IChat/Chrome

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Chrome Remote Desktop is great, secure, and easy to set up.

If you don't have Chrome yet

  1. install chrome
  2. run it
  3. i pick "google" as my search engine
  4. skip to step 2 in the next section

If you have Chrome but don't have the "Remote Desktop" app

  1. Run Chrome
  2. paste this URL in: https://karaoke.kjams.com/wiki/IChat/Chrome and continue this list from within Chrome
  3. now from within Chrome, click here to get to the App page Remote Desktop App
  4. if that doesn't work do these sub-steps:
    1. Click Here
    2. then search for "chrome remote desktop" INCLUDING the quotes
      search_string.png
    3. click the app
      search_results.png
  5. click "Add to Chrome"
    add_to_chrome.png
  6. it may ask you to Sign In, if so, follow these sub-steps:
    1. Sign in to google if you need to
      sign_in_google.png
    2. go to step 3
  7. google will ask if you really want to install the plugin, click "install":
    confirm_install.png
  8. you'll now have a new App. Click it.
    app.png
  9. it will ask you to authorize the remote desktop app, click "Continue"
    authorize.png
  10. it will ask if you are totally serious about this, click "Allow access"
    requesting_perm.png
  11. skip to step 4, below

If you have Chrome and the "Remote Desktop" app

  1. Run Chrome
  2. create a new tab, then at the bottom, click the "Apps" section button
    apps_button.png
  3. click the "Chrome Remote Desktop" App.
    app.png
  4. get on the phone with me, or in a chat room (either iChat or skype (kjamskaraoke). If we're not already talking, email me and tell me to get on skype or iChat)
  5. Only when we're on the phone or in a chat room together, do the next step.
  6. now you're ready, click "Share This Computer"
    share_this_computer.png
  7. it will initiate a code generation
    generating_code.png
  8. it then show you the generated code
    access_code.png
  9. if we're on the fone, read me the number. if we're in the chat room, select the code so it is hilited (see pic above, in yours there will be actual numbers) then copy it (command/ctrl-C), and paste it into the chat window. Note: DO NOT EMAIL IT