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Control the Mac remotely with Apple Remote Desktop

In the following tutorial, TipsMake.com will introduce you to a simple way to control your Mac via Apple Remote Desktop

Author: David Pac2 minutes read

In this tutorial, TipsMake.com will introduce you to a simple way to control your Mac via Apple Remote Desktop . Basically, the process is still based on VNC Viewer application, but we will not install any more applications on Mac OS X, just change a small attribute to allow the administrator directly Control Mac OS X from Windows via VNC Viewer.

Here are the detailed steps, to control Mac OS X via Windows with VNC Viewer. First, select System Preferences in Mac OS X and select Sharing in the Internet & Network section :

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Click the Apple Remote Desktop icon to activate the service, then select Access Privileges . :

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Please check all the boxes in that window, and most importantly the VNC viewers section may control screen with password :

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Quite simply, you have completed the basic steps. Now you can directly control Mac OS X with VNC Viewer on Windows with the previously set account. This way, you do not need to install some Mac applications like OSXvnc or cotvnc anymore. Good luck!

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