Screen sharing OS X Lion allows multiple user sessions

A new feature of Mac OS X Lion AppleInsider discovered by enables remote users to log on Mac using a user account with the one currently used on this computer and to see their own separate desktop and computing environment.

Version with screen sharing is currently shipped with Mac OS X snow (1.1.1), users can log on to the remote system but will be visible only to the screen that is currently active on the target computer. Mouse or keyboard is shared by the remote computer and the computer using screen sharing for remote access, so you actively contact each, only one can effectively use the destination computer in one time. In the Lion, however, the local user can go about their business without interruption, while remote users enjoy their own separate session.

Also sharing your screen gets some additional tools borrowed from Apple Remote Desktop (ARD), which is a professional remote client management and distribution sells Apple, mainly aimed at business and enterprise users. Sharing screen lifts Observe mode (view, but not control), control mode and the screen capture tool with ARD.

Screen sharing by the new user's logon and support many features of the ARD should make it relatively capable administration offices small, based on the Mac or the management of home network with Macs. It is for example possible to remotely on another computer using an administrator account and change the software installations or perform remote upgrades when a local user is away uninterrupted. Apple seems to be keen on breaking down barriers between the consumer and professional software (the lion of the server will integrated free in regular shipping version of Mac OS X Lion, for example); automate sharing screen is the next step in this direction, and one that small businesses will relish.

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