vectorhands 0 Report post Posted May 8, 2016 Hi guys, Wondering if anybody has any recommendations for remote working/viewing options. I work a lot from home and even when I'm not working I'm often geeking out on Mograph stuff. Problem is that's not too fun for my partner and I'm sure she'd like some breathing space. I'm making a big push right now to get to the next level which can be hard with the distractions at home. Plus happy wife, happy life right? I'm lucky enough to be able to work late or at weekends from the studio I work for but my passion right now is learning X-Particles and Octane which they don't have. So I really would love to be able to remotely hook up my PC, to be operated and viewed through the imac at work. Any ideas? It would be nice not to have to waste power when I'm not using the PC remotely and I need a solution that is preferably free (or v.cheap!) and not laggy/overly compressed. Also bonus points for not needing to get too techy - I'm ok on the mac side and love my PC but not so good under the hood! Appreciate any insight Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
oeuf 0 Report post Posted May 8, 2016 I used to use LogMeIn, which at one point had a free option(not anymore). Pretty easy to setup, use and is cross-platform. You can give the free trial a go. https://secure.logmein.com/home/en/pro Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
simonfarussell 0 Report post Posted May 9, 2016 https://www.teamviewer.com/en/has been recommended and is free. Haven't tried it myself. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AromaKat 1 Report post Posted May 9, 2016 I'm a heavy user of teamviewer - but its definitely not an ideal to work for anything requiring realtime or color accuracy. RDP (Windows Remote Desktop) is pretty nice, but has similar issues. There are companies like http://www.teradici.com/that has hardware to stream a workstation from a server room to the desk, but that requires a dedicated ethernet cable (uses a different protocol over ethernet). Its expensive.. and I'm sure the experience is similar to that of Teamviewer when going outside of the local network. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vectorhands 0 Report post Posted May 10, 2016 Thanks guys, I tried Team Viewer but despite a solid speed/connection. It's just too laggy to use. A shame as I'd love to use Octane at work for client and personal projects. One day perhaps...or Apple will release something decent. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stoiqa 0 Report post Posted May 11, 2016 skype, share screen option (for clients) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hello.ahay 0 Report post Posted May 11, 2016 Chrome Remote Desktop is pretty good. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iline 0 Report post Posted June 2, 2016 TeamViewer got haXX0red http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/06/01/teamviewer_mass_breach_report/ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AromaKat 1 Report post Posted June 6, 2016 TeamViewer got haXX0red http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/06/01/teamviewer_mass_breach_report/ Correction: Other sites were hacked, and they have been using the details to log into teamviewer using the same credentials. Lesson: don't use the same password everywhere Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jblessing 0 Report post Posted June 8, 2016 Going PC to PC is all I have really done, and remote desktop that comes with windows 8.1 has been fine. They have also been trying out HP's option for cross platform stuff with some success here at work. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
