Remote access to Mac

[synaesthesia]

Are there any decent options for remoting into a MAC? The built in VNC is diabolical to use, akin to using ISDN regardless of how bad the settings are made (apparently this is down to Apple's "interesting" implementation of TCP). I read a little about xRDP but the installation process for that looks long and painful, and most of it is based on files no longer available. Mac OS Sonoma on a 2012 MBP if that matters.

[londonbg]

Are there any decent options for remoting into a MAC? The built in VNC is diabolical to use, akin to using ISDN regardless of how bad the settings are made (apparently this is down to Apple's "interesting" implementation of TCP). I read a little about xRDP but the installation process for that looks long and painful, and most of it is based on files no longer available. Mac OS Sonoma on a 2012 MBP if that matters.

http://www.splashtop.com

[Cw2k]

NuoRDS adds the rdp standard to mac

[TheHyperTechie]

DWService

[Brimstone]

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/apple-remote-desktop/id409907375?mt=12

[AntonioRocco]

"MacOS Sonoma on a 2012 MBP . . . "

 

Perhaps you meant 2021 MBP?

 

I would go Brimstone's suggestion which is ideal for remotely controlling and managing to some degree Macs in a local network. Does not respond too well if you've a segmented network although it's easy to get round the limitation. Obviously you're better doing this Mac to Mac. Other alternatives are CoRD which you could look at. TBH ARD is probably the way to go.

[synaesthesia]

"MacOS Sonoma on a 2012 MBP . . . "

 

Perhaps you meant 2021 MBP?

 

I would go Brimstone's suggestion which is ideal for remotely controlling and managing to some degree Macs in a local network. Does not respond too well if you've a segmented network although it's easy to get round the limitation. Obviously you're better doing this Mac to Mac. Other alternatives are CoRD which you could look at. TBH ARD is probably the way to go.

 

No, I mean 2012.

And although I thank the suggestion, the idea of paying Apple anything for this is definitely not on the cards

I gave up in the end and just did it locally.

[AntonioRocco]

"No, I mean 2012"

 

Can't see how? I've had a mid-2012 MBP from new and I can only run macOS Catalina as later OS are not supported (or even installable) on that hardware. Not that it matters but I would look at what you've got closely and think again.

 

 

I think the solution you ended up using is probably the best for your situation. If you don't have a large-ish Mac estate I wouldn't bother with ARD as it does it have its quirks which can make it difficult to use.

 

Good luck.

[Norphy]

"No, I mean 2012"

 

Can't see how? I've had a mid-2012 MBP from new and I can only run macOS Catalina as later OS are not supported (or even installable) on that hardware. Not that it matters but I would look at what you've got closely and think again.

 

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I expect he's using OpenCore or something similar to hack it on there. I looked into it a while ago for my 2010 iMac and decided it wasn't worth the headache

[synaesthesia]

Yeah, Opencore rings a bell. It's certainly not officially supported, but then again *nothing* apple does that is of any use is officially supported. I needed a newer version to be able to onboard more recent IOS devices.