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Mac on your network, see the preceding task, “Connecting to Networked Computers.” When you connect to another Mac, you’ll see the home folders of that Mac’s users. If you log in as a registered user of that Mac, you’ll be able to access the same folders as if you were sitting in front of the Mac. Otherwise, you must connect as a guest; in this case, you’ll be able to see only the contents of the user’s Public folder (see “Sharing Files with Other Users,” in Chapter 11, “Sharing Your Mac with Multiple Users”).

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Controlling Another Mac

If you’ve ever wanted to reach right through the phone and grab someone else’s mouse, screen sharing is for you. Starting with Leopard, this feature has been built right into Mac OS X. It enables you to control the screen of any Mac on your local network, any Mac you can reach through iChat, and any Mac that’s logged in to MobileMe using your username.

Click the Screen Sharing button at the bottom of the iChat window and choose Ask to Share [User]’s Screen.

A dialog box tells you that your Mac is waiting for a response from the other user.

The other user must click Accept to begin screen sharing.

The other Mac’s screen appears in a window; you can open folders, files, and programs as if you were sitting in front of the shared Mac.

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Tip: Mother, May I?

If you don’t see a screen sharing button in iChat or in the Finder, open System Preferences and click Sharing; then click the box labeled Screen Sharing. The Mac to which you want to connect must also turn on screen sharing.

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Tip: Find It in the Finder

If you want to share the screen of a Mac on your local network, you don’t need to use iChat. In the Shared section of a Finder window’s sidebar, click the computer to which you want to connect; then click Connect As.

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Click the double arrow to switch to full-screen view.

Click the Capture Screen button to save a picture of the shared screen.

Click Fit Screen to toggle between fitting the entire shared screen in the window and viewing it at actual size.

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Note: Let’s Share!

You’ve probably noticed that iChat’s Screen Sharing button also gives you the option of sharing your own screen with another user. The process works exactly the same way, except that the other user ends up controlling your Mac.

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Note

If you need access to another of your own Macs, you can use MobileMe to share screens no matter where your two computers are located. Turn to “Accessing Your Mac Remotely,” in Chapter 9, to learn more.

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Searching Multiple Macs

Searching with Spotlight brings the entire contents of your Mac right to your fingertips—and also the contents of other Macs on your local network. That’s right; Spotlight can search, almost instantaneously, not only your hard drive but any drive you’re connected to on a LAN.

In the Shared section of the sidebar, click the computer to which you want to connect; then click Connect As.

Enter your username and password and click Connect.

Type the terms for your search in the Spotlight field.

Click Shared to see the search results from network drives.

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Note: Another Way

You’ll also see the Shared option in the menu of results that Spotlight shows when you use the Spotlight field in the menu bar. You can use either method to search—there’s no difference in the results.

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Note: The Mac Connection

To learn more about connecting to other computers on your network, turn to “Connecting to Networked Computers,” earlier in this chapter.

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Sharing a Printer on a Network

You can share printers connected to your computer with other computer users on your network. Starting up printer sharing is simple; you can choose to restrict it to Mac users or enable Windows users to use your printers as well. Network users can add shared printers to their Print dialog boxes just like network printers.

Choose Apple menu, System Preferences.

Click Sharing.

Check the box labeled Printer