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LogMeIn and GoToMyPC are both housed under the LogMeIn family of products. Last year, Citrix spun off the GoTo set of products in June, and by the end of the year they merged with LogMeIn. While the products have similar capabilities, they don’t really compete with one another. These products.

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Pros
Straightforward interface. Runs mostly from the browser. Drag-and-drop file transfers. Desktop icons for remote computers. Smooth multi-monitor support. Option for direct connections within a network or across the internet.
Cons
Distracting testing-server message during computer bootup. Slightly reduced features when using a Mac system.
Bottom Line
GoToMyPC is a mature, easy-to-use remote access software with the best available balance between features and ease of use. Unless you need support for Linux or enterprise-level operating systems, this is the app you want.

GoToMyPC has long been a top choice for remote access software, and deservedly so. Of all the remote access apps we've tested, it has—by a slight margin—the best combination of security, ease of use, and feature-rich services. Unlike rival products, it's also almost entirely controlled from a web browser interface, or by clicking a desktop shortcut that connects to a remote machine. It doesn't require navigating the interface of a standalone app. It also has the best-designed mobile-access app of all the apps we've tried. GoToMyPC is an excellent choice for the everyday users, and it shares our Editors' Choice award with the more corporate-oriented TeamViewer.

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Why Remote Access Software Matters

With a remote access app, you can run a computer located across the room or even across the world as if you were sitting in front of its keyboard and screen. You connect to the remote machine using the app, and then—until you click the mouse outside the remote access window—everything you type and every move you make with the mouse gets sent to the remote machine. This gives you access to your own home or office desktop while traveling with your laptop, or you can send out an invitation to someone else that lets them access your machine.

Almost all remote access apps also let you perform other tasks, like copying files back and forth between the machine you're really sitting in front of (the 'local' machine) and the remote one, or copying text or graphics to the clipboard on one machine and pasting it on the other, or even opening a chat window so you can talk with whomever is sitting in front of the remote machine. Some apps also let you make video recordings of what happens on the remote screen, or use the remote screen like a whiteboard, drawing lines and arrows on the remote screen that are visible only while you have the whiteboard feature switched on.

Plans and Features

GoToMyPC offers a free seven-day trial, and then a monthly or annual subscription. I tested the personal version, priced at $12 per month for unlimited access to one computer; there's also a Pro version starting at $23 per month for two to 50 users, which adds central administration features, and a Corporate version (priced on request to the vendor's sales department), for a minimum of 10 users that adds advanced features like Wake on LAN.

There's no free personal version like the ones offered by TeamViewer and VNC Connect. For the price, you get a clear interface and plenty of straightforward security options. For example, whenever you access one machine from another, you need to enter both your own GoToMyPC password and a second password, called an access code, that you created for the machine you're trying to access. You can also generate a list of one-time passwords to print out and use instead of a single access code.

More than any rival product, GoToMyPC offers straightforward, effortless access to remote machines, easy file transfer, sync, and chat features. It prints files from the remote machine on a printer connected to your local machine. And it provides a beginner-friendly menu for sending out invitations to connect to your machine. It doesn't clutter its menu with all the advanced controls you find in TeamViewer, for example, but it's powerful enough for enterprise-level use. Plus, it's easy enough to install on your tech-challenged uncle's machine for the times when he needs your help recovering from his mistakes.

Unique convenience features include an option to create a desktop shortcut for a remote PC that you access often. With this option, you don't even need to go to the web interface to reach another machine—you simply double-click the icon. The viewer window that shows the remote machine has an uncluttered toolbar leading to sound, file-transfer and a few other features. If the remote machine has two monitors, you can click a button on the viewer border to switch between them, or scale down the view of the remote machine so that both monitors appear in the viewer window at the same time. By default, GoToMyPC tries to make a direct connection between the local and remote machines, bypassing the GoToMyPC servers if possible, but you can turn this option off or limit it to machines within your network.

What About Macs?

GoToMyPC's full feature set is available when you connect two Windows PCs, but you can also use a version that runs on a Mac with slightly reduced features—for example, you can't drag a file from the desktop of a remote PC to your Mac desktop. You can also access your machine from iOS and Android. I tested the iOS version, which was surprisingly responsive, letting me use touch gestures to control the remote machine.

