You can also place an alias for the Shared folder on the desktop. My preferred approach is to drop the ‘Shared’ folder into the Finder window sidebar, which then allows for dragging and dropping into that Shared sidebar item anytime you want to share a file between accounts: If you intend on using this feature often to move files around, creating an alias for the /Users/Shared/ folder can be very advantageous. Create a Quick “Shared” File Access Shortcut This really is the easiest possible way to share and move files between user accounts in OS X. Now to access that copied file or folder, the other user accounts just need to repeat the above steps of going to the /Users/Shared/ folder, where they’ll find the files accessible to them.
FILE SHARING MAC OS X HOW TO
How to Move & Share Files Between User Accounts in OS X To be perfectly clear, this means sharing a file or folder between one or more user accounts on the same Mac, not sharing files across different computers (though direct Mac to Mac file sharing is also super easy in OS X).