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I have two MacBook Pros. One is at a remote location several mile away. They are both connected to a wireless. Of course the wireless networks are separate. Both have High Sierra OS. In particular I need to move Logic Pro X music files from one to the other remotely. What is the first step to access the remote MacBook? Download "Apple Remote Desktop"?
MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Late 2013), OS X Yosemite (10.10.1)
Apple Remote Desktop isn’t specifically needed here, and either it or the in-built screen sharing will work for what is a relatively minor part of what’s involved here. The bulk of this question involves getting dynamic DNS and security and the rest of the network connections working and secured. Or hosting the data on a shared resource; on iCloud or otherwise.
Probably the approach that’s easiest here is Back to My Mac, or one of the commercial remote-management offerings. If you’re inclined to set up your own remote access infrastructure, you’ll be learning about and implementing and troubleshooting firewalls and related topics. Probably also VPNs, as exposing file shares isn’t probably the best idea, and as any open network ports will be found and probed within minutes. And attacked.
Here are some recent discussions on the general remote-access topic, and will hopefully serve as some background. Have a look at these, and then swing back here with any remaining questions or confusions or concerns, and I’ll try to help further.
Re: apple remote desktop for parent's computer on another subnet?
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Simple Remote Access to a MacBook Pro
