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LogMeIn
LogMeIn enables you to connect to your Mac computers from anywhere in the world; from any other Internet-enabled Mac, Windows PC, or hand-held device. The remote control feature in LogMeIn Free means you can view and control your Mac desktop and applications just as if you were sitting at the computer. Just like LogMeIn Free for the PC, Mac users can add an unlimited number of their computers for free.
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Version 4.1.2239: Release notes were unavailable when this listing was updated.
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LogMeIn enables you to connect to your Mac computers from anywhere in the world; from any other Internet-enabled Mac, Windows PC, or hand-held device. The remote control feature in LogMeIn Free means you can view and control your Mac desktop and applications just as if you were sitting at the computer. Just like LogMeIn Free for the PC, Mac users can add an unlimited number of their computers for free.
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Drbroom reviewed on 11 Apr 2012
I have also spent a lot of time comparing the other products like ARD, Timbuk2 and Go2MyPC and with out any hesitation I can tell you it's the best. While I use ARD when I need some additional Apple related feature I mostly use LMI because I can work on any type of machine (Windows. Mac and soon Linux) from my Mac, iPad or even iPhone.
This is with just the "Free" version of the client. If I were willing to pat for the Pro version I would also be able to do file transfers; and the pro client is still cheaper the paying for TB2. As a work around if I need to transfer a file I just boot up iChat or Google Docs and then use that as a go between, not a real headache.
Now let's talk about the security of the product... LMI uses a full 256bit AES encrypted tunnel between my machine and the "target". They also offer 2 factor authentication when I log in to my account.
For this and many more reasons I don;t have time to add here I recently upgraded my account to the LMI Central service which I would recommend to any tech or someone who has a lot of machines to support on many OPN.
Just my $0.02
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Joypebble reviewed on 26 Mar 2012
My comparison for these thoughts is my Timbuktu which is now tangled in a Verizon FIOS's modem's security tentacles.
Timbuktu's new owner (Motorola) is completely out of the helpful support mode.
LogMeIn's free version doesn't allow file transfers so what's the point unless all you ant to do is see if the cat's sleeping or not?
So, even though LogMeIn has good support, the product lacks the elegance and same-size controllability of Timbuktu which runs free after purchase. I'm going back and just shake a stick at Verizon's modem mentors.
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Bradmacpro reviewed on 28 Feb 2012
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Anderson Oliveira reviewed on 11 Jan 2012
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Maria Jones reviewed on 21 Dec 2010
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Jeff Wholeman reviewed on 29 Mar 2010
But....
On Mac its has weakness when it come to control Windows machine from Mac - logmein remote client for Mac STILL using java and this solution consume a lot of system resources and not that stable and fast as ActiveX in Windows version.
Please, remind your developers that current generation of macs have very decent graphics cards as standard - so we all expect some hardware acceleration, QuarzGL, etc
As for now - excellent must have solution for Windows, and potentially useful tool for mac in a future
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Ward reviewed on 08 Dec 2009
I downloaded the "latest" version from LogMeIn.com and installed it on my iBook. On the first launch it wanted to updated from 4.0.966 to 4.0.994 -- first small red flag.
I created my account at LogMeIn.com and finished the iBook setup. (Along the way, Little Snitch reported numerous links back to the mothership -- second small red flag.)
Then I switched to my desktop Mac to see what screen sharing was like. When I tried connecting to my iBook, the site encouraged me to install a browser plug-in. Hmmm.
Returning to my browser, I'm at a LogMeIn login screen from https://my-ibook-tlpbyidbfn.app10.logmein.com/ asking me for my iBook user name and password -- HUGE RED FLAG. A website is asking me to provide my iBook admin username and password??? No way.
Now my only question is how to remove every trace of LogMeIn from both of my Macs.
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> How do you think you can log into your Mac without using your password?!?!?
As I mentioned at the beginning of my review, I was looking at LogMeIn as an alternative to VNC screen sharing. I should have realized from the name that LogMeIn is more than screen sharing.
I've used a variety of screensharing techniques (VNC, TeamViewer, GoToAssist Express, Timbuktu). All offer password-protected access, but none require divulging my account name & password to a public website -- that's my reason for abandoning LogMeIn.
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ARCTOS reviewed on 28 Jul 2009
I love it when there's something on my desktop that's not on my laptop & I need to email it to myself. It really WOWS the clients.
Now if the iPhone app would just go on special. I just can't see spending 30 bucks on software that I really just use occasionally. I know they need to recoup the free versions, but, it's just too difficult to run my computer from my iPhone for more than just the occasional use. I'd spend $15 in a heartbeat, tho.
They also need a Pro version for Mac - then I'd think about the iPhone app a bit harder, esp. w/Print & Share installed.
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Elmer rated on 11 Apr 2012
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Kommit rated on 06 Dec 2011
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Pedro Fardilha rated on 17 Oct 2011
Dee-Aytch rated on 20 Jul 2011
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Majesty30 rated on 23 Dec 2010