Operating OS X without a mouse

March 25th, 2014 by

How to bring up remote desktop on Mac OS X without having a mouse so that you can operate the machine remotely:

option + spacebar, type terminal

This opens spotlight and starts a terminal.

sudo systemsetup -setremotelogin on

This enables ssh so you can log in remotely.

sudo /System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/Resources/kickstart -activate -configure -access -on -restart -agent -privs -all

This enables remote desktop so you can log in from another mac, and use the mouse on that one to finish the rest of your configuration.