A Simple webserver on your Mac to access your files remotely from Windows
Open a terminal window and run following commands : $ cd /Documents/yourSharedFiles $ python -m SimpleHTTPServer 8080 Serving HTTP on 0.0.0.0 port 8000 ... That's it!!! Your web server is started. On the browser, type following address to access your files remotely. http://localhost:8080 The contents of your current directory must be shown on the browser now. Advanced issues & troubleshooting: 8080 is the port number. If you get " socket.error: [Errno 48] Address already in use" , change the port number to another one. (less than 65536) If you want to make your webserver run in port 80 , launch the command above with sudo and enter your root password : $ python -m SimpleHTTPServer 80 Password: Serving HTTP on 0.0.0.0 port 80 ... in this case the url will be : http://localhost Make sure to shut the webserver down when you are done with cmd-c key or just closing the terminal window.