How to Set Up and Use Screens for Mac
How to Set Up and Use Screens for Mac
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Edovia’s Screens VNC is a versatile and capable VNC client that lets you access other computers remotely over a local network or, if the free Screens Connect server software is running, across the internet. After the initial setup, when you double-click on a computer (or "screen") stored in your local Screens Library, its desktop appears in a window on your local Mac. The computer you’re trying to reach has to be switched on, and although a Screens VNC connection can wake a computer from Sleep Mode over a local network, this isn’t possible when you’re connecting over the internet.
Screens VNC offers several advantages over iCloud’s Back to My Mac service: it can connect to PCs running Linux or Windows as well as other Macs, and an iOS application (sold separately) lets you control your computers using iOS devices, over Wi-Fi or 3G. Although it’s based on the VNC protocol, which doesn’t support file transfer, if you have a Dropbox account you can get around this limitation by moving or copying a file into your Dropbox folder, and then picking it up on your local Mac.
You can buy and install Screens VNC from the Mac App Store ($19.99, http://bit.ly/yyYw31). If you want to control computers using the internet as well as over a local network, you also need Screens Connect, a free download from the Edovia website (http://edovia.com/screens). By downloading this server client and signing up for a free account, all computers logged into Screens Connect using the same details become accessible as if they were on a local network.
The following guide shows you how to configure your Mac to run Screens VNC, and how to use it to access local and remote computers. Administrator privileges are required.
What You’ll Need:
>> OS X 10.7 or later, Screens VNC for Mac, internet connection, iOS device (optional)
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