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Wednesday, June 6, 2007
I use LogMeIn for all of my clients PCs but have actually had to drop some of them from my companies support services when they moved to a Mac due to the lack of OSX support. Well, I’m happy to say, LogMeIn now offers a preview release of its superb remote control software for the Mac! Working on both PowerPC and Intel chips, LogMeIn will allow you to log into any Mac from any Mac or PC with an Internet connection. From within your browser, you’ll be able to click, drag, and type on your remote Mac’s screen. Help friends, family, or clients with computer issues by logging into remotely or connect to your Mac and edit files while away from your Mac. All for free.
I’ve already installed it on a Mac and tested the remote control feature from my Windows XP PC in Firefox as well as from my MacBook Pro’s Firefox browser. Like any other PC I’ve worked on, the Mac version worked like a charm. All features supported on the PC are replicated on the Mac, too.
Users will be able to install LogMeIn for free on any Mac by simply creating a free user account. Monthly subscriptions are offered as well which gives you features that IT departments thirst as well file transfer and printer use for a smaller monthly fee.
Thank you, LogMeIn for bringing your awesome software to the Mac! Now lets fix the screen redraw problem in the Java Viewer for the Mac! 
June 6th, 2007 at 17:35
i’ve been waiting for an app like this for years. i’m running windows xp and stuck behind a uber-aggressive enterprise firewall and have had no way to acces my mac at home. i’ve tried syncing with powerbooks and using flash memory cards and always, always there is that one file or bookmark i need that isn’t anywhere but on my home mac.
i find the screen redraw very slow even though i have a 3mb pipe at work and 768k upload from home although i haven’t experimented yet with lower resolutions–i’m running 1920×1080.
i noticed my account has ’subscriptions’ for the pro version, but i can’t figure out how to access those features. how do you set up file transfer? the remote machine is running windows xp.
/guy
June 6th, 2007 at 20:19
Who needs the Java version when LogMeIn now provides a full Safari client plug-in!
June 6th, 2007 at 21:36
Guy, this is still a beta release, so all the features are not enabled. If you notice, the “Send Ctrl+Alt+Del” button is at the top of the remote screen which of course does nothing on a Mac. If you click the “More” button you’ll see the File Transfer button which only gives an error at this time.
Thanks for the pointer on the Safari plug-in, Raphael. Full-screen paints much faster than the Java client though the scroll bars don’t work. Hope to see this for Firefox next.
June 6th, 2007 at 22:00
Sounds like a great way to help the rellies without making the trip. Thanks for the heads-up!
June 7th, 2007 at 12:34
Raphael, the Safari plug-in is the Java viewer like Firefox’s. It seems more buggy on Safari as in using it this morning, the mouse was unresponsive on various systems. Refresh is good, but man, if your mouse doesn’t work, it’s not a usable solution. So, back to Firefox and it’s slow redraw. At least the mouse works.