Remote desktop

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  1. multinode, Jul 18, 2011

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    I need to see my MBP desktop from my iPad over my local WiFi LAN so that I can remote launch a MBP app. I do not want to use the internet ... it must be local. Does anybody have any suggestions?

    I tried Mocha VNC, but I couldn't get it to work.
     
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  2. Photics, Jul 18, 2011
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    I don't know what's best for you, but here's what I did...

    The Mac has VNC built-in, so I just turned that on, and then I downloaded an app called Remoter VNC. With that app I could access my Mac over my local network. (It's a universal binary, so I used it on my iPhone 4.)

    I stopped using it though, because it didn't feel secure enough to me. There is an in-app purchase for SSH, but I'm not sure if Apple's VNC supports that. Heh, I probably could have done more research, but squishing my desktop on a phone wasn't exactly great for productivity. With an iPad, it might be more comfortable.
     
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  3. multinode, Jul 18, 2011

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    Hi

    The Remoter VNC that you described sounds like EXACTLY what I need. I downloaded it and installed on my iPad but I couldn't get it to work.

    It asked for the VNC hostname. My MacBook Pro is named macLite2, so I gave it that ... no good. In the Sharing System Preference it's noted that users could log in by using 192.168.2.100, so I gave it that ... no good.

    What am I doing wrong please. They assigned a port number of 5900 ... I didn't change that. My MBP is connected to a network named macLite and my iPad is also connected (WiFi) to the macLite network.

     
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  4. zflauaus, Jul 18, 2011

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    Typically the local names are like macLite2.local. Weird, I know. Something that's also got me wondering is why your MBP doesn't show up in the list as a Bonjour computer. Do you have the OS X firewall running by chance? I've noticed this can affect local VNC. Also, make sure you have your user account added to the "Only These Users" area in the Sharing pane.
     
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  5. multinode, Jul 18, 2011

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    Thanks for the suggestion. I changed the host name to macLite2.local and Remoter found it. Now the error message is

    "Host: 'macLite2' Port 5900 Access Denied. The VNC server didn't accept the supplied credentials."

    My password should be OK. And "All users" are set in the Remote Login panel.

     
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