{"id":795,"date":"2026-10-29T19:32:42","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T18:32:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stigern.net\/blog\/?p=795"},"modified":"2026-10-29T19:32:42","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T18:32:42","slug":"fumachine-0-2-8-now-your-mac-can-be-controlled-too","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stigern.net\/blog\/fumachine-0-2-8-now-your-mac-can-be-controlled-too\/","title":{"rendered":"FuMachine 0.2.8 \u2013 now your Mac can be controlled too"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">FuMachine 0.2.8 is out, and the big news is for the Mac. Until now a Mac could only view your other computers. Now they can see and control it too, just like Windows and Linux.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Switch on <em>Let other computers see and control this Mac<\/em> in Settings \u2192 Connections. macOS asks for Screen Recording and Accessibility once.<\/li>\n\n<li>A Windows or Linux viewer&#8217;s Ctrl works as \u2318, so Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V copy and paste, and Alt+Tab switches apps.<\/li>\n\n<li>For a Mac nobody sits at, FuMachine can keep it awake and unlocked, start at login, and wake it from sleep over a cable.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Also new: <em>Cancel transfer<\/em> now stops incoming files too, and Windows gets a repair button for the lock-screen service. 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