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Here is the story. I haven't work with macs for a while due to financial reasons, but I'm happily (or so I thought) back now to a mac environment. I have a Macbook 13" (which is my old Computer) and a Macbook pro 15" (my new one). They are both 2.4 Ghz from mid last year's.
Here are the issues I'm having trouble with:

1 Network the two mac wirelessly by creating a network which I called HomeMac through airport. Whilst I'm able to see the Macbook pro on the Macbook it does not happen the other way around. What can I do?

2 Connect both computer to the internet through a router which is connected to a surf Motorola modem (cable internet). Unfortunately, I only manage to connect one computer at a time because as it happens, when I do the network diagnostic to the one that doesn't connect (and follow the steps of turning each device off and on), I loose connection to the other. How can I do this?

3 Transferring files from my old Macbook to my newest Macbook pro using the migrant assistant. I spent like 2 hours waiting while it transfered the file, however when I went to see them I couldn't find them. I did though find an account under the user name of my ld computer, however each folder had a small red circle next to them and when I was to open them it told me that I didn't have enough privileges to access them. What did I do wrong?

Please please mac community, I would so appreciate your help on this one. I truly thought it was going to be (as always is with macs ) easy to do all of the above, but this is something I have never done in the past and so all actions have been rather tentative with unsuccessful results.

Hoping to get a response soon.
Regards.
Fungy

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Practical, no-nonsense fixes for the three problems raised by (and echoed by ). Short versions first: make sure both Macs are actually on the same network (prefer the router’s Wi‑Fi over a computer-to-computer network), enable File Sharing and Bonjour visibility, and fix migrated-home permissions by resetting ownership. Below are concrete checks and safe steps you can follow.

For the wireless visibility issue: use the router’s Wi‑Fi (infrastructure mode) instead of “Create Network” (ad‑hoc) whenever possible — both Macs must join the same SSID and same security type. On each Mac, open System Preferences > Sharing and turn on File Sharing; then in Finder > Preferences > Sidebar make sure “Bonjour computers” and “Connected servers” are checked so shared machines appear. If one Mac still does not appear, temporarily disable the Firewall (System Preferences > Security & Privacy > Firewall) to test, and confirm both machines have IP addresses on the same subnet (not 169.254.x.x self‑assigned addresses).

For the modem/router problem: many cable modems remember the first device’s MAC address and will only hand out a DHCP lease to that device. The reliable sequence is: connect the modem to the router WAN port, power cycle the modem (wait 30–60 seconds) with the router disconnected, then connect and power the router so it gets a fresh lease. If your router has a MAC‑clone option you can use that to mimic the original machine, but the cleanest fix is to let the router do NAT/DHCP for all devices.

For the Migration Assistant/permissions problem: the red “no entry” symbol is a permissions issue. Do a safe GUI fix first: log in as an admin, Get Info on the migrated home folder, unlock, set your admin to Read & Write and use the gear menu -> “Apply to enclosed items.” If you prefer Terminal or the GUI fails, run (replace names before pressing Enter):

sudo chown -R yourshortname /Users/oldshortname
sudo chmod -R u+rwX,g-rX,o-rX /Users/oldshortname

Always have a backup before changing ownership. If Migration Assistant created duplicate accounts, check Users & Groups and consider re-running Migration Assistant over Ethernet or Target Disk Mode (FireWire) for a cleaner transfer.

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yaa i also use MAC and find same problem.

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