Immediately auto-lock the account and return to the Login screen using Lock My Mac or MacLoc and configuring one of then as part of auto starting programs.Īt this point, with a bit longer system initialization, the user of the Mac will behave like usual while an ‘hidden’ account is running TeamViewer for us.

Install and configure TeamViewer as suggested in the previous steps to be part auto starting programs for the ‘autologon’ user.The main glitch of this solution is that if the user logs out returning to the Login screen then the TeamViewer software is quitted and the connection is lost.Īn additional workaround that would help us maintaing the connection to the Mac also when the main user is logged out is: TeamViewer should be part of the auto starting programs.

You would have to predefine a permanent password on TeamViewer for Mac.TeamViewer for Unattended Servers: TeamViewer Hostĭespite the name it can be used in any Mac OS X installation (clients and servers) īecause there is not TeamViewer Host for Mac yet, I’ve been chatting with the support team at TeamViewer GmbH about an official workaround to create a TeamViewer unattended client for Mac OS X, this is what they advised to do: The end result will be that, at least with many apps that support full screen mode, they will relaunch directly into full screen mode on the Mac.The TeamViewer team has recently release a new host version for Mac OS X The best way to make Mac apps default to opening in full screen mode is by changing your app usage behavior a bit, combined with an adjustment to a Mac OS system setting. Once connected, find the TeamViewer toolbar at the top. If you want it to feel like you're actually using the computer you're accessing remotely, you need to adjust the settings for full screen.

I don't have a Snow Leopard system at the moment to use as a test target, but I can screen share into a Lion system from my MBP running Mountain Lion, put Screen Sharing into Full Screen on the MBP, then get the MBP menu bar to pop back up by putting the cursor at the top of the screen. No, I don't think that's how it is supposed to work.

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