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From: Robert Peirce on 23 Apr 2010 13:39 This app allows you to control your Mac from an iPod/iPhone. However, the server seems to quit when you log off. Consequently, I have not been able to figure out how use the app to log in, and I don't want to stay logged in when I am away from the computer. Is there a solution?
From: Robert Peirce on 23 Apr 2010 18:04 In article <jollyroger-3C2137.15045423042010(a)news.individual.net>, Jolly Roger <jollyroger(a)pobox.com> wrote: > In article <bob-C2C203.13393323042010(a)5ad64b5e.bb.sky.com>, > Robert Peirce <bob(a)peirce-family.com> wrote: > > > This app allows you to control your Mac from an iPod/iPhone. However, > > the server seems to quit when you log off. Consequently, I have not > > been able to figure out how use the app to log in, and I don't want to > > stay logged in when I am away from the computer. Is there a solution? > > Google is your friend, you know: > > <http://www.voip-sol.com/best-iphone-vnc-clients-remote-access-apps/> > > ; ) Actually, I think I found out about Truphone from them. However, there is nothing on that site or its links that help with RemoteTap. They mention Jaadu VNC, of which I am aware, but not problems with RemoteTap. I have been researching this app and it either can't wake up and log into a Mac or nobody has figured out how to do it. I think this is because the server must only run when you are logged on, which is dumb. They ought to write a little program, maybe run as a daemon, to watch port 5902 and fire up the server rather than waiting for somebody to actually log in. I have no idea how to do that, but I can't imagine it is that terribly difficult.
From: Jolly Roger on 23 Apr 2010 18:26 In article <bob-0E079B.18044823042010(a)5ad64b5e.bb.sky.com>, Robert Peirce <bob(a)peirce-family.com> wrote: > In article <jollyroger-3C2137.15045423042010(a)news.individual.net>, > Jolly Roger <jollyroger(a)pobox.com> wrote: > > > In article <bob-C2C203.13393323042010(a)5ad64b5e.bb.sky.com>, > > Robert Peirce <bob(a)peirce-family.com> wrote: > > > > > This app allows you to control your Mac from an iPod/iPhone. However, > > > the server seems to quit when you log off. Consequently, I have not > > > been able to figure out how use the app to log in, and I don't want to > > > stay logged in when I am away from the computer. Is there a solution? > > > > Google is your friend, you know: > > > > <http://www.voip-sol.com/best-iphone-vnc-clients-remote-access-apps/> > > > > ; ) > > Actually, I think I found out about Truphone from them. However, there > is nothing on that site or its links that help with RemoteTap. They > mention Jaadu VNC, of which I am aware, but not problems with RemoteTap. > > I have been researching this app and it either can't wake up and log > into a Mac or nobody has figured out how to do it. I think this is > because the server must only run when you are logged on, which is dumb. > > They ought to write a little program, maybe run as a daemon, to watch > port 5902 and fire up the server rather than waiting for somebody to > actually log in. I have no idea how to do that, but I can't imagine it > is that terribly difficult. Why bother, when so many other apps that do work are available? Try reading the article I mention above. ; ) -- Send responses to the relevant news group rather than email to me. E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my very hungry SPAM filter. Due to Google's refusal to prevent spammers from posting messages through their servers, I often ignore posts from Google Groups. Use a real news client if you want me to see your posts. JR
From: Robert Peirce on 24 Apr 2010 07:14 In article <jollyroger-25E543.17263923042010(a)news.individual.net>, Jolly Roger <jollyroger(a)pobox.com> wrote: > In article <bob-0E079B.18044823042010(a)5ad64b5e.bb.sky.com>, > Robert Peirce <bob(a)peirce-family.com> wrote: > > > In article <jollyroger-3C2137.15045423042010(a)news.individual.net>, > > Jolly Roger <jollyroger(a)pobox.com> wrote: > > > Why bother, when so many other apps that do work are available? > > Try reading the article I mention above. ; ) Oh, I see where you are going. Thanks, but that isn't the issue. I have LogMeIn, which won't turn the computer on or wake it if it is asleep but will do everything else, including restart it. However, I thought it might have done something to cause a login problem. It turns out LogMeIn most likely was not the culprit. In the meantime, you had suggested getting a VNC client. I checked around and RemoteTap, which runs on the iPod, was getting rave reviews. The only problem was a small number of people said they could not get it to log them in. I figured they probably just had it set up wrong. It turns out I had forgotten something because it had been so many years since I got my first Mac. Out of the box, as I recall, you don't get a login screen. You have to set it up to do that. Apparently a relatively small number of the people who use RemoteTap have their Macs set up that way and those people, of whom I am one, cannot use RemoteTap to log on. I thought the solution might be relatively simple. Have RemoteTap run its server as long as the computer is running or have it watch port 5902. However, since it only cost $5, I was not terribly interested in spending more money to try additional solutions, especially when LogMeIn works fine.
From: Mike Rosenberg on 24 Apr 2010 12:54
Jolly Roger <jollyroger(a)pobox.com> wrote: > You seem to be really confused. Mac OS X comes with a VNC server built > in. There's no need to run any server. All you need to do is go to > System Preferences > Sharing and enable Screen Sharing. Then you can use > any VNC client, free or not, to connect to your Mac from anywhere else. > And you can do that regardless of whether your Mac is set to > automatically log you in or not. The one thing I would add to this is that he may well want to set that Mac up for Remote Management, not just Screen Sharing. -- My latest dance performance <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_9pudbFisE> Mac and geek T-shirts & gifts <http://designsbymike.net/shop/mac.cgi> Prius shirts/bumper stickers <http://designsbymike.net/shop/prius.cgi> |