User Guide

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6. On the File menu, click New Folder. Type a name
(for example, TV Shows) and press Enter.
7. Copy or move your movie files into the movies
folder, and TV show episodes into the TV shows
folder.
8. On the Apple menu, click System Preferences.
9. Click Sharing.
10. Click the box next to File Sharing.
11. Below the Shared Folders list, click the + button.
12. Browse to your videos folder, double-click it, and
then click Add.
13. Next to Everyone, click Read Only, and then click
Read & Write.
14. Click Options.
15. Click the box next to Share files and folders using
SMB.
16. Click Done.
Now that sharing is enabled and you have folders that you want
OSMC to look at, add the SMB share as an OSMC video source:
1. On the OSMC Home screen, point to Videos, and
then click Files.
2. Click Add Videos… and then click Browse.
3. Click Add network location…
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4. In the Protocol list, click Windows network (SMB).
5. Next to Server, click Browse.
6. Click the name of your workgroup, and then click
the name of the Windows PC or Mac.
7. In the Username box, type your Windows
username (or the name of a user account that has
access to the shared folder.) Do not enter a
1. The “Add network location…“ option allows for more control over the user-
name and password than the “Windows network (SMB)” option.