Connecting to my Mac through PCs?

Hopefully this is the place to ask such a questiom:
I am wanting to access my Mac from lab based PCs on campus. The PCs are equipped with Remote Connection Clients. Is it possible to remote in to my Mac? Thanks!

Thanks ToeKnee! I don't mean to sound like a noob or anything here, but how exactly does one set up RealVNC to work with my Mac? I installed Remote Desktop on my Mac, and have it running under "Sharing" in the System Preferences. Now do all I have to do is install RealVNC on the Win XP box, enter in the IP location it gives me in the Mac System Preferences, and enter my password? Then I'd be all set? Thanks for your help!

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I have samsung corby gts3653 mobile and need to connect internet to mac through it but it doesn't have wifi and pcsuite for mac and how could i able to connect it through gprs? GPRS is active in mobile but unable to link it with macbook pro(using lion os)

i have samsung corby gts3653 mobile and need to connect internet to mac through it but it doesn't have wifi and pcsuite for mac and how could i able to connect it, through gprs? GPRS is active in mobile but unable to link it with macbook pro(using lion os) can any one reply.

Until the MacBook Air was released and supported in 10.5, the Mac did not consider USB to be a valid Networking Protocol. So set the Mac with USB solutions aside.
To connect computer-to-computer, you typically need to be using an Ethernet crossover cable. Assigning the same address to two Ethernet devices is never the solution -- it gives a Network Conflict, just as you said.
If your Windows box has some mechanism for Sharing its WiFi connection over Ethernet, you would have to follow its rules. Whether that means Manually assigning an Ethernet Address in the same range or the PC will provide the Address, I do not know.
Best success may be running an Ethernet cable to your Wired/Wireless Base Station, or using a "gaming adapter" (Ethernet-to-Wireless no drivers required) connected to the Mac's Ethernet port to give it WiFi access. What is your Base Station {Cable, DSL, FIOS, Other} ? Ethernet cables can be up to 100 meters (an American Football Field). Often the Base Station can be moved closer for more convenience.

Printing to a printer connected to a Mac through a PC?

Alright so I have been having this problem that has been going on for a few days now. Every night after I get home from school I spend hours trying to figure out how to get my Windows 7 laptop to print to my printer that is connected to my iMac.
Now, my iMac is not connected to my wireless router. My iMac is connected to my router using airport and the printer is connected to my iMac via USB.
I have installed the printer through Windows and then ran the drivers and the printer is on my computer. I go to print and in the queue all it says is "Spooling" and it stays like that for about 5, maybe 10 minutes and then disappears and nothing ever prints.
So then I installed Bonjour on my PC and ran that. It installed the printer again, but this time with a different name. I figured it would work because its an official Apple thing, and well, I assumed it would fix the problem... but it did not.
So I have tried troubleshooting, nothing works. I have printer sharing checked off on my Mac settings. I also have smb sharing for Windows computers. If it makes a difference, I can access my Windows computer as a server through my iMac to share files... don't know if that changes anything.
So yea, if anyone might know how to help me here I would greatly appreciate it. I have been struggling with this for days now and all I want is my setup to work correctly.
Thanks a lot!

Hello and welcome to Apple Discussions.
Bonjour for Windows installed on Win7 is a good start. The Bonjour Add Printer Wizard will guide you through the install. When it gets to the printer model stage, select Generic PostScript. Don't use the driver for the model of printer you have - this can cause problems. Note that even if the printer you have does not support PostScript it does not matter because the Mac will convert the incoming spool file into the appropriate format to suit the printer.
Also, you will need to ensure that you have Printer Sharing enabled on the iMac. You mentioned having it "checked off". Not sure if this was a typo but please ensure this is enabled.
Pahu

Airport connection timeout on Mac mini PCs works fine

Hi
I'm having trouble with my Macmini since I upgrade to Leopards latest updates. My girlfriends PC connects with no problem and also my company PC. It's just the Mac thats having trouble. I've had it for 2 years with Tiger and its just been working fine all the time. Then I bougth Leopard and a Time capsule for Christmas and I didn't realy had any trouble until the 10.5.6 update installed then it has been nothing but trouble. I did get it to work by following some instructions I found on the Net. For a day or two it worked fine then I upgraded the Time capsule then it was gone again. I bought the mac for it simplicyty but now its giving me a hard time. Anybody having a suggestion please

I have a similar problem. Though I couldn't get my Mac Mini (just got it 2 weeks ago) to ever connect through AirPort. My router (LinkSys) is in the same room as the mini. Sometimes mini can't even see my network but it does see a couple of other WLANs in my proximity.
I have no problems finding and connecting with my black MacBook and my girlfriends HP Pavilion.

