Basic Back to My Mac questions

1. Can I use Back to My Mac to log into my dad's Mac to help him when he questions or Mac issues?
2. Is the idea behind this to be able to retrieve a file off your other Mac when you are away from it? If so, can I use an iPhone or iPad to access files on my Mac?
Thanks.

Yes set up a second admin acount for you and with your apple ID and it works fine as long as you set up sharing corectly enabaling remote managemnt,file sharing and screen sharing and if your going to use a third party app load the helper app needed by the app on your dads Mac. If you would like to hide the second Admin account look here: http://www.hcsonline.com/support/white-papers/137-how-to-create-a-hidden-user-ac count I did this for my mom and it works great.

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  • Back to my mac question

    Ok so i've been reading up on the boards about this for a while, but i only had a chance to really start messing with it last night. However I am still bit confused about few things. So i guess I need help from somebody who got this thing to work and knows the ins and outs.
    My set up is as following. intel core duo iMac, and MacBook Pro, connected via airport extreme. I've went into airport utility and enabled NAT. Both computers are logging into the same .mac account and back to my mac is enabled.
    As you can guess, the computers are not seeing each other. They only see each other through local network but not back to my mac.
    If anyone can help me out here I would appreciate it very much.
    Thanks

    Thanks. Specifically I just wanted to know if the reason she was able to take a photograph of the thief was by using Back to My Mac to take the photo. Can someone just answer that part yes or no? I realized from reading the news article that BMM was used by the laptop owner to access her computer and verify that the thief was online. I only was asking you guys if Back to My Mac is also the means of how she was able to snap the photo and how she got the photos remotely to send to the police. Can someone just verify yes or no about whether BMM can be used to snap photos remotely? I'll read the link to the extra detail soon.
    *I only currently have a couple of desktop computers so I'm not yet familiar with what is involved in snapping a photo using one's laptop's built-in camera, let alone doing it remotely. I just wanted to get a general understanding about this; I assume it must be a quick and easy thing to do probably using software built into Leopard.

  • How to use back to my mac from iOS?

    I have enabled back to my mac on my macbook running ML and have enabled the same for my user ID in the airport express router to which the macbook pro is connected.
    i would like t know how i can access the shared folder from my ios devices while
    within the wifi network
    outside the wifi network over the ios devices 3g internet.
    tried a lot to figure it out since many months now.
    Neerav

    Just some additional info.  For basic back to my mac to work you need a router (any brand) that supports UPNP or NAT-PMP - or an apple airport router device (Airport Extreme, Time Capsule or Airport Express) (which must be configured as your primary router - and not in "bridge" mode).  You need at least two Macs - one in your house - and one as the remote device.  You need to set up your iCloud id on both Macs and enable Back to My Mac in iCloud preferences - using the same icloud id for both Macs.  You also need to ensure that you have enabled at least "Screen Sharing" in the sharing preferences of both Macs - and optionally enable File Sharing.  You will see the Mac in the other Mac's shared pane - in Finder - both locally and remotely.
    If you are using an Apple router (airport extreme, express or time capsule) - the icloud id's that you enter on airport device (via airport utility) - are only for the purpose of remote sharing of drives and printers attached to that airport device - and are not related to the back to my mac functionality.  If you don't need to remote share the printers or drives directly attached to the airport device (via USB) - then you do not need to enter any iCloud id's on the airport device itself.
    For example - you have a time capsule set up as a router.  You have 3 people in your house that want to remotely access files on the Time Capsule's drive(s).  You would enter your iCloud id, along with the iCloud id's of other household members.  You would then all be able to independently share the time capsule drive remotely.
    With an Airport Express router - you would only be able to share a USB printer attached to the Airport Express.
    As for iPad - there may be 3rd party apps that would mimic the Back to My Mac functionality - but to the best of my knowledge there is no Apple-provided Back to My Mac app for the iPad.

  • Alternative to "Back to my Mac"?

