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User’s Guide
This guide will help you access your remote Leopard-based Macs
over the Internet using .Mac.
Back to My Mac User’s Guide
December 2007
Overview
Getting something from your Mac when you are away from home is a daunting task.
It’s nearly impossible considering that your home Internet provider frequently changes
your computer’s Internet address—and your router or wireless base station disguises
things further. With Leopard and a .Mac account it’s not only possible, it’s simple.
Back to My Mac keeps an updated record of your computers’ addresses on a .Mac
server. So when you’re on the road, you’ll see your other computers in the Shared
section of the Finder sidebar, just as if you were at home.
Your iMac at home sends its IP address to .Mac.
On the road, your MacBook retrieves the address of your home iMac from .Mac.
From your Macbook, you can securely connect to your home iMac over the Internet.
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How it Works
.Mac
Mobile
Home
Internet
Safe and secure
To make connecting to your Mac
over the Internet secure, Back to My
Mac uses advanced authentication
and data encryption technologies
to help prevent unauthorized access
to your data and protect it during
transit. For more information, see
the Security section at the end of
this guide.