NonPlayableClown, 4 months ago

You can get Microsoft remote desktop from on the Apple store.
Though ultra vnc can do the job too, setup is a pain in the ass though.
If you can instruct them (since this is your parents, probably not) any app with screenshare helps.

bunni, 4 months ago

@lain vnc? (Like tigervnc or something)

bunni, 4 months ago

@lain I looked it up in more details, there's easier than vnc apparently, with RDP
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/how-to-use-remote-desktop-5fe128d5-8fb1-7a23-3b8a-41e636865e8c from windows (seems easy to set up)
And then on mac you should be able to find a RDP client, idk if there's good/bad ones

Only thing I'm not sure is if the server needs to open ports to allow access (I think for vnc they do need it)
It would make it much less accessible

bunni, 4 months ago

@lain I looked further and RDP also requires to open ports

If you don't want to open ports (which I assume), then either go with something simple like chrome remote desktop ( https://remotedesktop.google.com/ ) or apparently there's a FLOSS self-hosted alternative to teamviewer called rustdeck ( https://rustdesk.com/ )

I think going with chrome would be the easiest

morethanplanets, 4 months ago

@lain Tbh I've had good experiences with AnyDesk

mangeurdenuage, 4 months ago

@lain
UVNC ?
https://github.com/ultravnc/ultravnc
the UVCN website also has this but I don't see the source code anywhere https://uvnc.com/products/pchelpwarev2.html

bonifartius, 4 months ago

@lain it's absolutely proprietary but teamviewer worked fine when i had to use it some years back