    Hi,
    What I've been looking for for a long time is basically "Back to my Mac", as in a way for me and others to always find eachothers computers, BUT I don't want everyone to have access to everything, whcih you do with "Back to my Mac".
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  • Back to my Mac, iDisk Questions

    Hi, I have my iMac since Sept.07 and got a Macbook Air yesterday. Love every minute of it.
    Today I set up my MBA for access to my iMac both through wireless at home and through Back to my Mac when out. Both work.
    However, I have never used iDisk. If I have the option of using Back to my Mac, why would i need iDisk? As for iDisk, I'm assuming that this is space I have on my .Mac account, so would I be putting stuff in there that I might want to access through my .Mac account?
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    And while BBTM works for you now, there may be times and places that, due to the way one of your traveling computers connects to the internet, BBTM won't work for you.
    In that case, if the file was on your iDisk, you'd be able to get it regardless of how your computer is connected to the net.
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  • Back to My Mac and Vonage Linksys RTP 300 Router

    I am trying to get Back to My Mac to work with my iMac running 10.6.2 and my PowerBook G4 running 10.5. But I have a problem with my router... I use the Vonage (RTP-300) and it is not one of the supported routers on the list.
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  • Are "Back to my MAC" and "Port Forwarding" mutually exclusive?

    I have been using APExtreme and Port Forwarding successfully for several weeks now. The PF is to allow access to game players on a PC which acts as a server on the web. All Good.
    One more thing, I have a ISP provided wireless modem/router to talk to the cable and the world. It seems to work either bridged or un-bridged.
    I have disabled the wireless on the ISP's modem/router. (Actually the ISP's device doesn't hold a candle to the APE.)
    Still all good.
    So the firewall is on in the APExtreme and none on the modem router, and I have a port defined for my gamers to get access to my server in the APExtreme.
    I now want to implement Back to my MAC on my MBP and my other Apple devices. I believe these use iCloud for which I have an account and it seems to be working well with my iPhone.
    In Properties, when I select BtmM, iCloud says communications will be slow if I have port forwarding on. Also I will not be able to use the router function in my Modem/router.
    I'd really like to have the modem/router firewall up, and do the port forwarding there, but the BtmM will likely not get through.
    So what does anyone suggest?
    Can I use BtmM and port forwarding without too much degradation?
    Please advise.
    Thanks
    Barry

    To best answer your question on whether the two are "mutually exclusive," let take a look at how Back to My Mac (BTMM) basically works.
    BTMM - General Requirements
    OS X Leopard 10.7.3+
    Active iCloud account. Each Mac & the AirPort router, that will be relying on BTMM, needs to be configured with the same account.
    A publicly reachable IP address for your router.
    A router that supports either NAT-PMP or UPnP. For AirPorts, be sure it is running 7.6.1+ firmware.
    BTMM uses TCP port 5354 and UDP ports 4500 & 5353 for communications.
    BTMM - Basic Communication Flow
    For a computer connected to the Internet via a router, BTMM "asks" the router for its configuration information. For a router, like your AirPort, that uses NAT-PMP, BTMM will ask the router to assign arbitrary public ports. In turn, the router will provide these port assignments (& the router's Public IP address) back to BTMM.
    BTMM then sends this information to the iCloud account. In background iCloud updates a special set of DNS entries to be used by BTMM. These entries are then made available to all BTMM clients using your iCloud account. When a computer, with BTMM enabled, uses your iCloud credentials, it automatically retrieves a list of all other computers/routers that are registered with the same account. All these devices should then appear under the SHARED section of the Finder.
    When attempting to connect to a remote computer (or router), BTMM creates a secure connection to that remote device using the information from the iCloud account.
    Once the connection is established, the devices can then communicate with each other.
    So potentially, unless you are using Port Mapping for any of the ports BTMM uses, they should not conflict.

  • I just backed up my mac to an external hard drive using Time Machine. What would happen if I turn Time Machine off and then plug the external hard drive back into my computer?

