VNC to connect to Apple Mac OS X system

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VNC to connect to Apple Mac OS X system

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I would like to access my OS X Mac Mini desktop from my X1000.

Am I able to download a VNC style app for Amiga that will allow me remote controlling a Mac OS X desktop over my network?

I have Vine Server running on my Intel based Mac Mini with OS X 10.6.8 and would be nice to remotely control within a Window my Mini from my X1000.

Thanks for any tips on how to do this.

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I use RDesktop under OS4 to control my PC, not sure about Macs though.

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I don't believe RDesktop supports Mac OS X. :|

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TwinVNC has been found to work.

Here is a quick vid showing me control my Mac from my X1000.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lh1OjQE7KfA

One day hope to buy one of those video stabilzer hand grips for my iPhone so I can take some of the "I drank too much coffee" jitters during the vid. :-P

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amigasociety wrote:TwinVNC has been found to work.
Here is a quick vid showing me control my Mac from my X1000.
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Very Nice! :-)

Pleased you managed to ger it up and running.

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Re: VNC to connect to Apple Mac OS X system

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amigasociety wrote:TwinVNC has been found to work.

Here is a quick vid showing me control my Mac from my X1000.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lh1OjQE7KfA

One day hope to buy one of those video stabilzer hand grips for my iPhone so I can take some of the "I drank too much coffee" jitters during the vid. :-P

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Nice work on the video TJ.

Why does TwinVNC work with your MacMini, while RDesktop does not? I don't know anything about either of them.

I need to play around with RDesktop and a connection to my Windows Vista Ultimate PC. A friend is borrowing my Intel CoreDuo powered MacMini, but is ready to return it. That is probably the computer I would most likely leave on all the time to act as a file server to share data with other computers on my network, since the power consumption is so low.

Is it easy to wake a computer from sleep, or hibernation when connected via VNC? I would guess the answer must be yes, or it would not be of much use.
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