Apple - Cant see MacBook in Windows Network
In my experience there is no quickfix way to get windows and mac machines to always be visible in the others networks list.
The best thing you can do is enable Samba filesharing on your mac, then when you want to connect you just type smb://Jonathan's MacBook Pro into the address bar in Explorer (or into the run dialogue).
To Enable SMB sharing on your Mac:
- Go to System Preferences > Sharing > File Sharing
- Select Options
- Tick Share files and folders using SMB (Windows)
This has always worked for me with networking windows machines in Mac environments.
Another issue is you might not be in the same workgroup. To fix this go to
System Preferences -> Network -> Advanced -> WINS:
Make sure his Windows box is set the same. What OrangeBox suggested must be done as well.