    I just backed up my mac to an external hard drive using Time Machine. What would happen if I turn Time Machine off and then plug the external hard drive back into my computer?
    What I am ultimately wanting to do is make more room on my computer by backing up all of my files onto the external hard drive and then deleting them off of my computer. However, neededing to be able to retrieve them from the external hard drive later down the road.
    From what I have read and am trying to understand, is that I probably shouldn't have used time machine. I need to use the external hard drive like a basic flash drive where I can put things on and get things off without having it automatically update through time machine everytime I connect it to my computer.
    Not tech savvy at all and barely understand basics. I need very simple and easy to understand explanations.

    sydababy wrote:
    and then deleting them off of my computer.
    BIG BIG MISTAKE ..... youre making a linchpin deathtrap for your data trying to shove everything on a single fragile HD.
    Dont suffer the tragedy other people make, buy another or 2 more HD, theyre cheap as dust.
    The number of people who have experienced terror by having a single external HD backup is enormous.  One failure that WILL HAPPEN, and kaput,......all gone!
    Dont do it, its all about redundancy, redundancy, redundancy.
    follow here:
    Methodology to protect your data. Backups vs. Archives. Long-term data protection
    Deleting them off your computer is fine....having only ONE copy is extremely BAD.
    The Tragedy that will be, the tragedy that never should be
    Always presume correctly that your data is priceless and takes a very long time to create and often is irreplaceable. Always presume accurately that hard drives are extremely cheap, and you have no excuse not to have multiple redundant copies of your data copied on hard drives and squirreled away several places, lockboxes, safes, fireboxes, offsite and otherwise.
    Hard drives aren't prone to failure…hard drives are guaranteed to fail (the very same is true of SSD). Hard drives dont die when aged, hard drives die at any age, and peak in death when young and slowly increase in risk as they age.
    Never practice at any time for any reason the false premise and unreal sense of security in thinking your data is safe on any single external hard drive. This is never the case and has proven to be the single most common horrible tragedy of data loss that exists.
    Many 100s of millions of hours of lost work and data are lost each year due to this single common false security. This is an unnatural disaster that can avoid by making all data redundant and then redundant again. If you let a $60 additional redundant hard drive and 3 hours of copying stand between you and years of work, then you've made a fundamental mistake countless 1000s of people each year have come to regret.

