Source : A Vos MacsThanks to Axel for letting us know about this great feature revealed by our colleagues in the journal A Vos Macs (No. 81, dated February 2008). One of the major new features in Leopard is taking remote control of another computer on your local area network, with the click of a mouse. This type of function is not a novelty as such, as there is plenty of software that allows this already, but the ease of Leopard's implementation is truly staggering. Having said that, what we are offered standard from Apple is a lighter version of what, among other things, is Apple Remote Desktop. Some useful features are missing for example only being able to observe the screen controlled, blocking use of the mouse on the 'controlled' screen, etc. But no, these functions are actually alive in Leopard's screen sharing and it is only the user interface that has been clamped. To unlock it, just change plist file that contains the interface preferences of the software for them to be listed. Here's how ... You will need the application Property List Editor, which is part of the Developer Tools, which can be downloaded at the ADC website (free to access) Navigate to the file com.apple.ScreenSharing.plist, which is in the Preferences folder in your user library. Double-clicking the file will launch it in Property List Editor. Unfold trees "Root" / "NSToolbar Configuration ControlToolbar" / "TB Item Identifiers" then add new "siblings" in this category to activate functions (see screen shot below) Add the following strings (one per line): FullScreen (passage in full screen mode) Curtain (blockage of write-authority by a black screen with a padlock and a personalized message) Quality (slider to control the quality of the image input - to optimize refreshing) Capture (screen-capture the remote station) Control (alternate mode control - by default - and observation only) Share (control mode, alternating between the authorization for the use of the keyboard / mouse / authoring and not) And there you are! A whole new set of possibilities for this application! Your new menu looks like this: Cri-cri (MacBidouille) has given a little order in the bar using the menu bar customization tools, consolidating functions that go together. "Be careful," he warns "not to remove the bar icons. If you do, you will have to reedit the plist file as described above). It's up to you to test these new features that you should open new horizons for screen sharing! [translation by CliveAtFive]

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