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Remote Access

Hi.

I have searched high and low and cannot seem to come up with anything.

I use an imac at work and use a macbook pro personally. I figured out how to remote access my imac from my macbook (full access, move/download files, ect) but only when im on the same network.

I was looking to do the same thing just away from anywhere in the country. The imac and macbook have separate apple Id's if that makes a difference. I am trying to avoid 3rd party remote access apps. But any suggestions or help would be awesome.

Posted on Mar 23, 2022 10:43 AM

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Mar 24, 2022 11:18 AM in response to hs1210

Hi hs1210,

You can find the entire user guide here: Apple Remote Desktop User Guide

However, when attempting to setup access were the steps below completed?

"Set up Remote Login on your Mac

On your Mac, choose Apple menu > System Preferences, click Sharing , then select Remote Login.
Select the Remote Login checkbox.
If needed, select the “Allow full disk access for remote users” checkbox.
Specify which users can log in:

All users: Any of your computer’s users and anyone on your network can log in.
Only these users: Click the Add button , then choose who can log in remotely. Users & Groups includes all the users of your Mac. Network Users and Network Groups include people on your network."

You can find these details, and more information here: Allow a remote computer to access your Mac

Be sure to also check out the requirements here: Install and set up Remote Desktop

Additionally, there's helpful information here: Set access privileges for Remote Desktop as well as here: Virtual Network Computing access and control with Remote Desktop

If you need further assistance, reach out to Apple Support directly.

Contact Apple Support

Cheers!

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