screen sharing between tiger and leopard possible?

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TheNorthWaves

macrumors 6502

Original poster

• Mar 18, 2008

• #1

I have a C2D mini running 10.5.2 and a G4-667 Tibook running 10.4.11. I note that in leopard there is an option for screen sharing but in tiger there is not. Typically I just use bonjour and place a network shortcut on my desktop to access files on the other computer, but am I missing a way to do screen control? Is there a free 3rd party program for this? Thanks guys.

 

Achiever

macrumors 6502a

• Mar 18, 2008

• #2

TheNorthWaves said:

I have a C2D mini running 10.5.2 and a G4-667 Tibook running 10.4.11. I note that in leopard there is an option for screen sharing but in tiger there is not. Typically I just use bonjour and place a network shortcut on my desktop to access files on the other computer, but am I missing a way to do screen control? Is there a free 3rd party program for this? Thanks guys.

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I know of two screen sharing apps, but I am not 100% on their Leopard/Tiger compatibility.

First is Chicken of the VNC:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/cotvnc/

Next is Desktop Transporter by Devon Technologies. It's $30, but has a free trial copy which should be full featured enough to help you in the short term:
http://www.devon-technologies.com/products/desktoptransporter/index.html

Again, I cannot speak to their Leopard/Tiger compatibility, so you may want to research that a bit.

 

Achiever

macrumors 6502a

• Mar 18, 2008

• #3

You also MIGHT be able to enable Apple Remote Desktop on your Tiger machine (Sharing folder in System Prefs) and use the Leopard screen sharing that way, though I have not tried it.

 

GimmeSlack12

macrumors 603

• Mar 18, 2008

• #4

This should be easily achieved. On your Tiger machine go to Sharing Prefs and turn on Remote Access. You're good to go.