Reader Sally Everhart would like to stay in touch with her Mac from afar . She writes :
Our office has a couple of shared Macs along with the computers at our desks . There are times when I ’m working on my MacBook in my office but want to work with a document that ’s on that partake Mac ( where I have an account ) . The problem is that someone else is usually using that Mac with an account of their own . Is there some way , other than asking that person to sign out , for me to get at my account on this computer ? We ’re all using Mountain Lion .
As you ’re in all likelihood aware , both Lion and Mountain Lion have screenland share-out built in . This think that if the screen communion selection has been switch over on in the Sharing system druthers for the Mac you want to divvy up and the computers are on the same internet , you may request license to view another Mac ’s blind as well as control it remotely .
The vast majority of citizenry use this feature to command the currently lead story on a remote Mac . So , Joe is sitting in front of his Mac , using the Joe account . Jane , across the floor , asks Joe ’s permit to share his Mac ’s concealment ( still running under his account ) so that she can show him how to manage the later troll of documentation for the Smithers account . When she ’s complete , she quits filmdom share-out and Joe once again has control of his Mac .
But it ’s also possible to log into another Mac and share and manipulate an accountotherthan the one that ’s currently go . The person sit down at that Mac can continue doing their work while you also work with the same Mac in your own account . It go like this :
Open a Finder windowpane on your Mac . Under the Shared drift in the sidebar select the remote Mac you wish to sour with . In the surface area to the right select Share Screen . A Screen Sharing window will appear offering two options . The first , label Share Display , is the one to take if you want to share and control the Mac using the currently combat-ready news report . So , using our lesson , you control Joe ’s account , which is front and core .
The other option , enter , is the one you ’d choose for the scenario you outlined . Click it and you ’ll be taken to that other Mac ’s login screen . pick out the report you want to use , introduce the parole for that account , and press out the Return keystone to connect to the chronicle you pick out . In short order , a window represent that account ’s background will appear . ( If you like , you may click the Full Screen button in the top - right quoin to fill your Mac ’s filmdom with this image . )
you may then act with that account almost as if you were sitting in front of that computing equipment . And by “ almost ” I signify that you may experience some lag — you chatter on something and there ’s a slight delay before the Mac respond , for exercise , or the cursor does n’t move smoothly .
If Joe is the observing form , the Screen Sharing ikon that appears in the bill of fare saloon of the Mac you ’re now both using will give him some monition that someone else is using the Mac at the same time he is , but he should n’t notice any performance conflict . When you ’re end with your oeuvre on that computer , tap your own Screen Sharing icon and select DisconnectIP savoir-faire , whereIP addressis , of track , the IP address of the Mac you logged into . Do that and the Screen Sharing icon will also disappear from the Mac you were controlling .
