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Remote Control of Itunes

I have a Mac Mini with an external hard drive and run itunes. I know I can control itunes on the mini with my iphone or ipod touch using the "remote" app; however, I want to control itunes full screen from an external laptop. Anyone know if that is possible?

I'm not wanting to stream the music through the laptop, just use the laptop from my listening chair to control itunes on my mini as if I were standing in front of it. I could use either an apple or a PC laptop.

Thanks, Peter
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sidssp
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If you use Windows, you should turn on Leopard's Remote Management feature from System Preferences. Leopard has a full featured VNC server built in. All you need from the Windows side is a VNC client and you can remotely control your MacMini, no Apple Remote Desktop required. There are a lot of fee VNC clients available on the web. Just Google it and download a few to see which one you like best.
sidssp
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Gmood,

OS/X doesn't support Windows' Remote Desktop protocol. You need a VNC client.
sidssp
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RealVNC client does allow controlling Mac Mini from Windows. I have used it before. It is not as fast as going from Mac to Mac using OS/X screen sharing but it works.
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