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Old 21-07-2008, 05:05 PM
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Why no Back to my Mac
I have to say I am at a loss to explain why Apple has not seen fit to include "Back to my Mac" functionality on the iphone.

I would have thought that seeing the iPhone employs OSX as the operating system, that this would be a simply addition to the software.

Being able to access your Home Mac on the road would be an incredibly handy feature.

Anyone got any thoughts on this?
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Old 21-07-2008, 05:07 PM
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Can the iphone withstand those sort of speeds?

Well it may be a future addition to the app store.
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Old 21-07-2008, 05:11 PM
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There are VNC clients on the App Store.

It also requires MobileMe which not everyone has.

I suppose it is also about iPhone users not necessarily having Macs too, Back To My PC?
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Old 21-07-2008, 05:13 PM
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I have to say I am at a loss to explain why Apple has not seen fit to include "Back to my Mac" functionality on the iphone.

I would have thought that seeing the iPhone employs OSX as the operating system, that this would be a simply addition to the software.

Being able to access your Home Mac on the road would be an incredibly handy feature.

Anyone got any thoughts on this?
Well there are currently at least two VNC applications available for the iPhone. As for the features that Back to my Mac offers, you don't really have a useable file management system for iPhone to drop files from your computer at home to the iPhone, so it would be kind of pointless, at least in my view, beyond the VNC option.
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Old 21-07-2008, 05:47 PM
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As far as getting your iPhone back goes.. I got insurance from Optus that covers theft,damage and lots of other stuff
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