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Otherdesk guides.

Connect to your Mac, then use it.

Turn on Screen Sharing, add a Mac, use the pointer and keyboard, then fit the display to this screen.

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Connect Otherdesk to your Mac

Turn on Screen Sharing, find a nearby Mac or enter its address and sign in with the name and password you use on that Mac.

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The Otherdesk Add Server form with address, user name and password fields

Control your Mac with the pointer

Move the pointer, click, drag, zoom and right-click on the Mac from iPhone or iPad.

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Otherdesk Settings with pointer gestures and Two-Finger Drag

Adjust display and pointer

Choose quality, zoom, tracking speed and pointer size so the Mac fits this screen.

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Otherdesk settings for quality, zoom, tracking speed and pointer size

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· iPhone · iPad

Fix discovery and connection problems

Check Local Network access, Screen Sharing, the Mac address and account, then recover a connection that cannot reconnect.

· iPhone · iPad

Type, copy and paste

Open the keyboard in a session, copy text from the Mac and paste text to it.

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