Remote access

How to Remote Access your Mac from an External Computer

Over the last decade, Apple has focused strongly on making its computers portable. This doesn’t just apply to laptops, either. Take a look at the Mac Mini for another example. Even the trashcan-style Mac Pros are much more portable than older Mac Pro models. Portable or not, there are still times you want to access your Mac remotely. There are many different ways to do this, but we’re going to look at a few of the easier ways. Related: 5 of the Best Linux Remote Desktop Apps to Remotely Access a Computer Set Up Your Mac for Remote Access To log in and control your… Read more

How to Open and Edit Remote Files from Google Drive in LibreOffice

LibreOffice is a powerful tool, and it’s only getting more powerful. While it’s a desktop tool first, you can now use LibreOffice in a browser, making it an alternative to online office suites like Google Docs. Recent versions of LibreOffice have added support for editing files remotely on SAMBA shares, over SSH, and via other methods. One of the more interesting of these is Google Drive support, which we’ll dive into in this article. Why Edit Google Drive Files in LibreOffice? You might prefer working in LibreOffice, but that might not be true for everyone. Even though you can run LibreOffice in a browser now,… Read more

How to Remotely Shut Down or Restart Your Windows 10 PC

A remote shutdown or restart comes in handy when you have several PCs set up in different rooms and don’t want to keep visiting each machine to shut down or restart it physically. Thankfully, Windows 10 offers a utility through which you can shut down or restart PCs connected to your network. This includes the Shutdown.exe utility that simply shuts down or restarts Windows 10 PCs in your local network once they’re configured accordingly. From here on it’s only a matter of seconds to perform the tasks remotely. Here’s how to remotely shut down or restart your Windows 10 PC. Related: How to Lock PC… Read more