I need to get a few video clips off my iMac at home...and I'm here at school. Is there a way that I can access my account on my iMac at home... and login and transfer files to my iBook here?
Thanks in advance.
Thanks in advance.
ppc_michael said:Indeed you can!
On your iMac, in the Sharing control panel, enable either FTP access or SSH. Or both, what do I care.
Then, from the comfort(?) of your own dorm room, you can use either your favorite FTP client (or Terminal) to connect to your iMac's IP address and log in and transfer files. Or if you're looking for a more "true" form of access, use SSH in Terminal.
eXan said:Maybe Apple Remote Desktop will be a better solution? I dont know cuz I never used/seen one in action.
MacFan782040 said:Thank's to everyone who replied. While I tried to tell my mom how to perform the steps of turning on FTP on the iMac over the phone, she still needed an administrator password (me, lol) to unlock it to change the settings. So, I told her the pass...she turned on FTP..but instead of showing "Other people can access this computer at ftp : // 192.156..ect ect... it said... ftp : //localhost/ . No IP address. She was connected to the internet... I don't know what happened.
Anyway, I just had her log into my account and send me the video clips via. AIM.
But, my iBook can't burn the DVD anyway and I was going to use the iMacs they have downstairs in the computer lab, but apparently I can't transfer any of my files to the hard drive. I can't even put pictures into iPhoto, which is what I need to do. So I may be taking a trip home today after my 3 oclock class to finish this video montage due tomorrow (tuesday)!
And as a side note, my iBook had a near-death experience last night!!!! I went to use it, and I noticed it was frozen...and the hard drive was making some WEIRD loud noise... i was liek crap. So I turned it off, unplugged everything and put it in front of the fan for about 15 minutes...the HD was HOT... it's hot in my dorm room up here (4th floor....)
Anyway, I was so scared that the HD would be dead and I would lose all my files. I took it downstairs to the air-conditioned computer lab, tried to do a Target Firewire mode to the Powermac they have....yeah, didn't work. I tried to hook up my external drive to it too.. and that's when I found out that I probably can't do my iMovie and DVD burning on these computers...Anyway, the iBook started up OK, and so I transfered all of the stuff from my Home folder to my external drive.
I talked to my parents, they said I can get a new computer.... So I'll probably be getting one this week... I'll wait til after tomorrow's expo in Paris. (I think it's tomorrow). Anyway, I'll be getting either a 17" or 20" iMac... What do you guys think? Plus, this way I won't have to go home every time I need to do video editing and stuff. Suggestions?
Take it easy guys.
toaster_oven said:sorry to hear about your ibook- yeah- it's most likely the HD (those darn things quit after a couple years of heavy use - especially if you let it get too hot for an extended period of time) - you can actually replace it for not a whole lot (somewhere around $200 i think) - but if your parents are willing to let you get a new computer- get the imac... my ibook tanked a couple months ago... i finally broke down and got an imac... 20" really really nice - takes up less space than i thought it would.
they aren't going to introduce any major stuff at the expo (since jobs isn't giving a keynote), although there is rumor that the pbs and powermacs will be speedbumped. so- might as well get one now... oh, i think you just missed the get an imac, free ipod deal... or it might end today... i'm not sure... you should check.
good luck with school!
-to