Have a standard user account on the system for when the user is away. Then use the remote software of your choice.
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If the remote system is Windows, install Putty for ssh. Set up Back to My Mac, if the remote system is a Mac. But this could get you going down the right path. Not the easiest or most elegant solution. Let me know if there's something out there that I wasn't finding! Thanks!Ĭheepo ARD. Did you try x, y, ,z? The point of me posting here was to hope to avoid trying everything myself! (We have limited Macs here, so I don't really have spares for testing.Turn off monitor: It's an iMac, so it's all one power entity.The computer does face away from everyone, but that's as private as it gets. Close/lock the office door: It's an open floor plan office.Now to preemptively address a few likely responses: Work without a VPN (like Chrome Remote Desktop, TeamViewer, LogMeIn, GoToMyPC, etc., not like VPN, Microsoft Remote Desktop).Ideally what we'd want would be have these features: I did find the Apple Remote Desktop has a curtain mode, but since it is more of a management application I'm not sure it's the best fit. Including Chrome Remote Desktop, which does have a curtain mode which you can enable with a registry key, but there apparently is no Mac equivalent. So, while taking a quick look around I couldn't find much other than a trend for products that have a solution for this that works in Windows, but not on a Mac. I just installed Chrome Remote Desktop for a VIP here on his in office Mac, and have been told that it won't work for him because it wakes up his computer and shows the local screen to show and would also most likely allow a local user to control the computer.