{"id":471,"date":"2008-05-16T08:41:50","date_gmt":"2008-05-16T14:41:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.davintosh.com\/2008\/05\/16\/stupid-computer-trick-vnc-echo\/"},"modified":"2008-05-16T08:41:50","modified_gmt":"2008-05-16T14:41:50","slug":"stupid-computer-trick-vnc-echo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davintosh.com\/index.php\/2008\/05\/16\/stupid-computer-trick-vnc-echo\/fun\/","title":{"rendered":"Stupid Computer Trick \u2014 VNC Echo"},"content":{"rendered":"

At work I’m messing around with<\/del> setting up a new machine running Leopard… I was having trouble figuring out how best to access network shares and a helpful guy on the Apple Support Discussions Board pointed me to the Columns View in a Finder Window. When you click on the icon for a machine on the network that has file and Apple Remote Desktop (ARD) screen sharing enabled, you get two buttons; Connect As… and Share Screen…<\/p>\n

Now while I was setting up the Leopard machine, I had it sitting in the opposite corner of my cubicle with a standard mouse & keyboard attached, and was getting some wrist pain from that, so I set up ARD screen sharing through VNC on the Leopard machine so I could control it from my PowerBook or the PC. I also have ARD screen sharing through VNC set up on my PowerBook, so…<\/p>\n

When I finally figured out to look for the Connect As… button in the the Columns View, of course my first thought when I saw that Share Screen… button was, “Hmmm. What does that do?” So being the geek that I am I clicked it, it asked for my password, and up popped a view of my PowerBook screen. Inside that was a view of the Leopard screen, and inside that was a view of my PowerBook screen, and inside that… You get the idea. Very cool indeed!<\/p>\n

Oh, and I almost forgot… I’m controlling my PowerBook through my Lenovo PC via Synergy and QuickSynergy (my post on that here<\/a>). So it’s Lenovo — PowerBook — Leopard on Intel — PowerBook — Leopard on Intel — PowerBook — Leopard on Intel — ad infinitum… <\/p>\n

vnc_ard_echo_sm.jpg<\/a>
\n(click on the image for a full-size screenshot)<\/em><\/p>\n

Vine Viewer is able to record movies of what’s going on, and once I figure out how to get the file size down a ways (right now it’s full-resolution, and 240MB) I’ll post it, just for fun.<\/p>\n

Update: Here it is. Enjoy!<\/p>\n

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