Connecting McOS and PC for FMX development

[robfr 0]

I can't connect my Mac Mini (Sonoma) to my PC (Win10) to develop an FMX program on MacOS. I tried PuTTY (recommended by Embarcadero) and a similar program, but the Mac IP address was not accepted. I've tried Harry Stahl's method of connecting to the PC from the MAC (in his "Cross-Platform Development" book): this uses the Mac's "Connect To Server" and then requires the PC's User Name and Password. I've tried my Microsoft Account User name and also the email for this, as well as the PC's IP address;  all of these with the Microsoft account Password. None of this works.

 

Can anyone help, please?

 

[Patrick PREMARTIN 86]

Hi @robfr

 

If the Mac mini and the PC are on the same network you should have no problem between PAServer on the Mac and RAD Server on the PC except if a firewall block the communication.

 

I wrote a post about that a few years ago at https://developpeur-pascal.fr/se-preparer-a-developper-pour-mac-os-x-depuis-windows-avec-delphi--rad-studio.html

 

On the PC :

- copy PAServer.pkg from the RAD Studio installation folder and install it on your Mac

 

On the Mac :

- you need Xcode

- you need PAServer

- start PAServer, don't put a password when it ask for one and use "i" to show current IP address and "v" to show the log

 

On the PC : 

- start RAD Studio

- go to Tools / Options / Depoyment / Platform profiles (or something like that, I don't remember the English text)

- add a new profile and give it the IP address shown by PAServer

- test the connection

 

It should not be more complex than that.

 

A "ping" from the Mac to the PC IP and from the PC IP to the Mac are supposed to work.

If PAServer can't show an IP, the problem is somewhere on the Mac and it's network connectivity.

If RAD Studio can't connect to PAServer, it can be blocked by a firewall on Windows (or sometimes an antivirus like McAfee).

 

[robfr 0]

I switched back to the PC and left both machines on for a while. On returning to the Mac, I found it had connected! There is a now a folder on the Mac labelled desktop-<PCNAME> and a line below saying "Connected as <PC_Username>".  

 

Many thanks for your prompt and detailed reply Patrick, which gives me some information on how to proceed next.  I've also downloaded the Embarcadero's docuwiki files on PAServer etc., so hopefully all will work from here on. Thanks again! 

[Patrick PREMARTIN 86]

Good to read.

 

You just have to add macOS and (?) iOS SDK to RAD Studio and you're ready to "play" with Apple next nightmare: the certificates and provisioning profiles. 
(but for Mac you need the SDK and it's enough to develop)