Shortcuts over Screen Sharing

Hello,
I am using Screen Sharing to remote control a machine that can handle tasks that my MBP cannot.
It allows me to do everything from the keyboard/pad of my MBP, no extra interfaces, which is very handy, I love it.
The only issue I encounter is with the use of keyboard shortcuts - while "in" Screen Sharing, some shortcuts apply to the master machine (e.g. iTunes default shortcuts) and some others to the slave machine (e.g. Finder "delete" shortcut).
What's the rule, how does it work?
I did set up a series of custom shortcuts via Quicksilver to run Applescripts controlling iTunes, and I'd like to have them working (=taking effect on the master machine) while being in Screen Sharing, which is not the case at the moment.
Any idea on how to achieve that?
Thanks a lot in advance,
Adrien

I've been complaining about this problem for a long time too. Just bought a new Mini X Server which I would like to run headless. It's silly that Time Machine won't redraw properly - actually making TM more or less useless if you are accessing it using VNC or Time Machine.
Come on Apple...

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Sorry if that didn't come out right. I should have taken the time to get the correct labels off of the user preferences dialogue and it would have made more sense.
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http://support.apple.com/kb/PH3866
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