To connect to a remote computer, that computer must be turned on, it must have a network connection, Remote Desktop must be enabled, you must have network access to the remote computer (this could be through the Internet), and you must have permission to connect.
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If you have both Mac and PC and want to control Mac form PC here is the simple and easy way to do that. This guide is written using Snow Leopard and and both computer are on same network. But you can use other Windows version like Vista or XP as well to access Mac remotely. Remotely access Mac From PC Steps on Mac OS X: Step-1 Click on “Apple” icon and select “System Preferences” Click on “Sharing” icon Step-2 Click the “Screen Sharing” check box, Note down the IP address as in below screen shot “192.168.0.128” your IP address may be different. Click on “Computer Settings” button as shown below. Check the “VNC viewer” check box, enter a password for it and click “OK” button (you will enter this password when try to access Mac from PC).
Steps on PC / Windows: Step-3 for Windows on your PC (Download a stable version.) Step-4 Install TightVNC, during installation wizard only select “TighVNC Viewer” on “Select Components” screen. Don’t install the TightVNC Server, we don’t need that. Step-5 Run TightVNC and enter the IP address of Mac computer (noted in step-2) and hit “Connect” button (Explore the “Options” button). Enter password that you setup on Mac in step-2 and hit “OK” button You are done! You have remotely accessed Mac from PC. You may also interested in:. and more in.
My new favorite website. What bothers me is the use of absolute IP addresses. My machines move (network to network); the solution I’m most interested in you have covered ability to drive the Mac from a single keyboard / dual monitor PC. In order to support N-wireless, I had to discard my DLink router and switch to Apple Extreme, which also gives me dual frequencies (2.4, 5.3 Ghz).
Unlike the DLink, I cannot figure out how to reserve a mac address (the network term, not the Apple product) to a fixed IP. So, the machines “float” on different IPs, and a fixed IP in this solution isn’t so convenient for long-term usage. Your article was a great get-started receipe.