Utilizing nothing but free software, this guide will take you every single step of the way through setting up your Mac and Windows computers so that you can access and use Windows via your Mac (and vice-versa!) just as if you were sitting in front of it. Coreldraw for mac os sierra. You’ll also be able to transfer files back and forth between the computers and even control them from your iPhone, iPad or Android phone/tablet! This software that this tutorial is based around is called “TeamViewer”. Remote Access a Mac from Windows. First, download and install the most recent stable version of the free utility TightVNC to your Windows computer. During installation, uncheck TightVNC Server, unless you’re going to use it for other remote access situations. It’s free to use for non-commercial purposes. Which means you as a “home user” are completely eligible to use it for free, with no features disabled. In addition, TeamViewer makes it incredibly simple to control a Windows computer via a Mac or a Mac via a Windows computer not just across your home network, but across the Internet. You won’t need to remember numerical IP addresses or configure your router – just install the software, follow this guide and you’ll be done in no time! Let’s get started! • Head over to the (like will open in a new window/tab) and download Version 11 (eleven) or higher. At the time of this writing, version 11 is in beta, which is fine. Once the download has finished, double-click the.dmg file to open it. Now double-click the Install TeamViewer icon. • The installation is typical – you’ll click Next a few times and enter your password. Once completed, click the Close button. • TeamViewer will launch itself and the Welcome screen will be displayed. Click the Continue • Create a very strong password and enter it in both of the supplied fields. Click the Next button to continue. • Click Finish when prompted. • At this point the TeamViewer screen will appear. In the lower left corner of the “main” window locate the section titled Unattended access. Make sure that Start TeamViewer with System is selected (you can always change this, and all other settings, later). Then click the Assign device to account ‘link’. • Below the email/password sections, locate the link titled Create account and click it. • Your browser will open to the TeamViewer signup page. Create your account by providing the required information and then clicking the Sign Up button. Check the email for the account you used when signing up and there should be a confirmation email from TeamViewer. Locate the ‘confirm my account’ link in that email and give it a click. Another browser tab will open and TeamViewer will have finished creating your account. Close that browser tab (or exit your browser entirely). • Back in the TeamViewer App, enter the email address and password of your newly created and confirmed account, and then click the Assign button. • Back in the Unattended access section, click Grant easy access. • Nothing should have happened other than the Grant easy access line should have now be “checked” (see screenshot below). • On the far-right side of the TeamViewer App, there’s a window titled Computers & Contacts. Sign in to your TeamViewer account here as well. • In that same window, locate the My computers section and then click the “side arrow” (as seen in the screenshot below) to expand it into a menu. • In the My computers list, there should be one entry – probably numerical. Click that entry to select it, then click it again to rename it. • Since this is the name that will be “assigned” to this Mac, give it a more descriptive title.
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