  • Back to My Mac not working-a diagnosis and a solution

    Hello all,
    I own a small business and relied on Back to My Mac while traveling. I have had connection issues with BTMM since MobileMe was discontinued. I have found a solution but it is not an Apple solution. Skip to the end if you'd like the straight dope.
    FYI: I have exhausted all possible Apple-centric solutions, to the best of my knowledge. This was verified over the phone during an extensive troubleshooting session with a senior Apple specialist. All Macs and OS involved are optimized (in theory) to work with Back to My Mac. The appropriate file sharing options were checked. Users had appropriate access privileges. I have a valid MobileMe ID that has transferred over smoothly to iCloud. Firewall settings were not the issue.
    But before we go further, if you are having BTMM connectivity issues, you might want to examine this thread:
    https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4071540
    And see if it does the trick for you. It seems to have worked for a lot of people. But if it doesn't, please read on.
    I have an iMac at my office that I connect to. I have a MacBook that I use to make the remote connections. Before MobileMe was discontinued, I read all support docs on how to make the transition to iCloud. Nevertheless, once MobileMe was discontinued, I began to have BTMM connection issues. My Macbook could "see" my iMac, and vice versa, but once connection was attempted, either through "Share Screen" or "Connect As…",  the status bar would run indefinitely and no connection would complete.
    First, I tried the Keychain solution indicated above. No dice.
    Then I saw the System Preferences>iCloud message that Back to My Mac required NAT Port Mapping and/or Universal Plug and Play settings on my router. I have an old Linksys router, and I was able to upgrade its settings to UP&P, but not to NAT Port Mapping. The situation did not improve.
    I went to an Apple Store, spoke with a pair of salespeople who informed me that the problem would most likely be solved by replacing my old router with Airport Extreme, which would automatically upgrade my network to the necessary UP&P and NAT-PM protocols, and if any issues existed after that, they would probably be firewall-related, which I could either fix on my own or talk to an Apple person about.
    After installing Airport Extreme, the situation did not improve, and I called Apple Support. I entered the serial number into the web page, and was informed that I was not qualified for tech support because my warranty had expired, even though I had made the purchase the previous evening. I checked the option that indicated that I thought this was in error and that I was in fact qualified, and ten minutes later, I received a phone call from Apple.
    At first, I was on the line with a Airport Extreme specialist, who ran down the Airport Utility checklist. With my wife at the Macbook at home, and myself in my office at the iMac and on the phone with the Apple specialist, the troubleshooting began. Once it was apparent that nothing was working, I was transferred to a "senior" specialist who indeed knew everything under the sun about networking and Back to My Mac, at least as far as I could tell. We checked various settings on all devices, Airport configurations, iCloud account validity, my network's firewall settings, etc. 
    Finally, the specialist suggested we check the settings on my home router, which was supplied by my ISP and not an Apple device. I asked him why. He said that if we enabled UP&P and NAT-PM on my home router, that would probably help make the connection. I informed him that while that might be a short-term fix, I travel as part of my job and need to make remote connections to my office, often from places where I have no control over the router settings. He informed me that because of those "variables" I might very well continue to experience connection issues, and that in some locations I would be able to connect, and some, not.
    On the heels of all the time and money spent thus far, I was in disbelief. We spent some more time affirming beyond question that he was actually telling me what I thought he was telling me, and I cordially thanked him for his time and we ended the phone support session.
    THE STRAIGHT DOPE: I learned from a senior Apple specialist that network and router settings not only have to be just right at the server location but *also* the remote location in order for Back to My Mac to work. Simply having an iCloud ID is not always enough. If you travel, you most likely have no control over router settings at your hotel, coffee shop, etc., and if you rely on remote connections as part of your job, you can't afford to take the chance that wherever you reside might not be BTMM compatible. I signed up for LogMeIn Pro, at a cost of $59.95 a year. It has screen sharing, file sharing *and* iPhone access, which BTMM does not offer. My remote connections are now almost instantaneous and without issue. Problem solved.
    Please note, I have no ax to grind with Apple, I enjoy using their products and believe they are superior to Windows machines. I am also more than happy with the level of expertise, courtesy and efficiency of their support people. The Airport Extreme that I purchased is pretty cool, has kickass wireless signal, and has reduced the amount of wiring on my desk thanks to its wireless printing and hard drive capabilities. I feel a little burned that I bought it for no reason, but I have 14 days to return it, no questions asked. We'll see.
    In conclusion, Back to My Mac does not seem to work as advertised. I am curious if anyone has had a similar experience. Hope this helps someone or at least, saves you some time.

    Thanks for your thorough post. I too need to use BTMM on almost a daily basis for my job, and it has fallen short countlness times. I too have taken great pains to check all of the typical trouble shooting steps within iCloud and in the Apple keychain on each Mac etc, but after the latest rounds of system updates from Apple a few weeks ago to Mountain Lion, BTMM on one of my Macs is completely broken and unusable. I would concur that if you need remote access for "real" mission critical use, just bite the bullet and pay for a service like LogMeIn. You won't regret it and you will get real software support.

  • HT4907 I am able to connect to my Mac Mini on Back to My Mac through iCloud but the keyboard/trackpad on the MBAir or MBP with which I access does not register on the Mini.  So I can see the screen but cannot interact with it. Mini works accessing MBP/Air

    I am able to connect to my Mac Mini on Back to My Mac through iCloud but the keyboard/trackpad on the MBAir or MBP with which I access does not register on the Mini.  So I can see the screen but cannot interact with it. Mini works accessing MBP/Air and I can use Mini to input data or interact with screens of those computers.

    Regarding your first question about bookmarks, I think you discovered the answer in when you pressed the address bar. The second tab there has your bookmarks.
    As for the keyboard, I'm not sure why your Firefox is reacting so slowly; mine seems to show keyboards even when I don't want them. If you have accumulated a lot of history, perhaps that's an issue?
    Did you use any third party software to move your Firefox data from internal memory to the storage card?

