I am trying to figure out if there is a way to use VNC (or perhaps something else) to control my Mac remotely, and have the remote screen blanked out. I would like to be able to control my Mac without others seeing what I am doing at the remote computer. I have VNC working now, but the remote screen displays and allows input from the mouse and keyboard.
There are several VNC solutions that do this in Windows, but I can find none for Mac OS.
Unfortunately, solutions like logmein.com and whatnot are not going to work for me. I would love to be able to use them, but it is just not an option at the moment.
I would prefer a free option, but as this is for a business, if there is a paid option, I would consider it. Any ideas out there?
Thanks!
Edit: The computer I wish to control is on Snow Leopard. Upgrading to Lion is not possible at this time.
Best Answer
Apple Remote Desktop has a "Curtain Mode" which does essentially this. It also does a number of other useful things for managing OS X clients, such as pulling reports, pushing updates and other install packages, running scripts on multiple clients, etc.
It's a paid program, but I don't fully understand the licensing at the moment. There's a $499 unlimited-client boxed version (i.e. you buy one copy per admin computer, but then that computer can manage as many clients as you want), or a $299 10-client boxed version (another option on the same page). When the App Store came out, they added it as a $79.99 option there, but I'm not sure if that's unlimited or 10-user or what.