My understanding from some discussions on the TIDBITS.COM newsletters is that BTMM uses IPv6 protocols and therefore the lack of IPv4 address space should not be a deterrent.
Best wishes, Jonathan On Jul 5, 2014, at 7:09 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 > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
