do it with Drop Boxes.

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If you use iCal, you know it is a wonderful application for keeping you on schedule. Sometimes it can be a pain to enter all of the national holidays, special events, etc. Well, lucky for us, iCal enables you to subscribe to calendars that are online. Apple has a small selection, but you can get even more calendars from third party sites, such as iCal Share, and even subscribe to Google's latest utility, Google Calendar.

Here's how to do it:
Open 'iCal'

Next, go to the menu, and choose 'Calendars -> Find Shared Calendars'
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Do you use Macs & PCs? Well, OS X has a built in networking technology called 'Bonjour', and it is one of the Zero-Config setups you are always hearing about. I use Bonjour for printing from my PC to a printer attached to my Mac, but it can do much more than that.
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Have you ever found a song on iTunes you wanted to share with a friend? iTunes makes it very easy to do so, so easy, they will send an e-card with the artists artwork, links to buy, and even a download for iTunes link, just in case your friend doesn't have iTunes installed.

Here is how to do it:

Open iTunes

Next, go to the Music Store. You can do this by clicking on 'Music store' in the Source pane of iTunes. READ MORE »

Do you have multiple users on your Mac? Have you ever want to share a copy of a file with one of the other accounts? If you ever have a need, OS X gives you an easy way to do it with Drop Boxes.

From the Finder menu, choose 'GO->Computer'

This opens up the available drives on the Mac. Open up your Macintosh hard drive from there.

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If you have multiple macs on your local network (home or work), you can share printers with all of the macs.
I have an iMac and two iBooks. The iMac is connected to my printers, and I have enabled printer sharing, so my iBooks can print to those printers.

Here is how to do it:
First, open System Preferences. Apple menu -> System Preferences
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