ATTENDING: Tom B, Bob S, Jerry
L, Larry T, John K, Jack H and Bill N.
TOPIC: REMOTE CONTROL
YOUR MAC
Using a ten-year-old
iBook G3/500mhz, Tom demonstrated how easy it was to create an account
at LogMeIn.com.
An active e-mail address becomes your LogMeIn user name while the password
is up to you. In a few seconds, Tom was able to connect the iBook to
a MacBook at his home. He was able to login to the remote (host) computer,
open applications, copy & paste between computers, send e-mails,
play music and view the garden via the built-in camera. (see pictures
of login steps and read demo
notes). Tom noted that he was recently able to log into his home
computer while stranded in Italy by
the volcano.
LogMeIn
Free includes:
• Access from any Internet-connected web browser
• Access to a Windows PC or Mac
• Remote control and desktop viewing
• Copy and paste between computers
• Wake on LAN
• Reboot/reconnect (including safe mode)
• Basic reports (remote access sessions and user access)
• Chat
• AES 256-bit encryption
• SSL/TLS intrusion detection
• IP address lockout
• No need for firewall, router or proxy configuration
• No requirement for remote PC admin rights
Cool
graphic showing current LogMeIn connectivity throughout the world
Q + A
Question: How much bandwidth
is required to use LogMeIn?
Answer: At idle (not during
a remote session), LogMeIn generates about 200 bytes a minute on every
host computer.
It just "pings" the gateway to tell it that the LogMeIn computer
is still online. For connecting and doing non-remote control work, any
always-on internet connection is sufficient. For a remote control
session, we recommend at least 10 KB/s (that's KBytes, not Kbits) or
higher connection on each end.
Remote control performance depends on the screen resolution and color
depth, plus available bandwidth, but 10-12KB should be okay. Anything
above 30-40KB/s should provide a decent remote control experience. If
you are unsure of your connection speed, or just want to check, please
go to speedtest.net,
and run a speed test. The result will be given in Kilobits (Kb),
and to convert it to KiloBytes, please divide the result by 8.
Question: How can you
convert text wording into a JPG image?
Question: Lately my Safari
browser is becoming very sluggish in loading certain sites and the
beachball of death starts spinning as an error message pops up describing
a problem with an Adobe Flash script. Force-quitting is usually the
only remedy. What is causing this?
Answer: Possible conflicts
with Adobe Flash. Disabling Safari prefs for Java and internet plugins
helps speed up the page loading but of course certain features don't
show up. Steve Jobs had some recent
comments about Adobe Flash problems.
Question: Why are some
websites showing up in my browser as Text without any graphics? It
doesn't happen everytime. And the pref settings are the same.
Answer: Don't know.
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Keyboard
Shortcut : Command-Shift-4 then press SPACEBAR will
capture all of contents of an open window as well as the window itself.
Hover camera image over preferred window and click. (See more
KB shortcuts)
Bean -
a small, easy-to-use word processor (or more precisely, a rich text
editor), designed to make writing convenient, efficient and comfortable.
Bean is Open Source, fully Cocoa, and is available free of charge!
Features: live word count, inspector panel, full screen mode, find
and replace with regular expressions. OSX 10.4 or higher.. (Download 3.8mb)
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- www.hportmug.com