Once you’re ready to go, drop the nine-digit access code into AnyDesk’s main screen, await your connection, and you’re off. There’s nothing quite like jumping into Microsoft Excel through a VNC/remote access client like AnyDesk and quickly initiating a keyboard shortcut that either doesn’t work or does something completely different than expected. I also opted to allow all remote keyboard shortcuts, just to make it feel as first-party/natural as possible.

Enable privacy mode to ensure individuals on the other end of your connection aren’t snooping.Enable unattended access (password protected) to allow yourself to log in from anywhere you have an internet connection.Interactive access can be set to “Always Allow” to enable you to jump into action with AnyDesk explicitly open.To get around having to have another individual on the other end of your connection, a few settings should be enabled: Once you have the software downloaded on both computers, you simply need to note your desk’s access code to jump into action. If you’re using AnyDesk for work, they offer a few different enterprise/commercial licenses to get you up and running that start at $10.99/month. Download and SetupĪnyDesk’s macOS and PC software can be downloaded for free for personal use from their website. Very little fiddling was required to get it to work (in fact, just download and go), and thanks to two strong internet connections on both ends, AnyDesk almost had me feeling like I was running a full-on Windows PC on my iMac from miles away. With the onslaught of tax filing needing to be done from home last week, I needed to figure out a way to access my work PC from my iMac at home.ĪnyDesk quickly saved the day. Plus, even now, after attempting to get it work for the better part of an hour, I cannot get Screens Connect to work. I have a home Eero network that requires a little fiddling to get working through Screens Connect, and my office PC is connected to an older router. I do admit, however, that I haven’t had as much luck with Screens as I’d personally like. In fact, Screens for iOS was just updated to properly support the new cursor support on the iPad, making for what should be an excellent experience zipping around on your Mac through your iPad. Our review of the best remote access solution for macOS and iOS may be a bit dated right now, but the pick likely hasn’t changed: Screens VNC is still as rock solid and as beautiful as ever before.

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