How It Works

To install GoToMyPC on the Windows machine that you want to access, you download a setup app that starts GoToMyPC running continuously in the background. You can access its features by right-clicking on its Taskbar tray icon, but there's no standalone app that you run from the Start Menu. The tray icon's pop-up menu leads to a compact preferences dialog, where you can adjust the app's feature set for high- or low-bandwidth connections.

The same pop-up menu lets you send out an email invitation to connect to your machine; the invitation works only once and has to be used within ten hours of sending. When the invitee accesses your machine, a dialog pops up asking you if you want to allow them access, and whether you want to grant them keyboard and mouse access to your desktop or only allow viewing.

When you want to access your own computer from a remote machine—for example, your laptop while traveling—you don't need to have the full GoToMyPC app installed on your laptop. You simply sign in at the GoToMyPC site, go to the My Computers page, and click an icon to connect to your machine. The first time you do this, your browser will download and offer to install a small launcher app, which opens the remote machine for access. (You'll need to enter the access code for the remote machine that you created when you installed the GoToMyPC app on it.)

After you run the launcher app the first time, it will start up automatically whenever you go to the GoToMyPC site and click Connect. When the remote machine's desktop is open in the launcher app, you can drag and drop files and folders between the local and remote machines simply by dragging them in or out of the window that displays the remote desktop.

The Top Remote Access Software

For my money, GoToMyPC has the most useful and usable feature set of any remote control system. Its closest competitor, LogMeIn, has a more corporate-style interface with plenty of options that may be confusing to non-technical users. Interestingly, LogMeIn and GoToMyPC recently merged and are part of the same firm, so you can probably expect more and more similarities between them as time goes on. For now, GoToMyPC remains the best consumer-level remote access program. It doesn't have the enterprise-level features or Linux support—or even the free version—that you get with TeamViewer, but for simple, secure access to remote machines, GoToMyPC gives you everything you need, and, together with TeamViewer, earns our Editors' Choice award.

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Bottom Line: GoToMyPC is a mature, easy-to-use remote access software with the best available balance between features and ease of use. Unless you need support for Linux or enterprise-level operating systems, this is the app you want.

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GoToMyPC
Original author(s)	ExpertCity
Developer(s)	LogMeIn
Initial release	1998; 21 years ago
Stable release	Version 10.1.0^[1] / September 22, 2018; 9 months ago
Available in	English
Type	Remote desktop
Website	gotomypc.com

GoToMyPC is remote desktop software that allows users to access computers remotely using a web browser. It was developed by ExpertCity and launched in 1998. Citrix Systems acquired ExpertCity in 2004 and maintained the GoToMyPC brand and services. Citrix spun off the GoTo products, which were acquired by LogMeIn in early 2017.^[2] There are three versions: 'Personal', 'Pro', and 'Corporate'.

History[edit]

Klaus Schauser and Brian Donahoo of ExpertCity, then a privately held company based in Santa Barbara, California,^[3] led GoToMyPC's design and development, focusing on 'ease-of-use form over function'. ExpertCity launched GoToMyPC in 1998, starting with a 'Personal' version and followed by a 'Corporate' edition months later. Nero 5 free download full version with key. As part of a 'reverse demand' strategy, ExpertCity marketed the products to individual employees, instead of corporations, because of its limited resources as a startup.

In mid-2001, GoToMyPC required Microsoft Windows on both ends, but ExpertCity planned to release versions compatible with Linux, Macintosh, Palm, Solaris, and Windows CE. The company also planned to create an 'infrequent flier' plan for users who only need access during occasional travel times.

In 2003, 'GoToMyPC Pro' was launched and targeted at small businesses.In December, Citrix Systems agreed to purchase ExpertCity for $225 million in cash and stock in a deal that closed in 2014.>^[4] The acquisition was Citrix's largest to date. Citrix planned to keep the GoToMyPC brand, pricing, and services, and let ExpertCity operate from its headquarters in Santa Barbara under Andreas von Blottnitz, who had served as ExpertCity's chief executive officer.

