![]() ![]() Remote control and assistance: You can control or observe any Mac or other VNC-enabled computer (more on VNC later). Remote Desktop does much more, including: That program has always focused on the fastest possible screen sharing, and helping you move files back and forth with the specific machine you’re controlling. When Apple came out with the Remote Desktop 2.0, though, I was extremely interested to see where they’d taken the program and if they’d resolved the irritations I had with 1.0.Īpples and Oranges - One thing that becomes immediately apparent when using Apple Remote Desktop 2.0 is that it isn’t just remote control software like Timbuktu. That initial version was functional, but honestly, not very good, so I never formally reviewed it. As a result, Apple Remote Desktop got the nod, and I started playing with it. But about the time I became interested in examining remote control software for Mac OS X, Apple had just released Apple Remote Desktop 1.0, and Netopia didn’t feel the need to respond to my requests for a review copy of Timbuktu. For such Macs, remote control software is essential.īefore Mac OS X, I used Netopia’s Timbuktu Pro to control remote Macs, and in fact, I still use Timbuktu Pro 5.2.3 in Classic to control the two servers we still have running Mac OS 8.6. Obviously, I access some of these computers directly, but sitting down at others ranges from difficult (the internal file server, which lacks a monitor most of the time), to impossible (the Xserve, which is across the continent). ![]() I regularly use my main desktop Power Mac G4, my 12-inch PowerBook G4, the 450 MHz Power Mac G4 that’s our internal file and backup server, the PowerBook G3 that acts as a wireless gateway for our long range wireless Internet connection, Tonya’s old blueberry iBook that’s our kitchen Mac, and our Xserve at digital.forest that runs Web Crossing. Passing the Remote to Apple Remote Desktop 2.0įor many of us, the days of working with a single Macintosh are long gone. #1643: New Mac mini and MacBook Pro models, new second-gen HomePod, security-focused OS updates, industry layoffs.#1644: Explaining Mastodon and the Fediverse, HomePod Software 16.3 and tvOS 16.3, GoTo breach.#1645: AirPlay iPhone to Mac for remote video, Siri learns to restart iPhones, Apple's Q1 2023 financials.1646: Security-focused OS updates, Photos Workbench review, Mastodon client wishlist, Apple-related conferences.1647: Focus-caused notification issues, site-specific browser examples, virtualizing Windows on M-series Macs. ![]()
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