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From: Jim on 28 Mar 2010 03:31 Phil Taylor <nothere(a)all.invalid> wrote: > If you are using 10.5 or later, go to System Preferences, Sharing and > turn Screen Sharing on. On the other machine, open a Finder window, > and in the sidebar under "Shared" you should see the user name for the > shared machine. Click on that, then on the "Share Screen..." button at > the top right of the window. Enter the password and there you are. Or a standard VNC client from Windows. I use TightVNC on my work XP machine to get onto my Mac. Jim -- "Microsoft admitted its Vista operating system was a 'less good product' in what IT experts have described as the most ambitious understatement since the captain of the Titanic reported some slightly damp tablecloths." http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/
From: Rod on 28 Mar 2010 03:48 On 28/03/2010 02:59, Phil Taylor wrote: <> > > If you are using 10.5 or later, go to System Preferences, Sharing and > turn Screen Sharing on. On the other machine, open a Finder window, > and in the sidebar under "Shared" you should see the user name for the > shared machine. Click on that, then on the "Share Screen..." button at > the top right of the window. Enter the password and there you are. > > Phil Taylor Many thanks for all the responses. Feels like cat skinning. I think I may have sown confusion - the only requirement is to access one Mac from the other Mac. No cross-platform requirement. (I mentioned Windows to explain my ignorance.) Both machines are running Snow Leopard. So it looks to me like Phil has the answer I was hoping for. Now to get partner to try it out... -- Rod
From: Jim on 28 Mar 2010 05:07 Phil Taylor <nothere(a)all.invalid> wrote: > If you are using 10.5 or later, go to System Preferences, Sharing and > turn Screen Sharing on. On the other machine, open a Finder window, > and in the sidebar under "Shared" you should see the user name for the > shared machine. Click on that, then on the "Share Screen..." button at > the top right of the window. Enter the password and there you are. If you go to /System/Library/CoreServices there's an app in there called 'Screen Sharing' that you can put in the Dock. Jim -- "Microsoft admitted its Vista operating system was a 'less good product' in what IT experts have described as the most ambitious understatement since the captain of the Titanic reported some slightly damp tablecloths." http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/
From: J. J. Lodder on 28 Mar 2010 05:36 Rod <polygonum(a)ntlworld.com> wrote: > On 28/03/2010 02:59, Phil Taylor wrote: > <> > > > > If you are using 10.5 or later, go to System Preferences, Sharing and > > turn Screen Sharing on. On the other machine, open a Finder window, > > and in the sidebar under "Shared" you should see the user name for the > > shared machine. Click on that, then on the "Share Screen..." button at > > the top right of the window. Enter the password and there you are. > > > > Phil Taylor > > Many thanks for all the responses. Feels like cat skinning. > > I think I may have sown confusion - the only requirement is to access > one Mac from the other Mac. No cross-platform requirement. (I mentioned > Windows to explain my ignorance.) > > Both machines are running Snow Leopard. Then screen sharing will do it. It becomes visible (if turned on) as an option in the Finder. BTW, Leo is needed only on the Mac doing the observing. From Leo you can watch Tigers. > So it looks to me like Phil has the answer I was hoping for. Now to get > partner to try it out... Be very careful. It can be very annoying to have someone looking over your shoulder all the time. (even if ony the feeling) Don't use unless really needed, and let theother do the turning-on, Jan
From: Phil Taylor on 28 Mar 2010 06:54
In article <1jg23zo.60kop91tsrvi8N%jim(a)magrathea.plus.com>, Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > Phil Taylor <nothere(a)all.invalid> wrote: > > > If you are using 10.5 or later, go to System Preferences, Sharing and > > turn Screen Sharing on. On the other machine, open a Finder window, > > and in the sidebar under "Shared" you should see the user name for the > > shared machine. Click on that, then on the "Share Screen..." button at > > the top right of the window. Enter the password and there you are. > > If you go to /System/Library/CoreServices there's an app in there called > 'Screen Sharing' that you can put in the Dock. Ooh, never knew that. You do have to remember the IP number though. A Browse option would have been useful. Phil Taylor |