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I have a windows desktop which stores all my movies, songs and pictures.
I have a mac laptop which I would like to access these files.
I don't want to utilize the FTP or SCP protocol because I don't want them to be downloaded to my mac. I want to access them as if they are a network mounted disk.
So I tried using the native SMB protocol (available in Finder -> Go -> Connect to server). I tried dragging a file and dropping it onto my MAC's desktop. Surprisingly, I am only able to transfer at a very slow rate of about 1mb/s.
Assuming network connectivity is not a problem, has anyone experienced incredible slowness with SMB?
Are there alternative protocols for me to use in this case between PC and MAC?
Why not use SFTP? It uses port 22 (SSH) which is regarded as a safe means for file transfer. – jmreicha – 2013-11-05T21:56:37.460
@jmreicha You cannot stream videos with SFTP. – Jonathan Komar – 2014-01-07T19:23:51.733