Desktop Transporter is a remote desktop application for MacOS X. When running on your computer, it allows you to access your desktop from any other MacOS X computer where Desktop Transporter also is installed.
Desktop Transporter will allow you to access multiple different remote desktops, run the remote desktops in fullscreen mode and is fully multi-monitor aware. You can share your desktop with everyone, or protect access to it with a password.
Desktop Transporter discovers shared displays using Rendezvous, but also provides an option for specifying which machine it should connect to in cases where Rendezvous doesn't work. You can also set a number of options controlling the quality of the shared display.
Here are some key features of "Desktop Transporter":
· Share your Macs on your local area network or on the Internet
· Discover shared Macs via Bonjour
· Access all displays connected to a shared Mac
· Full screen mode
· Access other user accounts without using Fast User Switching
· Copy and paste of text and graphics
· Use a non-US keyboard (unlike VNC)
· Mac-like user interface
· Can run as a menu extra
Requirements:
· A fast network connection between the controlling and the controlled Mac is recommended.
Limitations:
· 30 days trial
What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]
· NEW: Live View: All Macs with Desktop Transporter running on your local area network, assuming you have access to them, can be watched in real-time from the main browser window.
· NEW: Server-side scaling: Desktop Transporter saves bandwidth by scaling down the desktop to fit the window size in use.
· NEW: Server-side clipping: When you are viewing remote desktops at one-to-one scale, the server saves bandwidth by only transferring screen updates for the area that is actually visible in your viewer window.
· NEW: Desktop filtering: If you manage many Macs, you now have the ability to filter the list of shared desktops.
· NEW: Keychain support: Desktop Transporter can store passwords to access shared desktops in the Keychain.
· Improved: More efficient compression when viewing desktops in millions of colors.
· Fixed: A crash on Leopard has been resolved.