How to Enable Apple Talk
AppleTalk is a Mac network protocol that lets you connect to corporate or home networks as well as the Internet. The interface is similar to the Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) protocol and it also lets you share files with other users on a network. You must manually enable AppleTalk before using it. The protocol overrides other Internet protocols and also lets you access printers, including network printers, that use the AppleTalk connection. You can disable AppleTalk if you need to use another protocol.
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Instructions
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Running Panther and Older Versions of OS 10
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Click on your Mac's hard drive icon. Click on the "Applications" folder.
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Select the "Utilities" folder. Click on "Directory Access." Enter your administrator password, if prompted.
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Click on the check box next to "AppleTalk." Click "Apply." Close the "Directory Access" dialog box.
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Click on the Apple icon in the upper, left-hand corner of your screen. Select "System Preferences."
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Select "Network." Click on the down arrow next to "Show." Select "Built-in Ethernet." Your computer's configuration may display "Modem" or another port, select the connection you want to use AppleTalk with.
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Click on the "AppleTalk" tab. Click on the check box next to "Make AppleTalk Active." Click "Apply Now." Close the "Network" dialog box.
Running Leopard and Newer Versions of OS 10
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Navigate to "Finder," your Mac's main desktop, if in another application or directory.
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Click "Finder" on the toolbar at the top of your screen. Select "System Preferences."
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Click "Ethernet," "Advanced." Click on the "AppleTalk" tab.
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Click on the check box next "Make AppleTalk Active."
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Click on the down arrow next to "AppleTalk Zone." Select from the pull-down list the network that you want to use with AppleTalk. Click "Apply."
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Tips & Warnings
If you have multiple networks or connection types (modem, wireless Ethernet or other connection) you want to use the AppleTalk protocol with, you must select each individual network or connection and enable AppleTalk on each one.
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