#REMOTELY ACCESS IPHONE FROM COMPUTER HOW TO#
Here’s how to set up Back to My Mac on the Mac(s) you wish to access:ġ) Launch System Preferences, then click iCloudĢ) Sign into iCloud if you haven’t already done soģ) Select Back to My Mac from the list of iCloud services (see image below) The Back to My Mac service is highlighted. For those who work in offices, be sure to ask permission to use Back to My Mac and check with your network administrator to find out if the firewall will support Back to My Mac connections. You’ll just need two or more Macs using the same iCloud account (OS X Lion 10.7.5 or later), an AirPort base station or another Wi-Fi router that supports UPnP or NAT-PMP, AirPort Utility 6.3 or later, a fairly fast Internet connection, and a firewall that allows remote connections.
The best thing about Back to My Mac? There’s no price tag on this solution - it’s part of iCloud and macOS. Need to control that remote Mac as if you were sitting right in front of it? Back to My Mac gives you a way to use your local keyboard and mouse or trackpad to launch apps and edit documents on the remote machine. If you just need files or folders from the remote Mac, you can drag them to your local Mac.
Have you ever been away from your home or office Mac and suddenly realized that you a) left it on when you meant to shut it down, b) tried to run a report or access a system only available from that machine, or c) want to grab a file that you haven’t yet moved to the cloud? Today we’ll take a look at three ways to remotely access a Mac, something that can save you from making an unnecessary trip as we near Earth Day 2017.īack to My Mac is a feature of iCloud that lets you access a network of Mac computers - or just one - from another Mac.
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