After installing it, go back to LogMeIn and click on the computer to be controlled.Ī blue screen with a remote login dialog appears – enter the account name and password of the remote Mac here. The first time you try to control a remote system from your local Mac, you will be asked to install the LogMeIn web plugin and restart your browser. Safari and Firefox are both supported on the Mac and work equally well in my experience. When away, access your remote computer using a web browser. A menu icon (a series of dots in an arc near the clock) appears on the Mac to be controlled, and the shared (remote) system shows up in your list of available computers online. Set up an account (with a strong password) on the LogMeIn website, then download the LogMeIn software. Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger or newer is required on local and remote systems, and remote file transfers or system updates are not currently supported. LogMeIn Free (the only Mac service at the moment) supports screen sharing between Macs or cross platform. Fortunately some services are now Mac friendly: LogMeIn provides web-based remote control for PCs and Macs without needing to know the IP address of either machine or do any special firewall configurations. PC users have long enjoyed a variety of web-based services (free and paid) to control their desktops from afar, including the popular GoToMyPC service (a product of Citrix, the corporate remote PC giant). Part 3 examines new options provided by Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard.
#MAC OS PANTHER REMOTE ACCESS FOR PC HOW TO#
This article addresses some commercial solutions that also support multiple OS versions, along with how to force-reboot a remote Mac. Part 1 of this series covers general considerations and Apple-supported methods available for remote system control that will generally work on any version of Mac OS X (Jaguar, Panther, Tiger, and Leopard) – and even OS 9.
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