“In Mac OS X 10.7 Lion, the built-in Screen Sharing feature, updated from 1.1.1 to version 1.3, now allows remote users to log into a separate user account from the one that is currently logged in,” AppleInsider reports. “That means that while one user is logged into a machine, a second user can login to the same machine remotely, seeing their own desktop and user environment.”
“Previously, any users who attempted screen sharing with another system could only see a mirror of what was currently on the screen, and would ‘fight’ for mouse and keyboard control of the remote system with that locally logged in user,” AppleInsider reports. “Now, any user with the credentials to perform screen sharing can log into a Lion system independently of another user who may already be logged in, and continue to work in a separate graphical session parallel to the logged in user.”
AppleInsider reports, “After logging in behind a local user on a Lion machine, the remote session depicted both users as being logged in from the Fast User Switching menu.”
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[Attribution: GigaOM. Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Arline M.” for the heads up.]