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How to use Virtual Network Computing (VNC) on the iPhone

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Tutorials

Tuesday September 8, 2009

There are times when you'd just like to be able to

connect to your desktop computer

for a minute. Just to do one little thing that you forgot to do. With Mocha VNC (Virtual Network Computing) Lite for the iPhone, you can do it easily.

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Show Notes

- You can download

Mocha VNC Lite

from the Apple App Store. It's free.

- Once installed tap Menu and then Edit Connections to create your connection.

- You can have multiple connections configured.

- When you're ready tap Connect

- The program will negotiate the connection and you'll connect to your Mac.

- At the bottom of the screen you'll seen two icons.

- One says Menu and the other looks like a keyboard.

- Tap on Menu to get Disconnect, Refresh, About, Help, and Cancel.

- Tap on the keyboard to bring up a keyboard that you can type from.

- On the iPhone you can use your finger to tap where the mouse cursor should go.

- In this way you can select files, folders, and open programs.

- Be sure to see the tutorial on getting the Mac ready to accept VNC connections.

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