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  • Re: remote viewing/control apps

    From Alan B@21:1/5 to TimH on Sat Nov 16 12:46:45 2024
    On 2024-11-16, TimH <thnews@poboxmolar.com.invalid> wrote:
    What are people using these days to help out distant friends and family with Mac problems? Last time I did this I think it was Teamviewer, but that was a *very* long time ago.

    Same here!

    I once (and only once) used Screen Sharing -> Network -> + -> AppleID of
    remote user. The remote user has to accept the request etc. etc. But there
    are probably better ways now.

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  • From TimH@21:1/5 to All on Sat Nov 16 12:32:04 2024
    What are people using these days to help out distant friends and family with Mac problems? Last time I did this I think it was Teamviewer, but that was a *very* long time ago.

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  • From TimH@21:1/5 to alanrichardbarker@gmail.com.invalid on Sat Nov 16 13:51:36 2024
    On 16 Nov 2024 at 12:46:45 PM GMT, "Alan B" <alanrichardbarker@gmail.com.invalid> wrote:

    On 2024-11-16, TimH <thnews@poboxmolar.com.invalid> wrote:
    What are people using these days to help out distant friends and family with >> Mac problems? Last time I did this I think it was Teamviewer, but that was a >> *very* long time ago.

    Same here!

    I once (and only once) used Screen Sharing -> Network -> + -> AppleID of remote user. The remote user has to accept the request etc. etc. But there are probably better ways now.

    There seems to be a more streamlined way now of doing this through iMessage, which also starts a Facetime call. I shall cautiously investigate...
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    TimH
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  • From Bernd Froehlich@21:1/5 to alanrichardbarker@gmail.com.invalid on Mon Nov 18 08:48:33 2024
    On 16. Nov 2024 at 13:46:45 CET, "Alan B"
    <alanrichardbarker@gmail.com.invalid> wrote:

    I once (and only once) used Screen Sharing -> Network -> + -> AppleID of remote user. The remote user has to accept the request etc. etc. But there are probably better ways now.

    Finder menu "Go to"->"Connect to Server"-> "vnc://appleid–of-user"
    User has to accept.
    I use it quite ofte. It "just works".


    (Menuitems translated from my german system, so could be named a bit
    different in english)

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  • From TimH@21:1/5 to Bernd Froehlich on Mon Nov 18 10:08:14 2024
    On 18 Nov 2024 at 8:48:33 AM GMT, "Bernd Froehlich" <befr@eaglesoft.de> wrote:

    On 16. Nov 2024 at 13:46:45 CET, "Alan B" <alanrichardbarker@gmail.com.invalid> wrote:

    I once (and only once) used Screen Sharing -> Network -> + -> AppleID of
    remote user. The remote user has to accept the request etc. etc. But there >> are probably better ways now.

    Finder menu "Go to"->"Connect to Server"-> "vnc://appleid–of-user"
    User has to accept.
    I use it quite ofte. It "just works".


    (Menuitems translated from my german system, so could be named a bit different in english)

    Thanks. I didn't even realise MacOS has a built-in VNC client.
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