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alphaswift

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Aug 26, 2014
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My mother is in the hospital which is now locked down and we are unable to get in to see her. We can talk via Facetime but she complains about some applications not working correctly. I'd like to remotely connect and control and view her screen to see what's up with the device (It's an Ipad Mini 4). Is there software out there to do this? If yes, what software would you guys recommend?

Thanks in advance.
 

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Would love if you figured this out, I can can control a Mac from an iPad and a Mac from another Mac, but can't figure out how to control an iPad from anything else.
 

VineRider

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May 24, 2018
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You can remotely view, but not control. The user has to enable video etc. and it's not super simple to do. I tried this with my elderly mother and it was pretty tough to do. It does help to see what's on their screen, but they still have to control all the input. TeamViewer has a solution.
 

pdoherty

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Dec 30, 2014
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My mother is in the hospital which is now locked down and we are unable to get in to see her. We can talk via Facetime but she complains about some applications not working correctly. I'd like to remotely connect and control and view her screen to see what's up with the device (It's an Ipad Mini 4). Is there software out there to do this? If yes, what software would you guys recommend?

Thanks in advance.

TeamViewer can be used for this.
 

netizenden

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Nov 16, 2020
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Using MBP 16 / 2019 - (**note: not targeted to a remote ipad (more than 6 feet away).
Only way I've been able to have pseudo-remote to the iPad is to cable it to the mac, open quicktime, start a recording, select the ipad as source, and the ipad screen shows up in a window on the mac.
Now using a bluetooth mouse and keyboard (I use the Logitech MX Keys keyboard and Performance MX mouse set - can connect to 3 different BT devices), switch to the ipad's device number (1 / 2 / 3 on the mx Keys, push-button on bottom of mouse), and you now have mouse/kb interaction with your ipad in a window on the screen of the macbook.

** Caveats:
  • It's not technically 'remote control', but it does at least let you put the ipad aside and not look at the screen if you want
    • However, the best functionality comes with keeping the ipad in front of you as well, since sometimes using the touch-screen is quicker
    • Also noting some mouse lag when doing the quicktime method
  • I'm exploring other air-play solutions which may improve this, along with making wireless airplay possible
    • This way full-power charging can occur while air-playing the ipad (since USB ports can't usually power/charge an ipad (needs to deliver more than 2Amps)
 
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