ARRIS Timbuktu for Macintosh v8.8.3- Getting Started Guide - Manual (Page 6)

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Chapter 1: Introducing Timbuktu Pro
Welcome to Timbuktu Pro!
Timbuktu Pro for Macintosh gives you total access to your network. Computers
across the country and around the world—Windows and Macintosh—are now as
accessible to you as the computer sitting on your desk! You can use Timbuktu Pro
to control and observe other computers, send instant messages, transfer files,
and text-chat or speak with remote users in real time. And when you’re not on a
network, Timbuktu Pro for Windows lets you make direct modem-to-modem con-
nections between computers—with no network connection required.
Timbuktu Pro Services
The simple, powerful Timbuktu Pro application includes multiple services. Each
service provides you with a different way to access a remote computer, collabo-
rate with its user, or provide access to your own Macintosh.
Timbuktu Pro’s services include
• Send. Send messages, files, and folders to a remote computer.
• Exchange. Access the hard drive of a remote Timbuktu Pro computer—even a
Windows PC. You can copy and move files and folders between computers
and delete files from either computer.
• Control. Control a remote computer from your own desktop.
• Observe. View a remote computer’s desktop without controlling it.
• Notify. Be alerted when a remote Timbuktu Pro computer becomes active.
• Chat. Carry on a keyboard conversation with a remote user.
• Intercom. Speak to a remote user through your computer’s audio hardware.
• Invite. Ask other users to visit your computer using a service you specify.
• Profile. Generate a full system profile for the remote computer and save it as
a text file on your Macintosh.
• Skype. Access the Skype internet-telephony application to speak or text-chat
with a remote user. The Skype service includes two subservices:
Skype Call
and Skype Chat.