How to share files over a network in OS X

Sharing files between computers used to be something of a dark art, and this has perhaps permeated the collective consciousness of Mac users. Seemingly few realise how simple it is to enable file sharing across networked Macs.In fact, with each revision of Mac OS X, Apple has made it easier to share files over a network, and to access networked Macs if you have relevant clearance. This walkthrough takes you through the process of sharing files with other Mac users, and also details settings that will enable Windows users to access your Mac (although those settings should only be active for as long as they need to be). We also briefly...

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Getting Ready With 200 x 100 x 100

Ned Denison, a candidate for the 2010 World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year, relentlessly pushing athletes to succeed in their marathon swimming goals, whether it is in his notorious open water training camps in Ireland or in the controlled confirms of a pool."Today we had core group of five in the pool for a long swim set," Coach Ned explained. "The set was 200 100 100 - or 200 x 100 meters on 100 seconds for a 20K swim. It was simple, non-nonsense and brutal.""[In order to help prepare the athletes,] I announced that there was the strongest adverse tide ever for the first mile of the Manhattan Island Marathon Swim and that the organizers expected 70% of the swimmers to be unable to make the corner. We would all sprint for 2,500 meters at the start."Gotta love Ned (shown...

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Two Bodies Hung From Bridge, man beheaded in Tijuana

TIJUANA, Mexico - Two men were slain and hung from a bridge, another was decapitated and a fourth was shot to death over 24 hours in Tijuana, the latest gruesome killings in a Mexican border city where hopes had risen that cartel violence was decreasing.The bodies of two men were found hanging from the Los Alamos bridge early Friday, said Fermin Gomez, Baja California state's deputy attorney general for organized crime.Both victims had their hands and feet bound and one had his head covered with a black plastic bag. One of the bodies fell into traffic when the rope broke.A day earlier, a human head was found underneath another bridge in Tijuana, which sits across from San Diego, California. The body of the 24-year-old man was found 12 hours later alongside the highway from Tijuana...

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California grandmother made dummy bomb that led to international terror alert

A dummy bomb that sparked an international terror alert was made by an 80-year-old woman in California and ended up discarded in a Namibia airport because of "a boo-boo," NBC News reported Friday. The device — part of a "modular bomb set" or MBS, which is used for X-ray and physical/bag search training — was manufactured by a "mom and pop" machine shop in Sonora called Larry Copello Inc. four to five years ago. The owner, Larry Copello, told NBC News that his then-80-year-old grandmother had completed it, doing the wiring and fitting Velcro attachments. The device was found at Windhoek airport by Namibian police in routine security checks during loading ahead of an Air Berlin tourist flight to Munich, Namibian and German authorities said Thursday. Germany has been in a heightened...

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