I have 2 Macs - a mini & a laptop. I just recently nuked the hard drive on each one & did a clean install of Yosemite.
I downloaded Teamviewer onto both of them & set both up for unattended access. When I tried to access my mini from my laptop or vice versa, Teamviewer complained that Teamviewer wasn't installed on the other machine or some such crazy message.
This morning I was on Google looking for a free alternative to Teamviewer & I read about screen sharing on the Mac. I had forgotten that Macs have that capability.
I have some questions. Do both of my Macs have to be physically connected to one another or do both have to be on my local network? Right now, I'm dadsitting at my parents' house & I'm using my laptop. If I had screen sharing set up on both of my machines, would I be able to access my mini in my apartment from my laptop in my parents' house? I read about chicken of the VNC. Is that required or can I accomplish what I want to do without it? Can I transfer files from one Mac to another? Can I remotely lock either Mac?
I downloaded Teamviewer onto both of them & set both up for unattended access. When I tried to access my mini from my laptop or vice versa, Teamviewer complained that Teamviewer wasn't installed on the other machine or some such crazy message.
This morning I was on Google looking for a free alternative to Teamviewer & I read about screen sharing on the Mac. I had forgotten that Macs have that capability.
I have some questions. Do both of my Macs have to be physically connected to one another or do both have to be on my local network? Right now, I'm dadsitting at my parents' house & I'm using my laptop. If I had screen sharing set up on both of my machines, would I be able to access my mini in my apartment from my laptop in my parents' house? I read about chicken of the VNC. Is that required or can I accomplish what I want to do without it? Can I transfer files from one Mac to another? Can I remotely lock either Mac?
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