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do they have any remote pc but for mac's? (remote mac)
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I'm not real into the whole "remote desktop" thing (don't have a need for it), but isn't the sort of thing Chicken of the VNC is designed to do?
schaef2493 said:
I am looking for something like https://secure.logmein.com/go.asp?page=home or http://www.maxthon.com/ (maxthon access) and FREE unlike apple remote which cost.
What exactly do you want to log into, from where? Mac->Mac, Mac->PC, PC->Mac?
You can access a Mac running OSXVnc, with any VNC client on the accessing computer. You'll have to configure the firewall of the Mac hosting OSXVnc to allow access.
The same goes for accessing a PC, if it's XP Home and doesn't support RDC access. You can install a VNC server and access using any VNC client from any Mac, PC or Linux machine. The problem with VNC though, is that the server side quite slow on PCs and Macs. It's much better on Linux machines.
If you have a PC with XP Pro, you can configure it to allow remote desktop connections and access it with Microsoft's free RDC from a Mac or a PC. From Linux, you can use rdesktop (which also works really well on Macs, if you want to avoid using MS products).
You can access a Mac running OSXVnc, with any VNC client on the accessing computer. You'll have to configure the firewall of the Mac hosting OSXVnc to allow access.
The same goes for accessing a PC, if it's XP Home and doesn't support RDC access. You can install a VNC server and access using any VNC client from any Mac, PC or Linux machine. The problem with VNC though, is that the server side quite slow on PCs and Macs. It's much better on Linux machines.
If you have a PC with XP Pro, you can configure it to allow remote desktop connections and access it with Microsoft's free RDC from a Mac or a PC. From Linux, you can use rdesktop (which also works really well on Macs, if you want to avoid using MS products).
Thank you
I installed chicken of vnc and I do have the MS one that came with my pc. The question is how do I get chicken of VNC and the one on my PC to do this?
On my pc I would like to VNC connect to my mac and on my Mac i want to connect PC?
I installed chicken of vnc and I do have the MS one that came with my pc. The question is how do I get chicken of VNC and the one on my PC to do this?
On my pc I would like to VNC connect to my mac and on my Mac i want to connect PC?
plinden said:
If I understood your post right, just follow plinden's advice.
On your PC, download and install VNC Viewer. Run that, type in your Mac's IP address, and you can remote control your Mac from your PC.
On your Mac, download and install "Remote Desktop Client" for Mac. Run it, give it your PCs IP address, and you can remote control your PC from your Mac.
You should be able to find out where to download both by doing a Google search for them. Both are free.
On your PC, download and install VNC Viewer. Run that, type in your Mac's IP address, and you can remote control your Mac from your PC.
On your Mac, download and install "Remote Desktop Client" for Mac. Run it, give it your PCs IP address, and you can remote control your PC from your Mac.
You should be able to find out where to download both by doing a Google search for them. Both are free.