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how Remote access to/from MAC OSX

I am not sure if there is better way to remote access to and from mac to other mac and to pc
what I am doing now is when I need to connect to pc, I run the windows rdp client.
When I need to connect to mac from pc, I enabled the screen sharing on mac and on pc, I use vnc viewer to access. Is there any other better way? and how about from mac to mac?

Also can anyone tell me what's the difference between Apple remote desktop and screen sharing??

Andrew

Microsoft have recently released a version of Remote Desktop Connection for Mac, it might be worth giving this a try if you haven't already.

okamon

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hi I already mentioned I am using it and it's not recent, it was there a while ago

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Bryan_Vines

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Irwin W.

Another way is to use teamviewer. www.teamviewer.com

Also, you can use the builtin vnc client.

onkt

A great and affordabel product from apple (mac to mac) and (mac to pc with vnc installed on windows machine) is apple remote desktop
You can check it out here: http://www.apple.com/remotedesktop/

okamon

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>>Both Apple Remote Desktop and Mac OS X's built-in Screen Sharing app are compatible with the VNC protocol (and use the same ports, in fact)

So that means I can only enabled either one of them right?

>>System > Library > CoreServices.

Is this a bult-in vnc client for mac? Didn't know that before....

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Irwin W.

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okamon

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sorry, I don't get you. You mean I have to check both screen sharing and remote management in order to allow vnc access to the mac? and I don't see Apple Remote Desktop there....

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Irwin W.

nope, remote management is for VNC and ARD. By default on the Mac, it is assumed that your default method of connectivity for remote mgmt is ARD.