Remote desktop to your Mac - from anywhere
Francesca shows how to reach your Mac's screen from your phone: switch on Screen Sharing on the Mac, connect with Awacino, and open the Mac in a VNC client - without a VPN and without opening a port.
Step by step
Step 1Open Sharing on the Mac
On the Mac, open System Settings, General, Sharing.
Step 2Turn on Screen Sharing
Turn on Screen Sharing. Click the (i) next to it and tick "VNC viewers may control screen with password", then set a VNC password.
Step 3Connect with Awacino
On your phone, open Awacino, tap Connect on your Mac and beam into its network. The phone gets an address in your home network, and Awacino shows the IP address of the Mac - tap the copy icon next to it.
Step 4Connect with a VNC client
Install a VNC client, for example RDM (Remote Desktop Manager). Add a VNC connection, paste the IP address as the host, enter your VNC password and tap Connect.
Step 5Your desktop
There is your desktop - from anywhere, on mobile data or in a hotel Wi-Fi, without opening a port on your router.
Why this way
Screen Sharing is already built into every Mac. Awacino only adds the way in from outside.
No open port
Your router stays closed. The remote desktop port is only reachable inside your network - and your phone is in that network through the beam.
No VPN server
Nothing to set up on the router, no VPN gateway, no dynamic DNS. Awacino finds the direct, end-to-end encrypted path by itself.
Your usual app
You keep the remote desktop app you like. Awacino only gives your phone an address inside your home network, so the app connects as if you were at home.