Screen Sharing from the Dock in Leopard
Have two Macs on the same network? It is rather easy to connect to another Mac via Screen Sharing in the Finder, but I have found another quick way of controlling another Mac rather quickly from the Dock. This tip may be better suited for the techno-savvy crowd.
Screen Sharing.app is found here: /System/Library/CoreServices/Screen Sharing.app. Just drag the Application icon to the Dock! If you open Screen Sharing this way, the Application will ask you for the Host Name of the Mac you wish to connect to. I.P. Addresses can be typed here, but thanks to a tip Brian sent in, you can just type the name of the computer you are trying to connect to i.e. if you have a G5 sitting across the network, just type G5. If you have named the computer in Network Preferences, then type that name.
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brian
you can just type in the afp host name at the prompt. then you dont need the ip address. for example, i just type mini and screen sharing works fine from the dock.
Nov 5th, 2007 9:46 am
steveblue
wow, that’s an awesome tip brian! I’ll put it in the post!
Nov 5th, 2007 11:59 am