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August 10th, 2015 08:00
Not Working with iOS and Lion
Not Working with iOS and Lion
Saw the Pocketcloud presentation at VMWorld and I was eager to try it out when I got back. Unfortunately, not having much luck.
Running Lion and the Pocketcloud companion installed fine. When I installed PC on my iPhone, I was able to log into my gmail account and it auto discovered my Lion PC. When I tried to connect to it, it asked me for my "Mac OS credentials".
Not very clear what this wanted me to type in. Using my OSX login name and password didn't work. It yells at me about VNC authentication.
Typing in my VNC password that I setup in Remote Management / Computer Settings (and leaving the Username blank) worked, however, it showed me the grey Login screen that I get when I first turn on my computer. It shows the little bubbles for my username and any other accounts on the system, however I can't "click" on any of them to actually log in. When I do push the click button, my Lion laptop screen doesn't change but the cursor does this very rapid flash between regular cursor and beachball. Doesn't lock up or anything, just flashes like crazy until I move my physical mouse.
So in summary, it doesn't work for me. I can connect to my computer but can't get past that grey login screen. Not even sure why it's showing me a login screen instead of just showing me the desktop.
Also on the iOS app, the term "Enter your Mac OS credentials" definitely needs further explanation. If the iOS app is smart enough to recognize that it's talking to a Mac and thus will be using VNC, it shouldn't ask me for both a username and password.