Desktop Transporter Help
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Connecting to shared displays
Connecting to a shared display is as simple as double-clicking
it in
the list of shared displays, visible in the Desktops tab in Desktop
Transporter’s main window. If the other Mac has previews enabled, you
should see a preview of the remote desktop in the list as well,
otherwise you will merely see a black square with a
number on it. The number indicates which remote display you are seeing
a preview of. (Note that if the other Mac has more than one shared
display, you will only see a preview of one of the displays.) The
Desktops tab looks like this:

To connect to the selected desktop, simply press the Connect to
desktop... button, or double-click the Mac's entry in the list of
shared displays. You can also single-click on the preview image. A new
window will appear, containing small buttons
representing the shared displays on the remote machine. (Note that if
Desktop Transporter appears to become unresponsive when you select a
Macintosh in the list, it is likely that you are running into firewall
problems. Please see the Troubleshooting
section for more information.)
If you don’t see the computer you wish to connect to in the list, you
can specify it by selecting Connect to shared desktop... from the
Desktop menu or pressing Command-K. This will bring up a dialog
allowing you to specify the address and port of the remote desktop (it
is usually OK to leave the port as-is).
After connecting, a window similar to this will pop up:
This is what the window will look like before you attempt to
connect to one of the displays on the remote Macintosh. Below to the
left is a status bar, containing information on the connection status,
number of shared displays and a miniature version of the displays on
the
remote Macintosh. When you connect to the remote display, a scrolling
area will appear between the status area and the buttons, containing a
miniature
version of the desktop you are currently interacting with, as shown in
the screenshot below. The black rectangle marks the visible area
- you can drag this box around to scroll the visible area of the remote
desktop.
Selecting Scale to fit will make the desktop fit within the window.
When Only observe is checked, you will not be able to interact with the
remote desktop. Unchecking it will allow you to move remote windows,
enter text, use your scroll wheel (if your mouse has one) and perform
other common actions.
Note that command-key
equivalents are only enabled when you are running the remote
desktop in fullscreen mode, and even then some special keys, like
Command-Tab, will be sent to the local
computer, not the remote display. Also note that you will not
see the remote cursor move unless you are working in fullscreen mode.
In some cases the Only observe checkbox will be disabled. In these
cases, the reason is either that you are looking at your own, shared
display (in which case it wouldn't make sense to interact anyway), or
the remote party has unchecked the "Allow others to interact" checkbox
under her Sharing tab.
To enter fullscreen mode, simply click the Enter fullscreen button, or
select Enter fullscreen from the Desktop menu. You
will be presented with a dialog box informing you on how to exit
fullscreen mode -- this is accomplished by typing
Command-Control-F. Depending on the resolution of your current
display, and the resolution of the remote display, the remote desktop
may be scaled down in order to fit your current resolution. If
your display is running at a resolution larger than the remote display,
no scaling will take place. You can select
the display on which Desktop Transporter shows the remote desktop in
fullscreen by moving the desktop window to the display which you want
to use.
In cases where the remote desktop becomes unavailable, or when you
disconnect from it by clicking on the radiating button in the desktop
window, the remote desktop will appear greyed out. Finally, clicking
the green Zoom button in the window's title bar will cause the window
to reduce to a small, scaled overview of the remote display. (You can
still manipulate the remote desktop while in this zoomed state.)