<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 51); font-family: verdana; line-height: 17px; ">Here's some basic instructions for remote desktop access for macs running OS X.</span><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000033" face="verdana"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px;"><br></span></font></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 51); font-family: verdana; line-height: 17px; ">Open the "Sharing" System Preferences panel. On the Services tab, first enable Apple Remote Desktop, and then click the Access Privileges button. </span></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000033" face="verdana"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px;"><br></span></font></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 51); font-family: verdana; line-height: 17px; "><b>For VNC remote access (PC or earlier Macs):</b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 51); font-family: verdana; line-height: 17px; ">On the next screen, activate the VNC checkbox and enter a password:<br><div align="center"><img style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; " height="98" width="404" src="cid:9B74C453-19BC-409B-AF8C-EDD5C173F568@rcn.com"></div>After setting this up, you can now remotely control your Mac with any <i>free</i> VNC viewer (e.g. <a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/cotvnc/" style="background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 153); background-position: initial initial; ">Chicken of the VNC</a>), running on Mac OS X or any other OS. Chicken of the VNC seems to work the best with default settings, be sure you record your work computers IP.</span><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000033" face="verdana"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000033" face="verdana"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px;"><b>For Screen Sharing Access (Leopard, and best functionality)</b></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000033" face="verdana"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px;">If you will be connecting from a leopard machine, enable ARD from the above directions, but instead, do not check the VNC box, and remove the password. Select Access Privileges, and select at least one user, usually the one you normally log in with, and make sure to check off the options you would like the remote connection to have, only check what is needed here, think security.</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000033" face="verdana"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000033" face="verdana"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px;">On your home machine launch \<your hard drive>\System\Library\Core Services\Screen Sharing.app Enter the IP of your work machine, and hit connect. It will ask you for a username and password to connect to, once entered, you should be in.</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000033" face="verdana"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px;"><br></span></font><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000033" face="verdana"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px;">Enjoy!</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000033" face="verdana"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px;"><br></span></font><div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; 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"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><b><i><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><b><i><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><b><i>Brian Bulmer</i></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><i>DITR Information Technology Consultant</i></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><i>Information Services and Technology, MIT</i></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><i>Office: (617) 253-2163</i></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(45, 81, 168); "><a href="mailto:bbulmer@mit.edu"><i>bbulmer@mit.edu</i></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><i> </i></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><i><a href="http://web.mit.edu/ist/teams/ditr">http://web.mit.edu/ist/teams/ditr</a></i></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><br></span></div></i></b></div></i></b></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></span></i></b></font></div></div></div></div></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"> </div><br><div><div>On Jul 22, 2008, at 10:21 AM, Marc Jones wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Brian<div><br></div><div>I as well have this need. I have used Timbuktu with mixed results. Could you please either copy me or post the info to the list.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks</div><div><br></div><div>mbj</div><div><br><div><div>On Jul 22, 2008, at 10:07 AM, Brian Bulmer wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div>I'm assuming since were on the MacPartnets list, these are macs.<br>If they are macs, and at least the home machine is on leopard, then <br>you can use the built in screen sharing in Leopard, with remote <br>desktop in 10.2 - 10.4.<br>If not on leopard, they can always use VNC software in conjunction <br>with Apple remote desktop in order to control work machines from home.<br>There is no need to purchase or install third party software.<br><br>If more info is needed, please feel free to drop me a line.<br><br>Brian Bulmer<br>DITR Information Technology Consultant<br>Information Services and Technology, MIT<br>Office: (617) 253-2163<br><a href="mailto:bbulmer@mit.edu">bbulmer@mit.edu</a><br><a href="http://web.mit.edu/ist/teams/ditr">http://web.mit.edu/ist/teams/ditr</a><br><br><br><br>On Jul 22, 2008, at 9:48 AM, Gina M D'Allesandro wrote:<br><br><blockquote type="cite">Hello,<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">We have a few members of our staff we will begin telecommuting in <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">September and<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">would like to be able to access their machines in Cambridge while at <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">home. In<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">my research I have come across Timbuktu Pro and an online service <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">called<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">LogMeIn which I am not terrible familiar with. Does anyone have any <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">other<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">recommendations or advice they might share? Any help would be greatly<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">appreciated.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Cheers,<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Gina<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">_______________________________________________<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Macpartners mailing list<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Macpartners@mit.edu<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/macpartners<br></blockquote><br>_______________________________________________<br>Macpartners mailing list<br>Macpartners@mit.edu<br>http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/macpartners<br></div></blockquote></div><br><div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; ">_________________________________________________________________________</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; ">Marc B. 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