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## Connecting to other users

The Device Host drawer enables you to connect to the devices of other people currently using the TI Connect™ software. Once you connect to the devices, you can use TI Device Explorer to exchange information with them. For instance, you can send files to the devices and copy files from the devices.

### Before you begin

| • | Make sure Remote Apple Event Sharing is turned on. (System Preferences: Sharing)

| • | Make sure you have an account username and password.

| • | Make sure the user with whom you need to connect is currently running TI Connect Manager. That is, make sure that the Device Hosts drawer lists a device host for them. If necessary, create a device host for the user. (See "Creating device hosts".)

### To connect to other TI Connect™ users

| 1. | Click the user’s device host.

| 2. | Click Connect.

| 3. | Type your username.

| 4. | Type your password.

| 5. | Click OK.

TI Device Explorer connects you to the other TI Connect™ user. The TI Device Explorer main window shows the user’s connected device(s).

If the remote computer is not running the TI Connect Manager software, an error is displayed and no connected devices are shown in the main window.

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