{"id":"bridge-devices.how-do-i-share-a-folder-from-my-pc-with-my-mac","url":"/faq/bridge-devices/how-do-i-share-a-folder-from-my-pc-with-my-mac","category":{"id":"bridge-devices","title":"Bridge & your devices"},"subcategory":{"id":"shared-folders","title":"Sharing folders"},"question":"How do I share a folder from my Windows PC with my Mac?","alt_questions":["Add a folder in SS Bridge","Share PC folders to Mac with Storage Studio","Make a Windows folder show up on my Mac","Bridge Shared Folders tab","Access PC files from my Mac","Share a drive from my PC with Bridge"],"short_answer":"In the Bridge app on your PC, open Shared Folders and click Add folder… (read-only) or Add folder (allow editing). The folder then appears on your Mac in Finder's Storage Studio location, inside a folder named after the PC.","answer_markdown":"In the Bridge app on your PC, open **Shared Folders** and click **Add folder…** (read-only) or **Add folder (allow editing)**, then pick the folder. It appears on your Mac inside the Storage Studio location in Finder, in a folder named after the PC.\n\nRead-only folders can be browsed and copied from your Mac. A folder with editing allowed lets your Mac change, add and delete files in it. Each shared folder has its own **Read-only / Read-write** switch, and a bin button to **Stop sharing this folder**.\n\n- [Where shared folders appear](/faq/bridge-devices/where-do-shared-folders-from-a-device-appear-on-my-mac)\n- [Read-only vs read-write](/faq/bridge-devices/can-my-mac-change-files-in-a-folder-shared-from-my-pc)","answer_html":"

In the Bridge app on your PC, open Shared Folders and click Add folder… (read-only) or Add folder (allow editing), then pick the folder. It appears on your Mac inside the Storage Studio location in Finder, in a folder named after the PC.

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Read-only folders can be browsed and copied from your Mac. A folder with editing allowed lets your Mac change, add and delete files in it. Each shared folder has its own Read-only / Read-write switch, and a bin button to Stop sharing this folder.

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Bridge & your devices · Sharing folders

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How do I share a folder from my Windows PC with my Mac?

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Short answer: In the Bridge app on your PC, open Shared Folders and click Add folder… (read-only) or Add folder (allow editing). The folder then appears on your Mac in Finder's Storage Studio location, inside a folder named after the PC.

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In the Bridge app on your PC, open Shared Folders and click Add folder… (read-only) or Add folder (allow editing), then pick the folder. It appears on your Mac inside the Storage Studio location in Finder, in a folder named after the PC.

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Read-only folders can be browsed and copied from your Mac. A folder with editing allowed lets your Mac change, add and delete files in it. Each shared folder has its own Read-only / Read-write switch, and a bin button to Stop sharing this folder.

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