Hety Tim, if there is audio throughput like in terminal services, perhaps I'd be able to hear the other person's voiceover, then perhaps that could work. I'd want to work interactively with a user over the internet…so i guess that won't work…but yeah thanks for the input man
Cody On Nov 6, 2011, at 6:36 PM, Tim Kilburn wrote: > Hi cody, > > ARD is accessible in most everything except when you are taking control of > another's computer. You can install packages, copy apps and/or files, text > chat, send Unix commands and a host of other things. The problem comes in > when you are Observing or taking control of another computer. These > functions are totally graphical, thus the APIs are not recognized between > machines. Now, maybe there is some sort of way to circumvent this but I've > not investigated it enough to make any informed comments. I've also never > used it outside of a given subnet. That is, I can do everything I need to do > with ARD within my site but if I try to connect to other computers within our > organization that reside in another site and thus another subnet, then they > are not visible to me. Again, there may be some sort of setting that will > allow for that but I've not yet found it. > > HTH. > > Later... > > On 2011-11-06, at 11:08 AM, Cody wrote: > >> Hey all, >> >> I'm just wondering if investing in apple remote desktop version 3 is worth >> my time, in terms of accessibility. My friend Geno, who just joined the list >> wil no doubt need some help in the future on his mac. What I don't know is >> if I can remote into his machine just like one would do with jaws tandem and >> take control of his box and show him things that need to be done. For $80 it >> better make my coffee, but does anyone have any experience? >> >> Cody >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > Tim Kilburn > Fort McMurray, AB Canada > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
