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OS X 10.9 Mavericks supports the protocol VNC – Virtual Network Computing to connect 2 remote computers which is done via ‘Screen Sharing‘.
Here are 2 ways to connect one is using the the Screen Sharing application buried deep in the file system the other is a quick way using the Shared Devices in the sidebar in the finder.
Using Screen Sharing
Set Up the Remote Machine You Are Connecting To
For the machine that you want to connect to you need to make sure it has screen sharing enabled.
Enable ‘Screen Sharing’ via the System Preferences under the Apple Menu.
If the option is greyed out it will be because ‘Remote Management’ is on, Remote Management also uses VNC and is tied to Apple Remote Desktop (ARD) both cannot run simultaneously, disable Remote Management and Screen Sharing will be accessible.
Set Up the Remote Machine You Are Connecting From
On the machine that you are connecting from whilst in the Finder, either click on the ‘Go’ menu in the Finder or “command+k” keys to bring up the ‘Connect to Server’ dialog box or drag the Screen Sharing.app lurking in the depths below to your Dock as an alias and launch that every time.
This is found in:
/System/Library/CoreServices/, you can get to this by clicking the ‘Go to Folder’ also in the ‘Go’ menu in the Finder.
Whichever method you use to connect, the address method you enter is the same – vnc://ipaddress
When the connection is made you will be prompted to authenticate as an admin user account residing on the machine you are logging into
Enter the correct details and you will then see and control the remote computer on your screen.
You can avoid entering the username for the remote machine in the follow up login dialog box by adding the username to the connection string in the initial connection like so…
As long as the user exists on the remote computer you will just be asked for your password.
If there is a user currently logged you get the option to share their screen or just go straight to yours; you can ask the currently logged in user to share their screen or choose to see your own account not interrupting the current user by selecting the ‘virtual display’ button.
Connect Via Bonjour Computer in Shared Devices in Finder
Even easier than remembering IP addresses and connection VNC strings is to log into screen sharing via the Bonjour listing.
In the Finder go to the Preferences menu and under ‘Shared’ – checkbox the ‘Bonjour Computers’ a list of machines on your local area network will then appear under your ‘Shared’ devices in the sidebar, so now all you have to do is click the computer you want and then the ‘Share Screen…’ button top right.
Or if you know the bonjour local name of a machine on the network you could enter in the Connect to Server dialog box –
vnc://machinename.local but you’ll have to close any spaces with hypens and remove apostrophes.
Connect Via External IP Address
To make this work to connect to a computer outside of your local network you need to have a static public IP address make a change to your router port forwarding settings.
So lets say you want your office machine to always be accessible whilst you are on the road and want to connect in every now and then. You need to know your router IP address and your external IP address.
Router IP address is typically a home network address most probably 192.168.0.1 or 192.168.1.1 with really easy default passwords ‘admin’ and ‘password’ spring to mind – if you can’t remember Google the model and if you have changed it and can’t remember get out your trusty paper clip, stick in the slot and reset the thing.
To know your real external IP address get it from http://www.whatsmyip.org/
Connect into your router admin settings via a browser http://192.168.0.1 or similar
Look for the Firewall section and anything that mentions VNC
If it does one doesn’t exist (likely) than add a new service…
Download Mac Os Mavericks
The Service is VNC the port is 5900 – set it to allow the service and then send the service to your preferred machine on the local network (this machine will need a fixed local IP address similar to the router – its network settings can’t be set to DHCP.
Once that is all set up test your screen sharing connection from a machine outside of the network – connect in the ‘Connect to Server‘ from the Go menu in the Finder via:
vnc://externalIPaddress or vnc://[email protected]
You should see your remote computer behind the router – be careful here – since you are opening up a hole in your firewall make sure that your local machine has a harder password – if it is easy than you can be compromised. Numbers upper and lower case letter and symbols are the order of the day!
If you have installed Apple’s latest OS X Mavericks on your Mac and on the other side have a PC running Microsoft Windows 8.1 operating system, and now want to share OS X Mavericks files with Windows 8.1 then you are at the right place to find the help. Here we’ve compiled step by step instructions that can enable file sharing between OS X Mavericks and Windows 8.1. So, continue after the break to get access to the whole article to build a connection between computer running OS X Mavericks and a PC running Windows 8.1 to share files.
See also: How to Remotely Access Mac from PC
Requirements
- Make sure both your Mac and PC are on same Wireless or LAN network.
- This guide is written for Windows 8 and OS X Mavericks 10.9.
Let’s talk about the steps to enable file sharing between PC (Windows 8.1) and Mac (OS X Mavericks)…
Enable File Sharing Between OS X Mavericks and Windows 8.1
Note: Steps are same for both Windows 8.1 and Windows 8.
First do the following steps on Mac OS X Mavericks. Create a new user for file sharing purpose.
Step-1
Press cmd+space keys from keyboard and type users & Groups in Spotlight
-OR-
Click on Apple menu and select System Preference > Sharing icon.
Select “Users & Groups” in search results.
Step-2
Click on this lock icon, enter admin password.
Step-3
Click on + sign to add a new user.
Fill the form with the details as shown below then click Create User button.
Setup file sharing
Step-4
Now we are going to enable file sharing option in OS X Mavericks so we can access folders from Windows 8.1.
Press cmd+space keys from keyboard and type file sharing in Spotlight
Connect Pc To Mac
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Click on Apple menu and select System Preference > Sharing icon.
Select “File Sharing” in results
Step-5
On sharing window select the File Sharing check-box, an IP address will be assigned. Note down this IP address.
Step-6
Click on Options... button, click on Share file using SMB check-box and then select username (that created in first steps), enter user password and click OK and Done buttons.
Step-7
Click on “+” icon under “Shared folders” section and select a OS X folder that you want to share with Windows 8.1.
Note: You should remove all unwanted folders from this sharing list, because all folders that are listed in this section will be available to user on PC after sharing.
Step-8
Click on + icon under Users section and select the user windows8 that we have created in first steps. After selecting user, set folder permissions for the user to Read & Write as shown below.
All done on Mac, now close this window and go to your PC.
Steps on Windows 8.1
Following steps you need to do on Windows 8 to access OS X shared files.
Press Windows+R keys from keyboard and type the IP address of your Mac that your note down in step-5 and hit enter.
Windows will ask for the username and password Type the username and password that we have created in step-3.
After entering correct username and password your will see the folders that you have share with Windows.
After completing the file sharing purpose, remember to disable sharing especially when shared with any other person. That’s it! You have successfully shared files between OS X Mavericks and Windows 8.1.
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