Set up Remote Access for Mac Mini

You could turn on Back To My Mac in the iCloud System Preferences.

http://support.apple.com/kb/PH10753

There are other solutions available. LogMeIn is one.

As Barney-15E says, Back-to-My-Mac is the best option.

After that, try TeamViewer.com

ssh can be done, but there are setup details with respect to your home router to allow port 22 from the Internet side to your Mac mini <http://portforward.com>. And then you will need a dynamic DNS name from someone like No-IP.com or DynDNS.org so you can find your home router. Once you have that setup, you should make sure you use a good strong password, as you have now exposed a known port to the internet <http://xkcd.com/936/> and <https://www.grc.com/haystack.htm>. Don't forget to enable System Preferences -> Sharing -> Remote Login. So now you can ssh, but what do you want to do with that? You can create ssh tunnels for VNC screen sharing and AFP file sharing.

ssh -L 22590:localhost:5900 -L 22548:localhost:548 username@dynamic.dns.name.of.your.mac.mini

Now you have logged in and you have 2 tunnels. How to use them.

Finder -> Go -> Connect to server -> vnc://localhost:22590

Finder -> Go -> Connect to server -> afp://localhost:22548

Back-to-My-Mac and/or TeamViewer.com are easier 🙂

If you mean at the same time, I don't know.

Separately, I don't think so.

Sorry BobHarris, I didn't have the resources to create a domain name, so I wasn't able to work on it :(.

If by "resources" you mean money, No-IP.com has a free option (I've been using 2 No-IP.com dynamic DNS names for years). DynDNS.org used to have a free option, but I do not know what their current offerings are.

However, I still think Back-to-My-Mac is easier to setup 🙂

Will there be any clashes if we use 2 or more computers' iCloud to connect to the same Mac Mini with the same Apple ID?

Using Apple's Screen Sharing to a Mac OS X Lion (10.7) or Mountain Lion (10.8) system to login to separate accounts, assuming you have setup multiple accounts on the Mac mini.

NOTE: If you have multiple users using lots of memory or CPU intensive apps, you should make sure your Mac mini has sufficient RAM. For example if each user is trying to do Photoshop, iMove, etc... type apps it could get a bit slow.

I think TeamViewer.com will ONLY share the active desktop, and not allow access to other accounts.

The ssh approach would also allow access to multiple accounts when you vnc://localhost:22590, as you would be using the build-in Mac OS X screen sharing.

File sharing has always been able to login with different accounts.

Message was edited by: BobHarris