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TeamViewer should absolutely work, no matter what display you're using, even if you have none. Check your settings. Are you using a regular display in addition to your TV?
I use and recommend TeamViewer, which is free for personal use and works with Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, Ubuntu, iPhone, iPad, etc.
I've been using iTeleport for a while and quite like it (I bought it when there was an offer on it.)
Just the built-in OSX screen sharing.
When outside my home network, I use screen sharing over an SSH tunnel to control my mac mini at home.
When outside my home network, I use screen sharing over an SSH tunnel to control my mac mini at home.
When I was working for a tech hotline I used a program called join.me. It works across platforms. Its a little picky with permissions on windows but it works great on my mini with what little I have done with. idk if it would work in your situation but I thought I would throw it out there. the website is join.me
I don't have it setup on my MM yet, but I use LogMeIn for my RDP work. Usually it's just logging into my PC desktop when I need to use Access or Visio for class.
What he's doing is setting up a secure tunnel between his remote computer and home computer/server, via SSH, and forwarding ports. This let's one use SSH to access all sorts of services, on the server, without having to open up those services' ports in your home router/firewall/etc, thus making things more secure. People do this for all sorts of things: accessing a home FTP server, a website, a home email server... all without opening up those services to the outside world.
I've never done it to specifically use Apple's screen sharing but I do it for other things. It goes something like this:
Allow one to SSH into your home computer via System Preferences -> Sharing -> Remote Login. I'd limit it to just your user if you use multiple accounts. I highly recommend setting up an SSH key and disabling remote password logins. That means that you can only SSH if you have the correct private key (it won't let you try to login by typing in your account's password). It makes it more secore. Google it.
You'll have to open up a port in your home router to let SSH traffic in. You can use pretty much whatever outside port you want but it should be routed to your home computer/server on port 22.
Now, it's just a matter of using the correct ssh command to do this. You want to use 'ssh's '-L' argument. Something like "ssh username@homeservernameoripadress -L 5900:homeservernameoripadress:5900". This allows port 5900 traffic to go through your SSH session all without opening up port 5900 in your home router/firewall. 5900 should be the port Apple use's for screen sharing. Once you've got your tunnel setup, you just access it like you would if you were at home but at "localhost" instead of your home computer's name/ip address.
If your home internet service provider uses dynamic ip addresses, you can use a free service like dyndns.org so you can have your own domain name so you don't always have to keep track of what your current home IP is.
Hope this helps. Google "ssh tunnel" for more info.
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Way too complicated. If you sign into "Back to My Mac" on both machines you can access both within your network and and anywhere you have internet access using screen sharing (make sure you use the same apple id on both). I access my home computer from my office all the time this way. No extra software or configuration needed.
Ya I wouldn't really consider screen sharing "remote". I use screen sharing on my network but was really looking for options outside of my home network. Back to my mac is awesome in theory, if you have a MacBook which I do but of course an iPad is more portable so is preferable.
FYI, Screen sharing works across the Internet if you enable back to my mac, but it doesn't work on an iPad. I often wish Apple would make a screen sharing app for the iPad. but I also have an air, so I don't wish really hard.
BTW, I have used TeamViewer but never had any problems, so I can't help you with that, as it would be my second recommendation.
I use Apple Remote Desktop when I'm at home (screen sharing works well in 10.8 however)
Or when I'm out and about I use logmein.com.
I have a Mac mini in the living room hooked up to our TV via HDMI and I have no issues with either ARD or Logmein.
pac
Or when I'm out and about I use logmein.com.
I have a Mac mini in the living room hooked up to our TV via HDMI and I have no issues with either ARD or Logmein.
pac
I am using Real VNC. It works. Even with multiple displays as BTMM does not update the secondary screens. Also, it is able to connect to both PC's and Macs and there is a IOS version. So, you're pretty much covered no matter what you use.Whether, it's a hot topic and I need to remote in using my iPhone, which I only do when I have to. If I am on my iPad or Macbook Air, Pro, I can connect to several MAc's back at the office or at home. The speed is great and responsive and the feature set is robust.
Ok, enough with the commercial sounding tone. It works for me and I can't work without it.
Ok, enough with the commercial sounding tone. It works for me and I can't work without it.