Usually they also let you power on/off the server and sometimes also providing virtual DVD or floppy drives. It works with the iPhone 3GS and later, all models of the iPad, and the third-generation iPod touch and later, running iOS 3.2 (only available on the original iPad) or later.
#TYPE2PHONE ALTERNATIVE MAC OS X#
This management controller usually gives you a web interface (or IPMI interface) for remotely controlling the server including video and mouse/keyboard. Type2Phone requires Mac OS X 10.6.6 Snow Leopard or later, and is available only from the Mac App Store, currently for 4.99. However, modern servers usually have built-in management controller using a seperate processor on the mainboard with its own network interface (or piggy-backing on an existing interface). You mention co-location centers and they normally use KVM switches for this purpose.
#TYPE2PHONE ALTERNATIVE INSTALL#
Some KVM switches also allow you to create a virtual DVD-drive or floppy-drive over USB that allows you to remotely install operating systems, etc. You can then from your desktop PC at any location connect to the KVM switch over the network and control keyboard/mouse and see what's on the remote computer's display. The adapter will provide for example USB and DVI, PS/2 and VGA or similar connectors that you plugin to the computer you want to remotely control.Ĭheaper KVMs also exist that uses USB or proprietary cabling, provides fewer ports, etc. You connect an adapter to the far end of the cable. Most have for example 12 or 24 RJ45 connectors where you plugin a normal network cable. KVM switches comes in many forms and price ranges from many brands such as for example Raritan, Avocent, Aten, etc. This is a general solution that works with almost any type of computer - PC, Mac, whatever. The usual way to solve this is using a KVM-over-IP switch (Keyboard-Video-Mouse). Still HoudahSpot, HoudahGeo, Tembo and Type2Phone look quite at home on the new version of macOS.
#TYPE2PHONE ALTERNATIVE UPDATE#
Is there anything available like that?Īny other ideas? I guess there must be some solution for Macs installed in co-location centers that allow such kind of remote control, especially if the Mac somehow screwed up its network settings or is getting freshly installed. macOS Big Sur introduces the biggest design update to macOS since the introduction of Mac OS X. At least one of my Macs is a PPC Mac running OSX 10.5, so I am also looking for alternatives, such as a wired (USB) keyboard connection I can control from another Mac. I've read about programs such as Type2Phone, which might be able to simulate a Bluetooth keyboard that the other Mac can then connect to.
Using a video digitizer, I can send the Mac's video output to another Mac in order to be able to see what the problem might be.īut I also need to be able to perform keyboard input on the stuck Mac. when performing some system updates, the Mac does not start up fully, so that the Mac is not reachable over the network, yet. Type2Phone lets you use your Mac to type on your iPhone, iPad, or Apple TV (2nd or 3rd generation). Usually, I control them using Screen Sharing or Timbuktu. I have a few Macs running as servers, in a remote location.
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