Remotely control a Mac
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Does Microsoft Remote Desktop not allow you to control a Mac? I have an OSX Server and don't want to use VNC or other third party apps. But I haven't found anyone on YouTube using RDC that's available for a Mac, to connect from Windows to a Mac... or if it is even possible.
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Microsoft Remote Desktop works, of course. It's platform agnostic. But Mac OSX doesn't share out the desktop via RDP natively, so MS RDP client has nothing to see. There is no choice but third party tools like VNC, RDP or NX.
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ARD is what you're looking for: http://www.apple.com/remotedesktop/.
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@Kelly said in Remotely control a Mac:
ARD is what you're looking for: http://www.apple.com/remotedesktop/.
Doesn't that only work between Macs?
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@BBigford Yes.
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@BBigford Do you have screenconnect or something like that?
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Right after I posted that I remembered your Win > Mac requirement.
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@aaronstuder said in Remotely control a Mac:
@BBigford Do you have screenconnect or something like that?
No, we use Remote Assist or Skype for Business between Windows PCs for any screen sharing.
Trying to figure out how to manage this OSX Server without adding even more tools to my install list on my workstation. Because it's only for 1 server...
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@aaronstuder said in Remotely control a Mac:
@BBigford Do you have screenconnect or something like that?
Especially not after their unaffordable price increase... Used to be affordable.
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There's Chrome Remote Desktop or VNC. Not much else that is in the free/cheap category.
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@Kelly said in Remotely control a Mac:
There's Chrome Remote Desktop or VNC. Not much else that is in the free/cheap category.
Well shoot.. It's either that or I just have it sit on my desk and leave it connected to the monitor I have it hooked up to.
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I don't know of much that actually works that is free/cheap. We use ScreenConnect.
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Well, Synergy is multiplatform. Then you'd only have to have an additional monitor but only one keyboard/mouse.
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I use synergy as I have my Macmini on my desk next to my PC.
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@BBigford If you know the right people the price is the same
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@aaronstuder said in Remotely control a Mac:
@BBigford If you know the right people the price is the same
I'm sure there are people just loading up VNC (free) and using it for business... we finally got all licensed compliant.
Just frustrating that Microsoft gives away their RDP client to Apple for free, but nothing that goes the other way for businesses to stay compliant.
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@BBigford said in Remotely control a Mac:
@aaronstuder said in Remotely control a Mac:
@BBigford If you know the right people the price is the same
I'm sure there are people just loading up VNC (free) and using it for business... we finally got all licensed compliant.
Just frustrating that Microsoft gives away their RDP client to Apple for free, but nothing that goes the other way for businesses to stay compliant.
At this point Apple doesn't care about businesses or compliance.
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@BBigford said in Remotely control a Mac:
@aaronstuder said in Remotely control a Mac:
@BBigford If you know the right people the price is the same
I'm sure there are people just loading up VNC (free) and using it for business... we finally got all licensed compliant.
Just frustrating that Microsoft gives away their RDP client to Apple for free, but nothing that goes the other way for businesses to stay compliant.
There are free VNC tools, I would think some of the freebie VNC servers would work on macs and not just the apple built in server
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@BBigford said in Remotely control a Mac:
@aaronstuder said in Remotely control a Mac:
@BBigford If you know the right people the price is the same
I'm sure there are people just loading up VNC (free) and using it for business... we finally got all licensed compliant.
Just frustrating that Microsoft gives away their RDP client to Apple for free, but nothing that goes the other way for businesses to stay compliant.
What does Apple have that any business would want in the other direction, though?
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@Jason said in Remotely control a Mac:
@BBigford said in Remotely control a Mac:
@aaronstuder said in Remotely control a Mac:
@BBigford If you know the right people the price is the same
I'm sure there are people just loading up VNC (free) and using it for business... we finally got all licensed compliant.
Just frustrating that Microsoft gives away their RDP client to Apple for free, but nothing that goes the other way for businesses to stay compliant.
There are free VNC tools, I would think some of the freebie VNC servers would work on macs and not just the apple built in server
There's Free, Personal (small scale business), and Enterprise (large scale business)... Free is for "individual, personal use", I'm guessing we wouldn't be allowed to use that because it's being used in a business setting.
It doesn't even have to have a wide range of functionality. I just need to be able to remotely connect and launch OSX Server (rarely).
