[robg adds: I was certain we'd covered this tip somewhere before, but all I can find is a brief mention in this comment to this hint about dict:// URLs.]
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The open command in Terminal will, when given a vnc://1.2.3.4 (or vnc://hostname) protocol argument, open the Screen Sharing app and connect to IP address 1.2.3.4 (or hostname).
[robg adds: I was certain we'd covered this tip somewhere before, but all I can find is a brief mention in this comment to this hint about dict:// URLs.]
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Use Terminal to open Screen Sharing connections
Definitely useful, these vnc: URLs.
Use Terminal to open Screen Sharing connections
Hey, I'll share an even easier way: type in vnc://ip.add.re.ss in firefox and skip this step. Another trick I use: I keep a subdomain vnc.domain.com to forward to my computer's external IP address. then all I need to do is tack on the vnc:// once I'm redirected.
Use Terminal to open Screen Sharing connections
Same works with Connect to Server int he Finder.
Use Terminal to open Screen Sharing connections
You can also add them as bookmarks and use utilities like LaunchBar to access them.
Use Terminal to open Screen Sharing connections
If you're using CoRD you can do the same thing for rdp sessions using rdp:// URLs. More details here
Use Terminal to open Screen Sharing connections
For those of us using Quicksilver, there’s an awesome* plug-in that indexes remote hosts and allows VNC, SSH, Telnet and many other types of connections. http://github.com/skurfer/RemoteHosts * Yeah, OK, so I wrote it. :)
Use Terminal to open Screen Sharing connections
This very useful on our Kace KBox system to use as a managed action. Saves having to cut and paste. As Rob pointed out, other things like ssh://1.2.3.4 work as well. ---
-- Wow, who thought this would happen? -jjh
how to use ports
is there a way to specify which port to use?
Use Terminal to open Screen Sharing connections
I've been using Quickeys to create shortcuts to vnc connections; but I had to script key commands to open Go/Connect to Server then type. It sometimes actually crashed (and relaunched) the finder. Using a shell script is much cleaner.
Use Terminal to open Screen Sharing connections
In 10.5 I remember doing something like this: |
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