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#WINDOWS ACCESS FOR MAC WINDOWS 10#

Just like with Windows, you first have to set up your Mac for screen sharing. YouвЂ™re not going to be able to use Remote Desktop, but thatвЂ™s okay because thereвЂ™s a free client called RealVNC viewer that does the trick nicely. Connecting to a Mac from a Windows PCД¬onnecting to a Mac from a Windows PC is a little different. You can use remote desktop to check on a jobвЂ™s progress or start tasks without actually being physically at the machine. For example, your Windows PC may be a super beefy machine you use to do compiling or rendering.

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If we want to mess with our Windows 10 test machine, we donвЂ™t need to actually be there.ДЄs we mentioned, beingВ able to connect to a Windows machine is a pleasant convenience. Once youвЂ™ve successfully connected to your Windows PC from your Mac, your Windows desktop will appear. Remember, if you didnвЂ™t previously enter anything in the connection credentials, you will see the login screen when you first connect. To confirm changes to your certificate trust settings, you will need to enter your system password. If you donвЂ™t want to see this warning dialog in the future, click вЂњShow CertificateвЂќ and then check the вЂњAlways trust вЂ¦вЂќ option as shown below. When you connect to a new client, youвЂ™ll likely see a Verify Certificate dialog.

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The rest of the Remote Desktop connectionвЂ™s settings concern resolution, colors, and full screen options. The advantage of using the computer name over an IP address is that the name remains the same unless you change it, whereas IP addresses can change from time to time. If you canвЂ™t remember what you named your computer, you can find that information on the вЂњSystemвЂќ control panel. In the command prompt, type вЂњipconfigвЂќ and hit вЂњReturn.вЂќ You want to use the IPv4 address it gives you. Use the keyboard shortcut вЂњWindows + RвЂќ and then type вЂњcmdвЂќ to open a command prompt. If you want to know what your PCвЂ™s name and/or IP address is, you need to check. Also, if you do not want to enter your user name and password every time you connect, you can addВ them toВ the вЂњCredentials.вЂќ Not entering any credentials means that when you connect to your Windows machine, you will need to log into an account. We donвЂ™t worry about configuring a gateway because weвЂ™re connecting to our PC within our local network. Next to вЂњConnection nameвЂќ we give it a friendly name while the вЂњPC nameвЂќ is either the name we gave our target PC or its IP address.

LetвЂ™s take a moment, however, to click вЂњEditвЂќ and show you whatвЂ™s involved. In our example, weвЂ™ve already set up a user profile, which is ready for action. Remote Desktop will be installed in your MacвЂ™s ApplicationвЂ™s folder.

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You also want to make sure you install the Microsoft Remote Desktop client on your Mac. Open the System Properties and click the вЂњRemoteвЂќ tab, then make sure вЂњAllow remote connections to this computerвЂќ is enabled. To connect to a Windows PC, you must first turn on remote connections.

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