Hi Sabahattin,

Regarding your comment about running OS X Server headlessly, I'm wondering what 
problems you're experiencing?  I run multiple Mavericks servers headlessly 
without problems, at least as far as I can tell.  Whether using the Server app 
from another computer, using the Server app on the headless server or going in 
via ssh, everything seems to work as it should for me.  I could be missing 
something, so would be interested to know.

Using ARD with VO to do regular admin tasks is fine, but taking it over, like 
you've mentioned, is where the huge problems come in from a VO prospective.  
Regular keyboard actions are passed through fine but as soon as you press your 
VO keys, focus is brought back to the original machine.  Pain in the neck in my 
world.

Later...

Tim Kilburn
Fort McMurray, AB Canada

On Jul 5, 2014, at 5:09 PM, Sabahattin Gucukoglu <[email protected]> wrote:

> Apple has Apple Remote Desktop, for which the client and server parts are 
> already in the operating system, but for which the user interface is exposed 
> fully by the paid ARD application.
> 
> BTMM (Back To My Mac) is a specific method for accessing services on a remote 
> Mac with the help of Apple's infrastructure.  It supports Screen Sharing as 
> well as any other service, like file sharing, that is advertised using 
> Bonjour.  For what it is, it's pretty cool, but it does require that your 
> home router support UPnP or NAT-PMP to work, which increasingly won't be the 
> case now that public IP addresses are in short supply.
> 
> I asked Apple Accessibility to take some feedback I had about ARD.  My advice 
> is don't bother, because you can't use the keyboard to grab or ungrab the 
> controlling device; otherwise, it'd work as well as any other method 
> requiring the audio be piped back to you, i.e. using Skype.  Incidentally, 
> it's also a real bummer for those running OS X Server, because operating a 
> Mac completely headlessly when you're without sight turns out to be 
> more-or-less impossible now that the Server app is on the Mac App Store.
> 
> Cheers,
> Sabahattin
> 
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