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Just opened the box with my new printer. How can I get my Mac, Windows PC, and Windows Laptop to wirelessly print to my new HP Laserjet Pro 400 M401n? We have Uverse wifi. Can I connect the printer to the Uvererse or some get wifi access from these devices to the printer. Also have iphones and ipads, but that's another issue for later.

Hi MartyinLA,
Welcome to the HP Support Forums! To get your issue more exposure I would suggest posting it in the commercial forums since this is a commercial product. You can do this at http://h30499.www3.hp.com/hpeb/
I hope this helps!
HevnLgh
I work on behalf of HP
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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?

My Time Capsule expired and no longer works. My printer (a HP) will now not work as it still wishes to connect through the Time Capsule. It will not allow itself be recognised through a USB connection to my Mac. Anyone got any ideas?

My Time Capsule expired and no longer works. My printer (a HP) will now not work as it still wishes to connect through the Time Capsule. It will not allow itself be recognised through a USB connection to my Mac. Anyone got any ideas?

You will need to install the printer on your Mac
Open System Preferences (gear icon) on the dock
Open Print & Fax
Click the + (plus) button at the bottom of the printer list
Wait for your printer to appear in the next box, then click it to highlight it
Click Add at the lower right
Be sure to select the correct printer when you try to print as you will see your printer listed twice. Good idea to make the printer now installed on your Mac the default printer so you do not have to choose which printer to use each time you want to print.
You can also go into Print & Fax, select the printer associated with the Time Capsule and click the - (minus) button if you want to delete that location.

I am trying to connect my mac and PC through my network. the pc can seen and connect with the mac, but my mac can only see the pc it can't connect. how do i fix this?

i am trying to connect my mac and PC through my network. the pc can seen and connect with the mac, but my mac can only see the pc it can't connect. how do i fix this?

FORCE IPAD INTO RECOVERY MODE
1. Turn off iPad
2. Turn on computer and launch iTune (make sure you have the latest version of iTune)
3. Plug USB cable into computer's USB port
4. Hold Home button down and plug the other end of cable into docking port. Do not release button until you see picture of iTune and plug.
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ON COMPUTER
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HT5219 Can I use 2 displays when I connect a 1920x1080 display through Thunderbolt to the 27 cinema display when it´s connected to the all new 13" Mac Book Air with thunderbolt?

Can I use 2 displays when I connect a 1920x1080 display through Thunderbolt to the 27 cinema display when it´s connected to the all new 13" Mac Book Air with thunderbolt?

Thank you, I have read that I could daisy chain the HD RAID enclosure on one of the thunderbolt ports with another monitor, if the monitor were at the end of the chain, but I do not know if the other port would still simultaneously support yet another external display at the same time.

Airport connection between 2 Macs

I have an iMac intel with OS 10.4.11 and a G4 Power Mac with OS 10.4.3 (need to upgrade) and I would like to network with airport. I have tried everything that I can find but with no success. Can anyone tell me in easy to follow steps how to make this work. I use airport on either/both of my Macs to connect to the internet through a router connected to PCs and have no direct connection to that router.

As I recall internet sharing is not a feature in OS 9, but there was software that implemented it on those older systems. I used this software quite some time ago - IPNetRouter by Sustainable Software.

Connect to Server HTTPs through Proxy Server Problem

I am trying to connect through a company proxy via port 8080 to a https connection on a server so that it can mount on a desktop. Using 10.4.11 on Mac Pro
The connection works http through the company network and works http and https through my home network. The company require we use secure connections or something they will supply which will be out of date and clunky to use. I am using FullSwitch as a workflow so need the volume to mount.
Basically I do the following:
Go
Connect to Server
type address https://??????????????????/???????
I then get a Proxy Auth where I put my domain, user name and password
A certificate is then returned and I press continue
It then attempts to pass through the proxy tunnel to connect but just keeps going and going......
It should come up at this point with the server login but it doesn't
We are told by the IT team which only supports PCs that it is then that the Mac tries to create 2000+ connections but doesn't just creates lots of network traffic.
In between us and the proxy we sit behind a firewall but are told that there are no rules to stop https etc. I can connect to the site through Safari via https but as I need to upload files I need to be able to mount via https as a volume
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Many thanks for your reply. We can use ftp but can not tunnel sftp through the proxy.
As I use fullswitch for automation I would like to keep the simplicity of mounting the server as files can be uploaded easily. Currently using http no problems but am being forced to use https from IT Security and of course being in a large corporation with only 35 Macs they say they don't support Macs and hey you have to do it our way or else. Driving me mad.
Sorry for going off on one but it is so frustrating as the supplier we are sending to wants the files the way we currently send them as they have their system workflow but my company wants us to use their sftp system that is clunky for in and out going file connections forcing suppliers to go to our sftp servers and not us supplying to them.....................
Right then I currently use Transmit with Type 7 on the proxy type for FTPing files using FTP Protocol not SFTP and have no problems going to the sites we have asked to get specific access to (again takes 2-14 days to get all the firewall rules changed to allow access to new ftp sites we are given, very efficient working practice)
So as you can see I really want to get the https working as it is the best option for workflow if IT security want us to secure.
Many thanks, again sorry for my ranting

