Mac to Mac

[David Ure]

I'm using the free version of RealVNC. On my PowerBook G4 I can use  
it to peer into any PC I put RealVNC on. It's been a genuine pleasure  
to access PCs as easily as I do my Macs with Apple's Remote Desktop  
and being allowed to work with the user as they are logged in  
simultaneously.

However, when I try to use the same beta version of RVNC on another  
Mac that I use on my PowerBook, I get an incompatible version error  
when I try to access the remote Mac. Right now, you're probably  
asking yourself, "Why's he need RVNC when he's got ARD for this task?"

The reason is this: I can only control one Mac at a time with ARD,  
and there are times I would like to have a second window open  
controlling a second machine. Had an example of this just the other  
day. Our agriculture teacher, one of my power users, was having  
difficulty accessing most of his files on our server--most but not,  
which was driving me crazy as you can imagine. It would have saved a  
lot of time if I could have had one window open in ARD to change  
settings on the server and watch the results--and also have a window  
open where I could both watch and control the computer he was on.

I could have done so if he were on a PC using RVNC, but I can't with  
it installed on a Mac.

Any thoughts as to what I'm doing wrong? For what I need and am doing  
with RVNC, the setup seemed awfully simple and straightforward, which  
is one of the reasons RVNC has been such a joy to use. Is it because  
the software's beta? All help will be appreciated.

My thanks to you all,


David Ure, Technology Coordinator
Wapello Community School District
501 Buchanan Avenue
Wapello, Iowa 52653
319-527-1209, fax: 319-523-4408
dure "at" wapello.k12.ia.us
Skype: davidure

"If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save  
the few who are rich." -- JFK Inaugural Address