{"id":"bridge-devices.how-do-i-share-a-folder-with-another-mac","url":"/faq/bridge-devices/how-do-i-share-a-folder-with-another-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 Mac with another Mac?","alt_questions":["Share Mac folders over Bridge","Folders you share with another Mac","Let my other Mac see a folder","Add folder to share in Storage Studio Devices","Share files between two Macs without the cloud"],"short_answer":"After pairing the Macs, click Add folder… under “Folders you share with …” on the device's row in the Devices tab. Shares start read-only; turn on Write if the other Mac should edit them.","answer_markdown":"Pair the two Macs first, then on the device's row in the Devices tab click **Add folder…** under **Folders you share with …** and pick the folders. They appear on the other Mac inside its Storage Studio location in Finder, in a folder named after your Mac.\n\nNew shares are read-only. Flip a folder's **Write** switch on if the other Mac should be able to change files. The red minus stops sharing it.\n\nThis is only available between two Macs running Storage Studio — a Windows Bridge shares its folders to your Mac but doesn't open yours.\n\n- [Pair two Macs](/faq/bridge-devices/how-do-i-pair-two-macs-running-storage-studio)\n- [Collab Sync instead?](/faq/bridge-devices/what-is-the-difference-between-sharing-a-folder-and-collab-sync)","answer_html":"

Pair the two Macs first, then on the device's row in the Devices tab click Add folder… under Folders you share with … and pick the folders. They appear on the other Mac inside its Storage Studio location in Finder, in a folder named after your Mac.

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New shares are read-only. Flip a folder's Write switch on if the other Mac should be able to change files. The red minus stops sharing it.

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This is only available between two Macs running Storage Studio — a Windows Bridge shares its folders to your Mac but doesn't open yours.

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Bridge & your devices · Sharing folders

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How do I share a folder from my Mac with another Mac?

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Short answer: After pairing the Macs, click Add folder… under “Folders you share with …” on the device's row in the Devices tab. Shares start read-only; turn on Write if the other Mac should edit them.

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Pair the two Macs first, then on the device's row in the Devices tab click Add folder… under Folders you share with … and pick the folders. They appear on the other Mac inside its Storage Studio location in Finder, in a folder named after your Mac.

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New shares are read-only. Flip a folder's Write switch on if the other Mac should be able to change files. The red minus stops sharing it.

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This is only available between two Macs running Storage Studio — a Windows Bridge shares its folders to your Mac but doesn't open yours.

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