todd1010
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Q: Back To My Mac, how to?

Ok, I've never really understood what Back To My Mac was and starting looking around. It looks like a feature I'd like to learn more about. I've watch a few videos of it in action and it seems like a really nice feature because I'm always needing to access my iMac at my house but I have to have my wife start up iChat.

 

Is there some "how to" videos or instructions, helpful advice to getting, using this feature?

 

Thanks!

iPad 2, iOS 5.0.1

Posted on Feb 28, 2012 7:23 AM

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  • by Winston Churchill,

    Winston Churchill Winston Churchill Feb 28, 2012 11:33 AM in response to todd1010
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    Feb 28, 2012 11:33 AM in response to todd1010

    The following article is quite useful.

     

    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4907

     

    However using back to my mac is really quite simple. Once enabled in system preferences > iCloud, you select the remote mac from the finder as you would another mac on your network, you can choose to mount the files and folders as you would another mac on your network or choose screensharing.

     

    Screensharing let's you use the remote macs desktop as you would your own but in a window.