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bins
10th October 2007, 01:00 AM
Has anyone been able to properly communicate with Apple Remote Desktop (3.1) from a Windows Mobile device (Pocket PC)?

I can succesfully communicate with Apple Remote Desktop from my Windows XP desktop PC through the Real VNC client (be it with full resolution hence slow), but none of the Windows Mobile versions (Mocha, Real VNC, vnc viewer etc.) seem to allow connection (even though Apple advertises them) on my Athena running WM6 (original HTC Europe rom)...
I have no problem accessing the Mac through ftp from my mobile device and Real VNC on my Windows Mobile device allows me to perfectly control Windows PCs.

Any suggestions/help?
Or should I switch to VNC on all platforms?

Thanks in advance for your views.

dragon_76
12th October 2007, 05:13 AM
You have to explicitly state on your Mac that VNC applications can access it in your sharing preferences.

bins
14th October 2007, 10:16 AM
I ticked that option, entered a password.
I can access the Mac from WinXP, where I use Real VNC (full color only way to access hence slow), but I can`t seem to do that from WM...
What software are you using on WM to access your Mac?

dragon_76
16th October 2007, 07:27 AM
puTTY. I don't dare try to use a 400MHz device with 64MB of memory and a 320x240 screen to access a 1680x1050 screen. If you are familiar with Terminal, using SSH is a much better way to access your Mac.

bins
19th October 2007, 04:46 PM
In VGA mode it is not super, but I want just to be able to (quickly) do some checking...
I am not really familiar with terminal and SSH on the Mac unfortunately.
If you have any (links to) information or suggestions on settings, software etc., that would be extremely nice.
Thanks for your help so far!!
kind regards,
bins