Take Control of .Mac

Chapter . Access Your Mac Remotely

Back to My Mac (BtMM), a new .Mac feature in Leopard, lets you easily connect to one of your Macs from another located elsewhere on the Internet in ways that were previously very difficult to set up, if not altogether impossible. Once you have this feature configured properly, using it is every bit as simple as (in fact, it’s exactly the same as) connecting between two Macs on the same local network in your home or office—perhaps just a bit slower.

That’s the good news. The bad news is that this remarkable capability belies considerable behind-the-scenes complexity, and because some of the many variables required for success may be beyond your (or Apple’s) ability to address, you may or may not be able to get ...