Need Help with Screen Sharing with my Father

[Mikebike125]

My father and I both have new iMacs (only about a year old). My father is older and he sometimes needs help doing thngs on his computer. I remember that there was a way that I could (over the internet) gain control of his computer and remotely operate it so I could talk with him and show him at the same time how to do things. I don't know if this can still be done but am more and more needing to do this.

How do I do that with our current two iMacs?

 

[Superspeed500]

One program that is widely used for this is Teamviewer. There are other alternatives. MacOS also contains a built in screen sharing program, but that requires port forwarding. Teamviewer is in my opinion the simplest alternative.

 

[foxlet]

There's no need to use an external application, macOS's Messages app already has the feature built-in, and does not require port forwarding.

 

[Superspeed500]

There's no need to use an external application, macOS's Messages app already has the feature built-in, and does not require port forwarding.

Nice. Didn't know that 0_o

 

[Mikebike125]

There's no need to use an external application, macOS's Messages app already has the feature built-in, and does not require port forwarding.

This is the thing I believe I was looking for. I am going to try it out tonight. This will really help because he gets a little lost sometimes and it will help me show him what to do. Can't wait to try it.

Thanks, Fox

 

[MacGizmo]

If you need something more than what macOS Messages already does, Apple Remote Desktop is very easy to setup and use... and there's nothing to install/setup on the other end (because the client software is part of the OS).