  • Can't get back to my mac to work

    I am guessing that this problem belongs somewhere in the server section.
    I am very crossed about this, as I have been calling apple support twice, they told me to chip on all the remote functions in sharing, and since remote management chips off screen sharing, I wondered but did what they told me to do. I am now working on my laptop on an open network, but don't see my home computer that has been set ready for back to my mac.
    I am crossed as support did not even know what back to my mac is or was, and if they then after some holding on tell me to do the remote stuff, it still does not work. My router and computer have firewall off, nothing is really blocking incoming traffic to my home computer.
    Steve jobs and the apple home page make it look like kids play, why is it so hard for me then?
    The only real manual for this is the silly kiddly like movie on the back to mac feature, nowhere but nowhere do I find an actual guide to find settings, net werk settings, what to chip on or off...
    I have played with the UPnP of my router, the only thing I have not done so far is the port mapping thing.
    I was able to screen share with my son in Belgium from England, that part works, so I think that I am not so stupid as I do feel now....
    Why is taking me so much trouble and aggrevation to get it to work. Both laptop and home computer have leopard, have sharing on, have firewall off, I am so annoyed right now....

    Hi, Catherine,
    This forum is for Apple Remote Desktop, Apple's utility for managing networked Macs, so it really wouldn't seem to be the most appropriate place for your question.
    I'm a bit puzzled, though, as to what it is you're trying to do. What "back to my Mac" are you referring to? If you're referring to the "Back to My Mac" that's a feature of Apple's .Mac service, that's a function only available if you're running Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, but your profile says that you're running Mac OS X 10.4. If you are indeed running 10.5 and that is the function you're talking about, the best place to ask for help will be the Back to My Mac forum.
    If that's not what you're referring to, please explain further what it is you're trying to do and perhaps we can direct you to the forum where you'll be most likely to get help.
    Regards.

  • Back To My Mac: why can't I copy files between Macs?

    I use Back To My Mac to connect between a Mac Book Pro and Mac Pro. These two machines have the same home directory name, but different passwords. My home network is on an Apple Airport Extreme.
    A recent, persistent bug is causing havoc when I try to copy files between computers. Here is what happens:
    1. I connect to the Mac Pro remotely from the MBP, using my Apple ID credentials.
    2. Using a finder window on my Mac Book Pro, I try to copy a file TO the Mac Pro desktop that I'm certain doesn't already exist there. A "Preparing to copy" window appears.
    3. After a few moments, a window appears: "Finder wants to make changes. Type your password to allow this." Again, I've already entered my Apple ID to connect to the Mac Pro. This window requires my Mac Book Pro sign-in in order to continue.
    4. The next message is 'A newer item named “FileName.pdf” already exists in this location. Do you want to replace it with the older one you’re moving?'
    Here are the results of my options from this dialog:
    >>If I choose 'Keep Both Files':
    -- A progress window appears (saying something like "copying 0 of 108 kb", but without any progress bar movement). I click the X button to stop the transfer, the progress window changes to "stopping" status, but remains on the screen for several minutes. My Mac Pro is unresponsive/unreachable via BTMM during this time.
    -- After several minutes, the file transfer progress window disappears and my Mac Pro becomes available again via BTMM. There are now several THOUSAND numbered copies of the original. Each is 0 kb in size.
    >>If I choose 'Replace':
    -- A progress window appears, quickly followed by this message: 'The operation can’t be completed because an item with the name “” already exists.' The message appears exactly as written, without the filename between the quotes.
    -- A file with the same name as the one I tried to copy over is now on the Mac Pro desktop, but it is 0 kb in size.
    I'm lost -- not sure if this is a permissions issue, a problem w/ BTMM, or something else. Any input, advice, questions, etc. are very welcome.
    Thanks

    I'm having the exact same issue, did you find a solution. It's annoying!

  • HT4867 Problem, I can no longer admin my kids' computers using back to my mac

    Now that the kids need to use their own icloud account to sync the ipods, computers and update apps I can no longer use my ID to manage their computers remotely.  Why not a separate spot to log in for back to my mac outside the icloud ... this is a problem.  Now all of MY comptuers are no longer accessable on my account because of the need for the kids to use other iCloud access to keep their stuff updated.

