Get Back to Your Mac

Now that everything's set up, go on a field trip. Take your laptop somewhere else (or go where another of your Macs is located). Make sure you're connected to the Internet. If you look in the sidebar of a Finder window, you should see the icon for your remote Mac, Time Capsule, or AirPort Disk under "Shared," just as you would if it were on the same local network. You can now connect to it to share its files or, in the case of a Mac, its screen.

Share Another Mac's Screen

To control your remote Mac's screen, select its icon in the sidebar, click Share Screen, and enter your credentials if prompted to do so. The screen appears in a window on the local Mac, and you can control the remote Mac using your keyboard and mouse.

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