Posted by: fidel in AppleScript, mac, tags: acrobat, apple remote, applescript, front row, keynote, powerpoint, remote-control, sofacontrol, virtual mouse
Quote from Macupdate:
With Sofa Control you are able to control your applications with the remote control.
Out of the box Sofa Control supports more than 40 popular applications like VLC, Safari, PowerPoint, Democracy, NetNewsWire, Yojimbo and many more.
A spezialized Front Row inspired user interface enables the user to access application specific menus or select movies and documents. The virtual mouse makes it possible to access rarely used functions and the keyboard can be simulated to control confirmation dialogs as well. System level functionality like a sleep timer, changing the system volume and display settings are available in a customizable menu.
Sofa Control comes with unique features for speakers. Beside the support for popular presentation software like Keynote, PowerPoint, Acrobat or VoodooPad, the Presentator Mouse makes it possible to highlight the most important things by just using the remote control.
Sounds great, unfortunaly my Mac Pro does not comes with an Apple Remote hehe.
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Well yet another remote solution. Teamviewer is available for Wndows and Macs. Sounds helpful for certain cases.
About the application:
TeamViewer is the fast, simple and friendly solution for remote access over the Internet - all applications in one single, very affordable module:
Remote control of computers over the Internet
Instantly take control over a computer anywhere on the Internet, even through firewalls. No installation required, just use it fast and secure.
Training, sales and teamwork
TeamViewer can also be used to present your desktop to a partner on the Internet. Show and share your software, PowerPoint presentations etc.
File transfer, chat and more
Share your files, chat, switch the direction during a teamwork session, and a lot more is included in TeamViewer
Pricing:
TeamViewer is completely free for non-commercial, personal use. For commercial use take a look at the licensing model
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Take a look here if you are interested in remote-controlling your mac
http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/100055Â
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Posted by: fidel in How to, Security, mac, tags: 10.4, apple remote desktop, ard, enable vnc-access, howto, remote-control, service, vnc-client, vnc-server
Usually we use ARD on Mac to Remote-control other Macs. Unfortunally a full ARD-Server-license is quite expensive….but Apple has included a nice feature into the free ARD-client-service of each Mac.
Basicly you can configure the local ARD-Service to be connectable by random VNC-clients.
Short description howto enable this feature
- Open System-Preferences
- Goto Sharing
- Select the Service-tab
- Enable Apple Remote Desktop
- Select Access Privileges
- Configure the service itself and enable the VNC options
Well…thats it. I am not 100% sure if all VNC clients work, but i.e. TightVNC should work. Mouse-buttons can be handled a bit confusing…but thats the only real issue i had.
As the ARD-service seems to run before you login to the Mac itself it should be able to access the Mac at pre-login stage.
Advantages:
- ARD-Service is installed by default
- Easy to deploy
Disadvantages:
- Mouse-buttons 2 and 3 are changed if i remember correctly
- doenst offers all options ARD itself offers
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