    These are all MY computers ... my teen children just happen to be the ones that use them.  My point / question is aimed at the fact that Apple has now illiminated the last few features that were any use to me by forcing this move to iCloud. 
    It is not possible to screen share with any computer that is not listed on your back to MY mac  since screen share is part of that same system.
    Now that the kids each need to have Icloud access to keep the ipods updated I can no longer do system updates with out sitting in front of each computer to do each update. This is a major waste of my time. Previously, I could just screen share and update them all from my office at MY business.
    I was happy paying for mobile me and first they striped out "groups" which was a feature I was using, now they are killing Idisk which I was using and file sharing which I was using and web hosting which I was using, pretty much leaving only features that I have no use for remaining.
    I had planned on buying Ipads and few more computers in the near future but I am so disappointed in the direction Apple took icloud I think I am done buying any more Apple hardware until they return some features to Icloud that I need. 
    Judging from this answer you must not have any teen kids to try to "admin" systems for.  This situation requires Apple to acknolage that they need to add an administration access to back to my mac that works around the individual users ID.
    Itunes has a seperate ID access ... why not do the same with Back to My Mac??? Admin level and user level???
    Icloud is now totally useless to me.

  • BT Home Hub 3 + Back To My Mac / Port Forwarding

    I've recently got BT Infinity and along with it a BT Home Hub 3 which doesn't seem to be playing nicely with Back to my Mac.
    The setup on the Mac side of things is correct and I can see my remote computer but I just can't connect to them, or vice versa. The Back to My Mac preference is showing that the router needs configuring for better performance.
    I've ensured UPnP is enabled and forwarded the following ports to the device:
    TCP 5354
    UDP 4500
    UDP 5353
    UDP 500
    UDP/TCP 4488
    Which I found listed in http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1629
    After doing some checks on these ports using http://canyouseeme.org it would seem that only one of these ports is open, and even then it's occassional.
    BT seem to state on http://bt.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/12529/~/why-do-i-get-an-error-message-when-using-appl... that 'Back to My Mac' isn't compatible and this is due to a compatibility issue on Apple's part. Frustratingly this article doesn't indicate a date when this was posted. Never the less, I would presume this could only be UPnP related — i.e. the necessary ports won't open automatically. I'm unsure of what other compatibility issues there would be. If the ports are open it should work fine.
    I've read numerous threads in many forums about the BT Home Hub 3 port forwarding not working correctly, is this still true? If so, surely the device should be deemed faulty or a firmware update should have been put in place by now to resolve this. I can't seem to find any recent articles regarding this.
    Thanks in advance for any help!
    Solved!
    Go to Solution.

    Hi ollie,
    If you're still having problems with this please feel free to contact us via the webform link in my profile and we'll check to see what the current status of the investigations with Back to my Mac is.
    Cheers
    Dean
    BTCare Community Mod
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  • Back to a Mac or not???

    To go back to a Mac or not that is the question more or
    less...
    My last experience with a Mac way System 7 days on a Mac
    IIsi.
    I have been using Windows for a while now and man, I'm am
    just tired of patch the patch, worms, spyware.
    The big question is what problems will I run into on a Mac
    Powerbook with Dreamweaver and MS Access databases?
    I guess, I will have to use CS2, yuck... I'm a Corel guy 8)

    > To go back to a Mac or not that is the question more or
    less...
    >
    > My last experience with a Mac way System 7 days on a Mac
    IIsi.
    There's been a few updates since then. ;o)
    > The big question is what problems will I run into on a
    Mac Powerbook with
    > Dreamweaver and MS Access databases?
    Well, if you want to use OSX on your mac, the biggest problem
    is that you
    can't run Access on OSX.
    Granted, you probably shouldn't be using Access for web work
    to begin
    with...
    If you are using Access, I'm guessing you are also using ASP.
    ASP requires
    IIS to run and IIS will not run on OSX either.
    Of course, you can install Windows on a Mac, so you could buy
    your Mac and
    use it as a windows machine, but then you're back with having
    the same ol'
    windows probelms it sounds like you want to get away from.
    Alternatively,
    you could run Windows in virtualization mode on top of OSX,
    which would be
    nice.
    Bottom line, though, if you are a web developer that works
    mainly with
    Microsoft technologies (.net, asp, access, etc.) it probably
    makes sense to
    stick with a Microsoft OS.
    Otherwise, the Mac is a great web developer platform. OSX can
    easily run
    Apache, PHP and the like. As mentioned, you can also run
    Windows so it
    becomes a great testing computer as well.
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