Mac OS X help

Launch on Mac OS X

Download and install the server for Unix systems.

A. Open terminal and execute:

cd SERVER-DIR
java -jar "Remote PC Server.jar"

If you want to use power interface, you will have to add root privileges:

cd SERVER-DIR
sudo java -jar "Remote PC Server.jar"

Power control is based on the linux commands shutdown, pmi action suspend which requires super-user privileges.

B. Open JAR from GUI. The jar file has to be associated with Sun or OpenJDK Java.

Keyboard

To write special characters (!@#$%^&, etc.) it's desirable to set Unicode Hex Input.

How to proceed:

  1. Go to System Preferences -> Language & Text -> Input Sources.
  2. Enable Unicode Hex Input.
  3. Switch to Unicode Hex Input in the menu bar.

Result:

Unicode Hex Input