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This week's tip demonstrates how easy it is to share screens via the standard Messages app in macOS.

If you ever find yourself needing to give remote support to friends, family or colleagues, there's no need to have them install third-party software. Just fire up the Messages app and use the built-in screen sharing mechanism.

Two applications to cover this week.

Chrome Remote Desktop - A free cross platform way to access Macs via your Chrome browser - either locally or remotely.

4K Downloader - A simple way to download 4K (or any other resolution) from YouTube or Vimeo.

We've covered apps and services that allow you to conect to and control your Mac from your iOS device before. This one is a bit different as it's from Google - Chrome Remote Desktop for iOS.

Simply install the client on your Mac using the Chrome Browser and you'll be able to magically access your Mac from your iPad or iPhone. Even better, it's free!

Parallels Access is a unique solution to the problems of remotely accessing your Mac from your iPad or iPhone.

There are plenty of remote access solutions out there (we've covered quite a few on ScreenCastsOnline) but there has never been a solution that solves the issue of trying to access a large, high resolution display from a device with a smaller screen. Most remote access apps will allow you to scale the desktop to full size, but then everything is too small to either see or control. Otherwise, you can zoom the screen up to full size on your iPad or iPhone, and then end up scrolling everywhere.

Parallels Access gets around both these problems by allowing your Mac apps to appear just like iPad or iPhone apps, each app taking up the full iPad or iPhone screen. You really need to see it in action to see how different (and how effective) this is, compared to other remote access applications.

I've previously taken a look at TeamViewer, and how it can be utilised to remotely control your Mac, either from another Mac or an iOS device.

But in this post PC world, how do we manage to remotely support iOS devices?

TeamViewer Quick Support allows you to remotely diagnose or support iPads and iPhones from your Mac.

TeamViewer is a fully featured remote support solution that is free for private use. It's really easy to access other Macs or set up your own Mac for remote access. I showed you the installation and setup, as well as going through some common scenarios in episode SCOM0438, along with a brief look at the TeamViewer for iOS client.

In this episode, I take a more in-depth look at the iOS client and its configuration.

One of the most common questions I get asked is "How do you access your Mac remotely?", followed by "How do you access your friends and family's Macs to offer remote support".

The answer is TeamViewer!

TeamViewer is a fully featured remote support solution that is free for private use. It's really easy to access other Macs or set up your own Mac for remote access. In this week's show, I take you through the installation and setup, as well as going through some common scenarios. I also take a brief look at the TeamViewer for iOS application, which allows you to access and control any Mac from your iPad.