Parallels with Windows 11 VM - map a network drive to a folder on a different Mac connected over Ethernet
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I have Parallels 18 with a Windows 11 VM with the host on Apple Silicon. The VM runs normally. I am able to map network locations to drive letter for locations on the host machine.
What I would like to do is map a drive in the Windows VM to a folder on a different Mac computer that is connected via Ethernet (and also via wifi and Bluetooth). When I try to map a drive, I only see in the "Network" the local to the host machine locations.
It would seem that I should be able to map to other networked machines.
I have tried the following configuration changes, but nothing has worked so far.
- Change VM Configure > Hardware > Network > Source to Ethernet;
- changed Devices > Network from Shared to Bridged > Ethernet;
- enabled nearby sharing in Windows;
It is possible to map a network drive in the Windows VM to another local machine?
EDIT 1
I think I have resolved this. I tried a lot of things, but I think the thing that worked was that I had to go into Parallels > Configure > Sharing > Share Mac > Manage Folders. There I had to add a checkmark next to the host Mac machine name. The check mark for the user name then dimmed as it is included in the whole machine.
After that I was able to see the drives attached to the host.
I am thinking it might be best to undo some of the other steps I tried. But a bit hesitant for fear of losing something.
Asked by Jeffrey Simon
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May 25, 2023, 05:32 PM
Last activity: May 30, 2023, 07:38 PM
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