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visiting dad, howto for setting his Mac to allow me to manage it - Sam3 - 07-30-2009
Hi all,
As I mentioned, I'm going to visit my dad this weekend and I would like to be able to remotely manage/view his Mac when needed when I get back. He seems to have trouble more than the average Mac user so I would like to be able to help him out.
He has Verizon as his ISP.
What would be the best way to get his 17" iMac G5 remoted for me to access it? VNC? Timbuktu Pro? Apple Remote Desktop? LogMeIn? Bosco's Screen Share? GoToMyPC?
Do I need to change anything on his modem/interface? Any firewall settings anywhere?
Thanks!
Re: visiting dad, howto for setting his Mac to allow me to manage it - Ken Sp. - 07-30-2009
Leopard 10.5 and set up iChat---you can do a screen share---it is very easy.
Re: visiting dad, howto for setting his Mac to allow me to manage it - modelamac - 07-30-2009
Leopard on both Macs. iChat on both Macs. Set up screen sharing on both Macs. Set Security Firewall to allow all incoming. You can change that one later. There are How Tos on the Apple Discussions/iChat board.
Otherwise, Chicken of the VNC (free).
Re: visiting dad, howto for setting his Mac to allow me to manage it - decay - 07-30-2009
logmein.com, no firewall configuration needed.
Re: visiting dad, howto for setting his Mac to allow me to manage it - jepinto - 07-30-2009
logmein and in preferences, disable his keyboard and mouse while being remote controlled.