Comments on: TMUP 154: Remote Access your Mac Today

By: Phil Bridges

Phil Bridges — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 23:09:19 +0000

To pat putnam – yep, you arn't getting it. Screen sharing is not encrypted which means you'd need to open port 5900, not usually possible in a Hotel or WiFi hotspot. You'd need to use SSH as George suggests or a web based ap like Logmein so that your traffic was secure.

By: georgestarcher

georgestarcher — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 23:05:31 +0000

If you are behind a double network address translation like that then unless your isp helps you then you have no way to allow ssh through.

By: georgestarcher

georgestarcher — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 18:48:26 +0000

Also sometimes you want to control a mac that is remote but unmanned. Typically with screen sharing over leopard ichat someone is on both ends. I often want to remotely control my imac at home without someone needing to be around to start screen sharing.

By: patput

patput — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 13:33:24 +0000

Oh, Okay. Guess I missed that part. People actually use PCs?

By: typicalmacuser

typicalmacuser — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 02:29:05 +0000

Yes it's true and it's gotten a lot easier. It did not use to be and not everyone has Leopard. Many people have Tiger or are doing remote from a PC to a Mac or Mac to a PC ect. People wanted to know all the different ways to do it and this show covered the not easy way that we now I in Leopard. It was not always this easy. Hope that makes sense.

By: patput

patput — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 18:11:10 +0000

Maybe I am missing something but when I want to control another Mac on my network I just log on and use screen sharing and when I want to help my brother with something on his Mac we just use ichat screen sharing. Seems like that's all you need for simple stuff like that.

By: typicalmacuser

typicalmacuser — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 10:10:17 +0000

Good point, I think when George and I recorded this Logmein was pretty new and since that time there are a few other too. So thanks for pointing this ojut.

By: Phil Bridges

Phil Bridges — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 06:46:46 +0000

And folks, don't forget logmein! Like VNC but on steroids, uses 256 bit encryption, cross platform and absurdly easy to set -up, and the basic version is free. I've been accessing my mac at home from my PC at work for 2 years which is behind a very secure government firewall.

It doesn't need any port configuration as it uses https, has some very clever features like reducing the colour content and resizing on the fly and can be accesses from virtually any browser, especially handy if you are travelling and using a public computer. I believe there is even a iPhoneTouch beta version now too.

https://secure.logmein.com/products/free/Defaul...

Cheers