Control PC from your Mac ?

[hierik]

Hi guys

So I have this friend who wants to control his PC via an app for mac. Anyone know this phenomenon ? Can it be done ?

Best Regards

 

[J the Ninja]

SSH? Remote desktop? Lot's of ways to go about it. What do you need to make the PC do? And what OS is it running?

 

[GamaFu]

I personally use LogMeIn a lot. Their free option is excellent for normal usage. You can control a PC or Mac cross-platform right in your browser. It doesn't allow you to transfer file between two computers though, I'd suggest use Dropbox with LogMeIn, if you need this specific function.

 

[jmann]

I love Yuuguu. Cross platform wonderfulness. It's just like using an IM client.

 

[rmwebs]

I do this all the time.

I've got a Mac Mini running XP (Long story short, it's got a huge cut across the memory pins, and OS X wont install because of it. XP works fine though, so was the only choice) for a HTPC.

From my iMac and MBP I login to it using the Windows Remote Desktop client for the Mac.

I'm using it on XP Pro. I dont think it would work on XP Home.

Another alternative, just use a VNC client/server. Chicken of The VNC and any windows VNC server would do it 🙂

 

[nadyne]

There's plenty of options for doing this, including Remote Desktop Connection.

Regards,
Nadyne.