TeamViewer Remote Control

Have used over the past decade at least five different Remote access product. my use is for remote access to my 2 home iMac’s if when I have elsewhere or out of country and need to access documents. Stranded in the Dominican republic for six months during 2020 at the beginning of the pandemic and was able to access my tax information so I could file in the receive the government relief checks, which saved me. You really only need to access one desktop or laptop, as you then can access all other devices on your home network via screen share. TeamViewer is by far the Best and most reliable product out there. Works perfectly and easy to set up and use once you get familiar with the controls in their settings, which are so well laid out and able to tweak to most anyone’s liking. There are many controls that you don’t necessarily need to worry about or use, unless you’re in a work environment with others that may share or have access, then you need to pay closer attention to the controls and set up. This product is absolutely secure in that regard, although that is not how I use it. These folks have always been most helpful and cautious, which is clearly necessary, and do not try to abuse their generosity if using solely for home use. Do not try to Connect to more than two Desktop devices, or it will set off an alert. Play fair, and so will they. Best, Seth

I use this mostly just to Remote Desktop my laptop and my iOS devices to my desktop. Works great for that. My laptop is an older Dell convertible and runs about as fast as a slug stuck in glue. But when I attach it to my desktop I can work at race car speed instead of slug speed. It helps that I build my desktops to be higher performance. And, since I figured out how to use Wake on lan with a wireless connection it’s only better. I was having issue with my iOS device TeamViewer getting wake on lan to work so I sent a message to the TeamViewer folks explaining my problem. Don’t know if was pure coincidence or they did something but it started working a few days later. I did download a WOL utility from App Store that was working but now it seems I no longer need it. Does the software have occasional hiccups and issues? Yes but for me well within the range of acceptability. I have worked in the IT field in network & system engineering and support for about 40 years now. I retired about ten years ago but still keep my finger in it at a hobby level. One of my duties was setting up remote access for client agencies to access the Ohio Attorney Generals Office. I’ve never seen an application that was perfect. As a professional I just learned to deal with it and work through it with numerous calls to customer support when necessary. Software is written by humans who are far from perfect and no amount of testing will catch every bug. If you pay premium prices for software though you better get premium support. We always held vendors feet to fire as far as that was concerned.

I like the interface, and I love being able to wake my desktop remotely. Since I often use drafting software remotely, I find the right-click feature could be improved in “Mouse interaction” mode where tablet touch acts like a fancy trackpad (here, I’m not discussing touch mode, where click/touch signal is sent for the spot you touch on the screen). If the user could press and hold (in the same place) for a long time, forever even, and no right-click command be sent Until the finger is lifted, That would be Awesome! Then, if the user touches the screen for 5 seconds or even more, moves the finger (still touching the screen) the app could respond as though I’m trying to move the mouse pointer, rather than trying to right click. I suggest this as opposed to asking that the right-click delay be longer; I’m not trying to slow everyone and myself down. I would just like it to wait until I lift my finger (without moving it around) before it sends the remote computer a right-click command. Thanks!