How to remotely control another Mac on your local network

Posted byNadeem

There are many ways to connect to another Mac on your local network. Here’s one that is one of the easiest.

  1. Enable Screen Sharing on TARGET Mac. (System Settings / General / Sharing / enable Screen Sharing).
  2. Find the IP address of the TARGET Mac.
  3. Enable Screen Sharing on the HOST Mac (Sometimes you have to, and sometimes you don’t).
  4. Connect to the TARGET Mac. (Finder / Connect to Server / Enter vnc:<IP_ADDRESS_OF_TARGET_MAC>.
  5. Authenticate. (Enter username and Password of an admin account on target Mac).