Macbook and G4 pro

ok so i have had a G4 tower sitting in my closet for some time now and i was wondering if theres some way i can browse the files on there, i tried remote desktop but i cant figure it out and i dont exactly have another monitor. any help?? thanks!

You have to hold down the "t" key on the keyboard attached to the G4 tower, not the MacBook, while the G4 tower is starting up. This should have no effect whatsoever on the display of the MacBook.
If you only want to use the hard drive insde the G4 tower as a backup, it'a s pretty expensive and complicated set-up. Or did you mean you want to back up the files FROM the G4 tower to the MacBook?
-Doug

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i am wondering what the easiest way to access my mac pro's files remotely and save to it from my macbook when i am not on the same network?
i do most of my work on my mac pro, however when i am out of town i would like to save to my mac pro FROM my macbook, keeping everything all synched!
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[Aperture 2 Multiple Libraries|http://photo.rwboyer.com/2008/09/managing-aperture-2-on-multiple-comp uters>
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