Take Control of Screen Sharing in Leopard

by Glenn Fleishman
88 pages, 1.8 MB download
PDF format, designed for reading online or printing
Publication date: June 11, 2008
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Try screen sharing for support, server management, and collaboration!

Screen sharing lets you control one Mac while you sit at another. It's great for providing remote tech support, managing remote servers, and for collaborating with colleagues. Leopard brings screen sharing to normal Mac users, but adds complexity by enabling screen sharing via iChat, Bonjour, directly by entering an IP address, and Back to My Mac. In this book, networking expert Glenn Fleishman helps you figure out which type of screen sharing to use when, how to share screens with people who are not running Leopard and even with Windows users, and how to get the most out of Leopard's hidden Screen Sharing application.

Read this book to learn the answers to questions like:

• How can I share the screen of a buddy via iChat?
• What's the best way to use screen sharing for remote tech support?
• How do I start screen sharing on a local network with Bonjour?
• Can I share the screen of another computer if I know only its IP address?
• What smoke and mirrors is Apple using to make Back to My Mac work?
• How can I copy text from one computer to another while screen sharing?
• Leopard's screen-sharing isn't enough—what other apps do you recommend?
• How do I share screens with people using older versions of Mac OS X or Windows?

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