MacOS – Remote Access from Windows to Mac

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I am interested in using Xcode, but don't currently own a Mac and my dad owns many, but lives far away. What is the best way of remotely accessing his newest Mac running OSX 10.11 so that I can use it at the same time as him, and without an unreasonable amount of lag?

I realise that this question has been asked before, but I can't find any answers from the last three or four years, so was interested if anything has changed. The best advice I can find so far seems to be using a program called Real VNC to connect via SSH, is this still true?

Best Answer

Any type of VNC would be able to achieve this.

However, a far simpler solution would be to use TeamViewer which would be much easier to set up & avoid the need to provide a way to punch through the firewall from the outside, as it connects from 'inside' the firewall & is then 'invited in' by the remote party.

TeamViewer is free for non-commercial use.