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Microsoft Remote Desktop. iTeleport | Home. Wake on Demand lets Snow Leopard sleep with one eye open. To conserve power and reduce your electrical bill, you should shut down your computer or put it to sleep when not in use. But that’s easier said than done if your Mac acts as a server for files, photos, music, or other resources. Snow Leopard offers at least one solution to this problem: Wake on Demand. This is Apple’s name for a new networking feature that lets a Snow Leopard Mac go to sleep while a networked base station continues to broadcast Bonjour messages about the services the sleeping computer offers. The base station essentially acts as a proxy for the slumbering Mac. When another computer on the network wants to use one of those Bonjour services, the base station sends a special signal over Ethernet or Wi-Fi to wake the computer in question, which then rouses itself and responds.

To other computers, the sleeping Mac’s shared services appear as regular Bonjour entries requiring no additional software. What you’ll need Support for Wi-Fi comes with additional limitations. Jump Desktop | Jump Desktop Viewer. Follow these simple steps to get started with Jump Desktop 1. Configure Jump Desktop on the computer you want to access Click here to configure a Windows PC for unattended remote access 1. Download Jump Desktop for Windows 2. Once the download completes, double click the JumpDesktopInstaller.exe file to start installation. 3. Once installed, Jump Desktop will launch automatically. 4. Make sure you enter your Google login and password on the Google login screen. 5. Once the Wizard finishes configuring your PC, you’ll see the Jump Desktop status window. Click here to configure a Mac for unattended remote access 1.

Double click on JumpDesktop.dmg and then open JumpDesktop.pkg. 3. After installation completes, you’ll see the Jump Desktop status icon on the top right hand corner of your toolbar. Enter your Google email address and password in the box. Important: Make sure you enter your full email address (including the @gmail.com suffix). 4. 2. 3. 4. 5. Enter your Gmail credentials. 6. About Wake on Demand and Bonjour Sleep Proxy. How does it work? By using Wake on Demand (on your Mac) and Bonjour Sleep Proxy (provided by an AirPort device or Apple TV), you can save energy and reduce costs while still ensuring full access to all your shared services.

You can also remotely access shared services across the Internet via Back to My Mac. Wake on Demand works by partnering with a Bonjour Sleep Proxy running on your AirPort Base Station, Time Capsule or Apple TV (when no AirPort Base Station or Time Capsule is present on the network). Note: Apple TV will act as a Bonjour Sleep Proxy even if it is in sleep mode.

Any Mac on your network that has Wake on Demand enabled in Energy Saver preferences will automatically register itself and its shared services with a Bonjour Sleep Proxy. Notes With Wake on Demand enabled (see below) and your Mac in sleep mode, your Mac will occasionally wake for a brief time, without lighting the screen, in order to maintain active shared service registrations with the Bonjour Sleep Proxy. How to control remote PCs for free now that LogMeIn Free is dead. Sad news: LogMeIn Free is no more. For nearly a decade, it was my go-to tool for remote PC control -- not just my PCs, but also those of far-flung family members needing occasional help. Alas, LogMeIn announced yesterday that, effectively immediately, there's no more free lunch. The next time you sign into your LogMeIn Free account, you'll have just 7 more days to use it.

After that, plan on paying for a subscription. Or not. LogMeIn wasn't the only free-remote-control game in town. 1. In other words, if you have a friend or family member who needs your help getting a printer set up or some malware removed, Join.me can work. Step one: Let's say your dad needs help with this PC or Mac. Step two: Next, have Dad run that file. Step three: At your end, head to Join.me, type in that number where it says "enter code," then click the green Join Meeting button. There are two wrinkles with Join.me. 2. Once you switch to TeamViewer, you're not likely to mourn the loss of LogMeIn Free. 3.

Splashtop is the #1 Remote Desktop and Application Access for Mobile Devices. iTeleport | Technical Specifications. Access and control your computer from anywhere iTeleport gives you full control of your computer's mouse and keyboard while providing a rich visual display of your computer screen on your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch. We also want to provide our users with the best support possible, so if you have any questions at all regarding iTeleport, check out our Support page or feel free to contact us directly. Technical Specs: A patented touchpad interface for mouse control and screen navigation. iTeleport's interface is the easiest, most intuitive way to control your desktop from your iPhone or iPad. More details on new features in recent releases are listed here. Supported Platforms: Free Remote Control, Remote Access & Online Meetings. Remote Control a Mac with Screen Sharing in OS X.

Mac OS X includes a great feature called Screen Sharing which allows for the remote control of a Macs display. This means you can easily access a home or work Mac while on the go, or even do something like remotely troubleshoot a parents computer. It’ll work across just about any supported OS X versions too, a Mac running OS X Mountain Lion, Mavericks, and newer, can connect to a work Mac running Snow Leopard, and so on. Screen Sharing is extremely easy to setup, follow along or watch the video below for a quick demonstration.

To make things easy, the Mac screen being shared will be called the “server” and the other Mac connecting to it will be called the “client”. Enable Screen Sharing on the Mac whose Screen will be shared (as server) With sharing enabled on the server Mac, now a connection can be made from the client Mac (or PC). Connect to the Remote Mac Screen (as client) From the Finder, hit Command+K or pull down the “Go” menu and bring up Connect To Server.