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    Back to My Mac User ’ s Guide This guide will help you access your remote L eopard-based M acs over the Internet using .Mac. Back to My Mac User’ s Guide December 2007 Over view Getting something from your Mac when you are away from home is a daunting task. It ’ s nearly impossible considering that your home Internet provider frequently chang[...]

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    2 Back to My Mac User’ s Guide December 2007 There are two ways to connect to your remote computers with Back to M y Mac: • File Sharing . Y ou canbrowsethe entirehard driveof yourremoteM ac, and dragles and folders to your local Mac. For example, you ’ re on the road but need a Keynote pre- [...]

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    3 Back to My Mac User’ s Guide December 2007 Getting Star ted Y ourst needto set upyourM accomputers andhome networkfor Backto MyM ac.  Here’ s how. P er form the following steps on each participating Mac: 1 .  Verifythatyour Mac isrunning MacOS X v1 0.5. 1 .[...]

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    4 Back to My Mac User’ s Guide December 2007 Enable Sharing on each Mac you want to access remotely: 1 . Whilestill inthe Back toMy Mac tab ,clickOpen Sharing Pr eference s. 2.  If Screen Sharingand FileSharingare notalready enabled, click the checkbox(es)for o[...]

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    5 Back to My Mac User’ s Guide December 2007 UsingB ackto My Mac Once your Mac and home network are set up, using Back to M y Mac is simple. The Finderdisplaysyourremote Maccomputer(s) inthe sidebarwhere youcan connect with a click. File Sharing Usingthe FileSharing featur e, you?[...]

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    6 Back to My Mac User’ s Guide December 2007 Screen Sharing With the Screen Shar ing feature , you control your remote Mac through a special win- dowon yourlocal Mac. Y ou can launchapplications,  editand saveles,  andeven use many keyboard shortcuts. Here’ s how : 1 .  Opena Finder[...]

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    7 Back to My Mac User’ s Guide December 2007 Impor tant T ips Creating a good password Back to My Mac uses advanced authentication and data encr yption technologies to protect your data. However , creating a good password is essential to keeping your data safe. F ormore informationon passwords ,  referto “Choosing good?[...]

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    8 Back to My Mac User’ s Guide December 2007 Check rewall settings if you cannot connect Mac OSX Leopardhasa built-in rewall,  whichis accessiblefromthe Firewalltabof yourSecurit ypreferences. Y ou shouldverify thatthe rewallis setto either “ Allow?[...]