Appendix A. Other Remote Access Solutions

Back to My Mac is just one way to gain remote control of your Mac. Timbuktu Pro, LogMeIn, and Apple Remote Desktop are three others I'd recommend for particular purposes. In this section, I look at each of these products in turn.

Timbuktu Pro

Netopia's Timbuktu Pro (often abbreviated as TB2 by those in the know) is a full-featured remote control and administrative tool (Figure A-1). TB2 is widely used across Windows and Mac OS X systems in corporations and academia (http://www.netopia.com/software/products/tb2).

Timbuktu's New Connection window shows its range of support for stored entries, Bonjour-linked computers, dial-up (!), Skype, direct IP connections, and its own form of network discovery.

Figure A-1. Timbuktu's New Connection window shows its range of support for stored entries, Bonjour-linked ...

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