Remote Desktop
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- Meeklo
So my client want me to work on his computer through remote Desktop, i have no problem in using this feature but does this means that anyone can use my computer as well?
How do I set it up?
Thanks in advance!
- mightyj0
1. Open system preferences/sharing
2. Under "services" look at th apple remote deskyop item and select stop.
2b. or you can set access privileges there as well.
- QuincyArcher0
what operating system?
- Mirpour0
you can use RealVNC
worked great when a buddy showed some skills in Maya for me..
- Meeklo0
I'm on tiger
I can only use Remote Desktop because that is what my client has installed already and he uses that with other artists.Going back to the Sharing Folder
If I turn on Remote Desktop is asking me what will other computers will see on mine, and I don't want anyone to browse mine, I just want to connect to my client's computer. What should I do?
- ldww0
i second vnc.
i have it set up at home so i can vnc in from work.
- mightyj0
just uncheck "remote desktop". You can still access their computer without them being able to access yours. Of course you must have the application to see their computer. Hopefully they have given you that.
- ribit0
You set access rights to your Mac in System Preferences > Sharing > Remote Desktop.
The Remote Desktop app is only for controlling other computers.
Anyone being remotely viewed/controlled can see they are being viewed if they tick the checkboxes in the Sharing pane to have an admin status icon show up in the menu bar.
- Meeklo0
just uncheck "remote desktop". You can still access their computer without them being able to access yours. Of course you must have the application to see their computer. Hopefully they have given you that.
mightyj
(Jan 17 06, 14:21)I see, so it doesn't come standard with tiger?
- ********0
or if you're using a pc, you can just tunnel in through the endless gaps in windows
- mightyj0
nope those the system pref is built in. So from their computer they can control yours if you needed to. You must have the app to control theirs:
http://www.apple.com/remotedeskt…
also the above post is right. You can keep remote desktop active in the pref pane and set "access privleges" but since it does not seem that you are going to connect to your computer from anywhere else I'd just turn it off.
- ribit0
ARD isnt free, but you can get free VNC apps for Mac that do the basics (ARD has way more features than you probably need.. its designed for school labs n stuff), and Timbuktu still exists..