In 2006, the Canadian firm 01 Communique filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Citrix, claiming they filed for a patent in 2000 and obtained one from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) in August 2005 for their remote access software I'm InTouch.^[4]^[5] Following an inter partes reexamination, the USPTO issued a Right of Appeal Notice confirming that all of 01 Communique's claims were patentable.^[6] 01 Communique's lawsuit requested 'unspecified financial damages' covering August 2005 to the settlement date.^[4]^[6] In July 2010, the patent infringement claims were upheld.^[6] In May 2014, Citrix filed a complaint alleging patent infringement by 01 Communique's 'I'm InTouch Meeting' and requesting a 'declaratory judgment' against 01 Communique alleging that GoToMyPC did not infringe the original patent. In October, the two companies reached an agreement and withdrew their complaints against each other.^[7]

Reception[edit]

Following GoToMyPC's launch, beta user Greg Alwang wrote a positive review of the software for PC Magazine.^[8] He said the file transfer features were 'basic' compared to those offered by competitor pcAnywhere, but complimented the product's usability and concluded, 'GoToMyPC is revolutionary, and pcAnywhere is evolutionary.'

In the 2000s, GoToMyPC received several recognitions for its performance, including Laptop magazine's 'Ultimate Choice Award' for remote access in the software category (2004), PC Magazine's 'Best Utility Product' (2003), PC World's 'World Class Award for Best Remote Access Software' (2004), and Windows IT Pro's 'Readers Choice Award for Best Remote Control Product'. In 2003, Network World's Toni Kistner recommended GoToMyPC for users who require remote access to large data stores on desktops or local applications too costly to operate on home computers, or who do not want to lose important desktop data should their personal computer be lost or stolen.

In a 2011 review of GoToMyPC's iPad app, Jeffrey Wilson of PC Magazine said, 'The app works as advertised—I was able to control my work PC from a distance—but it could benefit from a more responsive interaction with the host computer.'^[9] Tony Bradley of PC World said that he saw GoToMyPC as an 'insurance plan' that would allow him to use applications or data from his laptop on his iPad, but he was unsure if it would be worth the monthly subscription fee.^[10]

In 2013, the International Data Corporation named GoToMyPC the best remote access option for the fifth consecutive year.

References[edit]

^'GoToMyPC'. LogMeIn. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
^www.ETCIO.com. 'LogMeIn merges with Citrix's GoTo business, combined entity eyes over $1 billion revenue globally - ET CIO'. ETCIO.com. Retrieved 2017-02-07.
^Magid, Lawrence J. (March 22, 2001). 'GoToMyPC While I Sit 350 Miles Away'. Los Angeles Times. Tribune Publishing. ISSN0458-3035. OCLC3638237. Retrieved April 13, 2001.
^ ^a^b^cDanner, Patrick (February 2, 2006). 'Citrix Systems sued over patent'. Miami Herald. The McClatchy Company. ISSN0898-865X. OCLC2733685. Archived from the original on February 5, 2006. Retrieved April 11, 2016.
^'United States Patent: Meyer, et al.: System computer product and method for providing a private communication portal'. United States Patent and Trademark Office. August 9, 2005. Retrieved April 11, 2016.
^ ^a^b^cCheung, Maxine (July 16, 2010). 'Canadian software developer wins patent ruling over Citrix'. Computer Dealer News. Retrieved April 11, 2016.
^'01 Communique Provides an Update on its Patent Litigation against Citrix Systems Inc' (Press release). CNW Group. 01 Communique Laboratory Inc. October 23, 2014. Retrieved April 14, 2016.
^Alwang, Greg (March 20, 2001). 'Remote-Access Options'. PC Magazine. Ziff Davis, Inc. 20 (6): 28. ISSN0888-8507. Retrieved April 13, 2016.
^Wilson, Jeffrey L. (February 28, 2011). 'Citrix GoToMyPC (for iPad)'. PC Magazine. Retrieved April 13, 2016.
^Bradley, Tony (February 28, 2011). 'Hands On with GoToMyPC for iPad App'. PC World. International Data Group. ISSN0737-8939. Retrieved April 13, 2016.

External links[edit]

'Product Information: GoToMyPC'. SC Magazine. Haymarket Media Group. October 1, 2003.
'Control Your PC Remotely'. HWM. SPH Magazines: 127. September 2005. ISSN0219-5607.
Brandon, John (June 7, 2011). 'GoToMyPC 7 Pro Review'. Laptop.
'GoToMyPC (Remote Desktop): Version: 1.2.616.0'. Macworld. Mac Publishing. Archived from the original on 2014-10-03.

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