Questions tagged [back-to-my-mac]
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Can I use Back To My Mac's mDNS address and for ssh and other routing of traffic?
On Lion and iCloud, the old MobileMe and Snow Leopard mDNS naming has changed and no longer works.
I'm wondering how to use command line tools to find out the DNS name that Apple has assigned to my Mac. I want to use that dns name on other devices…
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Turn on Back To My Mac via a Script or Command Line
The VPN software I use for work (IPSecuritas) requires me to turn off Back To My Mac to start it's connection, so I frequently turn off Back To My Mac in order to use my VPN connection (the program does this for me). I forget to turn it back on…
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Is it possible to use Back To My Mac DNS or routing information from the command line?
I often want to ssh to a Mac and would love to make use of of iCloud to look up IP/DNS routing information. Can this be done without signing up for a dynamic DNS service and configuring it on each Mac in addition to iCloud?
Let's assume of my…
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How can I make Back to my Mac Screen Sharing go full screen?
I've got two macs, both with the same monitor. When I use Back to my Mac Screen Sharing from Mac A to Mac B, I see the full screen of Mac B, but it's in a window on Mac A, and the image is scaled a little bit.
Also, since I set up all my machines…
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Back to My Mac problems under Yosemite
Since updating to Yosemite a couple of days ago my Back to My Mac feature has stopped functioning. It is activated in the Sharing Preferences and I didn't change anything on the router settings. In the iCloud settings it says (in french): that Back…
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Establishing ssh session using Back To My Mac
I am trying to establish a ssh session to my MacBook using "Back to my Mac". So I turned the "Back to my Mac" option on in iCloud and ticked the remote sign in box. But if I issue the command
ssh…
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How does Back To My Mac work without UPnP or NAT-PMP?
Back To My Mac (BTMM) used to require UPnP or NAT-PMP on your router to work, but at some point this changed and it can work (albeit slowly) without those.
BTMM (usually?) works by setting up an encrypted IPv6 tunnel over IPv4 between the two hosts,…
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How can one re-create Apple’s defunct ‘Back To My Mac’ service with specific open-source tools?
Question: how can one re-create Apple’s defunct ‘Back To My Mac’ service with specific open-source tools or, if necessary, with limited custom (non-commercial) software?
(Ideally, this would be done in a way that would preserve integration with…
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Has anyone else been able to find out why Back to my Mac isn't working in Yosemite?
After upgrading to Yosemite, I can no longer see my other computers that I was able to access with Back to my Mac, under previous OS X versions (while I am away from home - usually accessing my home computer(s) from work).
As each one was upgraded…
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iMessage, FaceTime, Back to my Mac not working (Mountain Lion clean install)
After doing a clean install of Mountain Lion on my MacBook Pro (13" unibody, MacBookPro5,5) and upgrading to 10.8.3 I'm having trouble with iMessage, Facetime and Back to My Mac. I am running Little Snitch (version 3.0.4) though turning it on or off…
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Looking for information about the inner workings of Back to My Mac
I'm looking for a source of information on the inner workings of Back to My Mac. I'd like to know things such as:
Each protocol used (Bonjour, UPnP, mDNS, etc., IPSEC, TLS, etc.)
The sequence of each transaction (i.e. sequence diagrams for…
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Access disk attached to Airport Extreme over internet?
According to Apple's product page, the Airport Extreme...
"...can turn your external USB hard drive into a secure drive you can share across your Wi‑Fi network and access securely over the Internet."
My interpretation of the "access securely over…
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How is my 2nd Airport Extreme Connecting To My 1st Airport Extreme?
I have 2 5th Gen Airport Extreme's and a 4th Gen Time Capsule. The 1st is connected directly to the modem. It is set to emit 2.4GHz, and a 5GHz connection. I have an ethernet cable running from the 1st to the 2nd in another room. The ethernet is…
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Connect to Mac remotely using iOS, BTMM address and a VNC client
Which iOS app is able to connect to a Mac using its BTMM (Back to my Mac) address?
The address looks like this:
your-imac.12345678.members.btmm.icloud.com
On a Mac using Screen Sharing.app, Apple Remote Desktop and Screens for Mac I can easily…
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How do I ensure computer stays awake for Back to My Mac?
My laptop Mac goes to sleep even though I have Back to My Mac turned on. What kind of thing is likely to cause this? What kind of steps can I take to fix it?
The Mac that is going to sleep has has OS X 10.8. It works ok if I wake it up by…
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