How do I connect both a Mac and PC to Apple TV Home Sharing?

Goal
- I am trying to share both my PC and Mac through my Apple TV2 on the "Computers" home sharing menu.
- These are 2 seperate iTunes accounts as they are 2 different owners of the PC and Macbook.
- However, home sharing only allows me to have one at a time, can I not have 2 computers connected?
(The menu is in fact plural and says "Computers" not "Computer")
Attempt
-I turn on home sharing on my PC with my PC iTunes account, it then shows up on the "Computers" list as PC
-I turn on home sharing on my Mac with my Mac iTunes account, it then shows up on the "Computers" list as Mac, but it deletes the PC share
Troubleshoot
-So I started from scatch and connected the PC share with my PC itunes account, it shows up,
-Then I connect the Mac home sharing with the same iTunes login as my PC, but it also erases my PC from the "Computers" list and just displays the Mac.
Question
-How do I connect both a Mac and PC to Apple TV Home Sharing?
-I want them both to show up in the "Computers" list.
-So the final result will look like this on my Apple TV menu:
Computers
-PC
-Mac
whew... I'm out of breath... I hope there is an Apple Genius out there that can help.
Thanks!

After retrying the home share with the SAME ITUNES ACCOUNT ON HOME SHARING I finally got it to work.

"Connection Failed" when trying to connect to another Mac on my wireless network.

Hi,
I am having an intermittent problem with the connectivity between my iMac and Mac Pro - the latter is the media server for our house. Occasionally my Apple TV's seem to lose connectivity to the Mac Pro too which is a real pain. Both Macs are running Mavericks and the Apple TVs are running the latest software too.
If I try to connect to the Mac Pro in Finder on my iMac, the Mac Pro is there but when I click on it I get "Connection Failed". Rebooting both computers seems to fix the problem but is far from ideal when mid way through a film!
The messages in console on my iMac when I try to connect to the Mac Pro in Finder is:
14/03/2014 10:20:33.542 sharingd[253]: SDSharePointBrowser::handleOpenCallBack returned -5999
14/03/2014 10:23:34.180 locationd[82]: could not open write stream for /var/db/locationd/clients.plist
I'm not sure if this provides a clue?
Thanks in anticipation,
Rob

I've managed to connect OK using Connect as. So at least that part is solved. I will see if I can get any diagnostics as to why the Apple TV drops out.

Hi I am trying to connect a new mac to an existing time capsule but Airport Utility is just not picking it up. What am I missing?

I have tried to connect the new mac to an existing time capsule both directly through ethernet and through wifi. Both times I get Internet connection OK but Airport Utility is stuck searching for the base station. I have two existing macs which are connected fine and have both been backing up quite happily. The first two macs are the same user (me) and the new one is for a different user in the house. All the macs are running Mavericks.
I have tried rebooting the time capsule and the new mac - didn't help.
Any information as to what I can try would be most welcome.
Many thanks

Hi All
I have solved my problem! It was the old chestnut the firewall issue. We have McAfee firewalls on our machines and the wifi network was set up as a public rather than a home network. I changed it to Home or Work and het presto the time capsule appeared. I didn't have this problem with the other machines at all.
I hope this helps someone!!

I am trying to connect my macbook air through my led tv using hdmi but it won't work. I could not find arrangement option on my system preference. how do i make it appear again on my system preference so i can mirror it through my tv. thanks

I am trying to connect my macbook air through my led tv using hdmi but it won't work. I could not find arrangement option on my system preference. how do i make it appear again on my system preference so i can mirror it through my tv. thanks

Hi jenette,
If you are having issues using an HDTV via HDMI as an external display to your MacBook Air, you may find the following article helpful:
OS X: How to use multiple displays with your Mac in Mountain Lion and earlier
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht5019
(Note: You will generally only see the arrangement option in Displays when you are configured to use the external display in Extended Desktop mode; there is no arrangement in Mirroring as both screens are showing the same image.)
Regards,
- Brenden

Connecting to my Mac through PCs?

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