Apple 3.8 User Manual

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AppleShare Client 3.8

User’s Manual

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AppleShare Client 3.8 User’s Manual

How to Use This Manual

This manual describes how to upgrade and use your AppleShare Client 3.8 software. Print a
copy of this manual so that it is available for easy reference.

System Requirements

You’ll get the best performance from your AppleShare network and be able to use new
features (such as being able to cancel a connection that is taking a long time to establish itself )
by installing the following software:

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Mac OS 8.1 or later (which includes Open Transport 1.3.1)

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AppleShare Client 3.8

The minimum software required to use AppleShare Client 3.8 is system software version 7.6 or
later and Open Transport 1.1.2 or later. Installing this software will allow you to use AppleShare
Client 3.8, but you won’t have the added enhancements of Mac OS 8.1.

Updating Your System Software

To use AppleShare Client 3.8 you need to upgrade your system software to version 7.6 or later
and configure your AppleTalk and TCP/IP control panels. Contact your server administrator for
information about upgrading your system software and configuring the AppleTalk and TCP/IP
control panels for your network.

Note:

If you upgraded from system software version 7.6 to a later version, or if you used the
Mac OS Setup Assistant and the Internet Setup Assistant after installing Mac OS 8.1, then your
AppleTalk and TCP/IP settings are already set up.

Note:

To determine the version of system software your computer is running, choose About
This Macintosh (or About This Computer, depending on the version of system software your
computer is currently using) from the Finder’s Apple (K) menu.

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Updating Your AppleShare Client Software Over a Network

After you have upgraded to system software version 7.6 or later and Open Transport 1.1.2 or
later, you can update your AppleShare Client software by installing AppleShare Client 3.8. If
your AppleShare IP administrator has made the software available to you on the network, you
can perform the update by logging on to the file server.

Note:

To determine the version of AppleShare your computer is running, select the
AppleShare icon in the Extensions folder inside your System Folder. Then choose Get Info
from the Finder’s File menu.

To log on to a file server to install AppleShare Client 3.8, follow these steps:

Choose the Chooser from the Apple (K) menu.

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Select the AppleShare icon in the upper-left box of the window.

If your network is divided into zones, click the zone in which the file server is located in the

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AppleTalk Zones list.

Your network administrator should tell you the name of the zone (if any) to select. After you
choose a zone or if there are no zones, the AppleShare file servers (in the selected zone, if
applicable) appear in the upper-right corner of the window.

Note:

Depending on the version of system software that your computer is using, the Chooser
window may look slightly different.

Click the name of the file server that is sharing the AppleShare Client 3.8 software in the

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“Select a file server” list.

Your network administrator should tell you the name of the file server to select.

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