network sharing

I have an I mac (late 2009) with the macOS Sierra version 10.12.6. First, I cannot find my iMac on our home network. Second, I have read and watched youtube vids and cannot figure out how to network my iMac to my laptop. It's frustrating the **** out of me. I have done the sharing option to...

Hi All. We just got a shiny iMac running OSX 10.12.?? . Which is working nicely. BUT when accessing (AFP) our old 10.5.8 on network the Power Mac G5 spins the fan spins up on the G5 and Activity Monitor jumps up saying AppleFileServer is at 178-195% usually at that point I turn it off...

Hey Everyone, We're having an issue with our new Mac Mini, 64TB G-Tech drive, and 32TB OWC drive. I'll describe it below. Note that the same issue is occurring with both drives, which seems to eliminate either individual drive as the issue. We have a Mac Mini on our network, as shared...