Mac with file sharing enabled not automatically appearing under Network in Explorer on Windows 10

Question

I have set up file sharing on both my macOS Mojave and Windows 10 computer.

So far, I can access the Windows shares from the Mac and vice versa.

The problem is that, on the Window 10 system, I can't see the Mac icon automatically listed as a network location in Windows Explorer, even though I can access the Mac's shares if I manually enter their UNC path in the address bar.

Is there any way to have Windows remember the Mac's address and display the Mac icon?

Solution

Current implementation of Windows share discovery requires Web Service Discovery Daemon that is missing from Mac OS so Mac shares are not visible in Network.

WSDD, see github: https://github.com/christgau/wsdd Apple uses Bonjour service: https://developer.apple.com/bonjour/

Apple Bonjour service does not support new Microsoft Web Services Discovery protocol. Therefore Apple Shares on Windows network are not visible in Network.

To access Apple share for Windows (Samba SMB) one needs to know DNS name of the Apple computer or IP address of the Apple computer and type it into location bar like: \\<name_or_ip_address_of_apple_computer>

Comments

[Mr Ethernet]

He's not asking how to set up file sharing on his Mac. That particular part of his setup is already working.

[mhdev]

after checking setting, i can assure that the PC and the MAC workgroup names are exactly the same (WORKGROUP)

[Admin]

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