Remote Desktop and Remote Access

I am a very new Mac user but have extensive PC experience. I work in the IT industry and I find the use of Remote Desktop very useful. How can I setup my Mac to be able to access it when I am not at home?

What machine and operating system do you wish to access it from?

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  • Setting up Remote Desktop Apps for access from a Mac with 2FA

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    Hi,
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  • Apple Remote Desktop and controlling over VPN

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  • Remote Desktop and Airport

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    Harry Ringwood wrote:
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  • Remote Desktop and Snow Leopard Server

    What is the best way to use Remote Desktop with Snow Leopard Server?
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    Thanx for your reply.
    I should have stated that this is my personal computer and if any one should be the administrator I would think it would be me.

  • Apple Remote Desktop and WildBlue Excede

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  • Only Remote-Desktop and Replication with 0.0 Reduction

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    My Best Regards,
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    As you said, you need to only send the changes over the line.
    Java can not tell you what has changed, so you need to either write some JNI, or do a check on the current image, with the last image. (this would eat quite a bit of CPU time on the server).
    It might be worth looking at the source for VNC, and other simler products.
    The simpliest solution would be to split the image into blocks of x by y pixels, then do a pixel-by-pixel check on that block, and only send the block if it has changed.
    Next thing to think about is scrapping RMI, and using raw sockets. RMI has a fair sized overhead.
    Zipping a JPEG is unlikely to have any effect. A JPEG is already compressed.
    You might want to look at a lossless compression format, like PNG, as the JPEG will have articles. This might be acceptable. If so, changing the compression ratio of the JPEG might be an option.
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  • Remote control and remote desktop client in sccm 2012 ?

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