BondDotCom Posted June 6, 2007 Share Posted June 6, 2007 Just released on June 5th. No more hacks to get remote control to work for your Mac. It's still in somewhat of a beta ("preview") form, but works nonetheless: LogMeIn for Mac Best of all, like the Windows version, it's free (for the basic package). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandmanfvrga Posted June 6, 2007 Share Posted June 6, 2007 Can pc users get to Macs? Would be nice to be able to remote to the 2 Macs on my network. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guitarman149 Posted June 6, 2007 Share Posted June 6, 2007 Yes... if you read the hyperlink that "BondDotCom" provided it clearly states pc to mac and also mac to mac... this is great news and i shall def be using this product even if its just to tranfer files quickly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hagar Posted June 6, 2007 Share Posted June 6, 2007 I use this already to service a wide park of pcs, really happy to see it on mac too, that makes it a whole lot more useful to me.. My main problem with it so far has been the lack of a dedicated firefox addon for logmein on the mac, This would seem to indicate that one is more likely to be forthcoming Yup I just tried it again.. trying to control another machine causes firefox/mac intel to crash for me. anyone got a working mac-to-pc or mac-to-mac control yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandmanfvrga Posted June 6, 2007 Share Posted June 6, 2007 I need to check it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
errandwolfe Posted June 6, 2007 Share Posted June 6, 2007 How about software that enables the following remote control and file transfer: PC to PC PC to Mac Mac to Mac Mac to PC It's called Timbuktu by Netopia. Runs GREAT. When going windows to windows or mac to mac, it supports dual screens (either showing both or allowing you to pick which screen to view). Nice and quick for remote control. File transfer works great. All that is missing is a Sync functionality to remotely sync desktops. You can even use SSH for an extra added level of security. Runs about $150 but serialz are quite easy to find. Here is a link to the product. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeSuKuN Posted June 6, 2007 Share Posted June 6, 2007 Does this controls the current session(like VNC or ARD) or is like terminal services where you can log-in on the same computer n users? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hagar Posted June 6, 2007 Share Posted June 6, 2007 How about software that enables the following remote control and file transfer:PC to PC PC to Mac Mac to Mac Mac to PC It's called Timbuktu by Netopia. Runs GREAT. When going windows to windows or mac to mac, it supports dual screens (either showing both or allowing you to pick which screen to view). Nice and quick for remote control. File transfer works great. All that is missing is a Sync functionality to remotely sync desktops. You can even use SSH for an extra added level of security. Runs about $150 but serialz are quite easy to find. Here is a link to the product. I've used Timbuktu, and just about every solution out there.. apart from timbuktu's habit of leaving ppc processes running in the background & other things that contributed to it's incompatibility with *my* machine, at least, I've gone for other solutions. TSClientX is worthy of note as a RDP client for mac, the pc-to-mac bit is a toss up between VLC & timbuktu, and now logmein. The advantage (and potential weakness) of logmein is that it uses a 3rd point server to negotiate connections, thus making it very easy to connect to users regardless of where they are logged in from. in other words you don't need an IP address to be able to connect, and firewalls are rarely an issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eire3678 Posted June 6, 2007 Share Posted June 6, 2007 You could also use Hamachi in combination with Remote Desktop Connection from Microsoft (freeware) for controlling PCs and ARD for your Macs. Don't rely on the GUI version of Hamachi for OSX though, I haven't had much luck with it. Running it through Terminal works flawlessly. You can create a network of I believe up to 15 computers for free. As an aside, logmein purchased Hamachi last year but I don't know if it is now the basis of their setup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snavem Posted June 6, 2007 Share Posted June 6, 2007 this is brilliant! i've been using this product on my pcs for 2 years - the whole fact that its free makes it better than any other product available right now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lessew Posted June 6, 2007 Share Posted June 6, 2007 Halelujah! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danyel Posted June 6, 2007 Share Posted June 6, 2007 Hi Hagar: I use VNC for my Windows and Mac machines at work and at home. The program works great over LAN. Over the internet, I have to make an allowance in Firewall to work properly. For Windows, I use RealVNC. For Mac, I use VINE Server and Chicken of the VNC. Since LogMeIn uses 3rd point server, this would be an advantage over VNC. I imagine there would be less issues with the firewall. --danyel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BondDotCom Posted June 6, 2007 Author Share Posted June 6, 2007 Does this controls the current session(like VNC or ARD) or is like terminal services where you can log-in on the same computer n users? Current session. And you have the option of disabling screen/input on the host while you control it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hagar Posted June 6, 2007 Share Posted June 6, 2007 Well, I-m typing this on osx via logmein from a p3/500 connected over a public wireless network.. slightly slow & buggy, but seems to work fine edit: it appears it has some issues with setting screen sizes that may need fixing.. generally impressed, though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeSuKuN Posted June 6, 2007 Share Posted June 6, 2007 Current session. And you have the option of disabling screen/input on the host while you control it. Then this isn't what I'm looking for. Leopard server should implement this feature. :S Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OSXtasy Posted June 8, 2007 Share Posted June 8, 2007 I've been using it since it came out for PC's to support my corporate networks, and I'm glad to see they finally got it launched for macs! I will admit though, that it is in dire need of some tweaking for speed issues, and an issue with email addresses/passwords that use special symbols, but I'm sure they will eventually get that issue resolved. At least I can finally bridge all my remote clients (pc's and mac's) together!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex_siub Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 Hi! A new guy here. I have tried to remotely control the PC in office n it seems as soomth as the the PC to PC. However, it is just one thing teh Safari 3 beta is not stable & somtiems get shut down itself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plebmac Posted June 23, 2007 Share Posted June 23, 2007 when i try to log into it it asks for my macs user name and password what do i put in for this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nocoast Posted June 23, 2007 Share Posted June 23, 2007 ^my guess would be your user name and your password.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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