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I'm looking for a secure and hopefully free remote desktop client that will allow me to interact with my Mac OS X 10.6 machine from a 10.5 machine that will also transfer sound to the client.

At a minimum, the software must support a tunnelable connection.

If there is a vetted iPad app out there that will do it, that would work, too!

Any suggestions? I found this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_remote_desktop_software but it's a little heavy and doesn't readily indicate community acceptance/worthiness.

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I think that Wikipedia list is pretty comprehensive; the features table shows you exactly which products have audio support. The only problem is that table doesn't easily let you see which products are made for OS X. – Matt Ball Feb 8 '11 at 16:06
@Matt You're right, it is comprehensive, but indeed one of my complains was that they had split the platform specs into another table (understandable—it would be huge). I'm asking here specifically because I'm looking for community acceptance: "I used XYZ and it's amazing!" kind of thing. – msanford Feb 8 '11 at 20:06
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RogueAmoeba's AirFoil product may be helpful -- it allows you to send sound from any Mac or Windows machine (or any specific application on that machine) to one or more other Apple devices or Windows PCs on the same LAN.

The product has many features, e.g. a custom video player that ensures the sound your receive locally is in sync with any video you are viewing remotely.

Because AirFoil only streams audio, you can use it in conjunction with whatever remote desktop viewing solution works best for you.

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+1 That also looks like a great solution. I'll try testing this and SoundFlower today and let you know what came of it. Thank you! – msanford Feb 18 '11 at 13:58
I think AirFoil may actually be built on SoundFlower anyway -- I know some of the other RogueAmoeba products use it. Can't remember for sure off-hand, though. – scottishwildcat Feb 18 '11 at 21:46
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I immediately thought of something like soundflower, and their support page points to a project called jackaudio that may be able to send audio over a local network. This is, admittedly, separate intended functionality from VNC or other screensharing utilities. A smart guy I know refers to this as 'a wonderful third-party opportunity'.
iOS/Pad specific stuff would probably only focus on media, like AirView and StreamToMe.

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+1 SoundFlower! Yes, I remember using this years ago. I'll check it out and see if it works for my application… – msanford Feb 18 '11 at 13:57
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I tried both soundflower and airfoil. Must admit soundflower was a bit tricky to get going but is free Airfoil works perfectly first time and the price is a reasonable $25 (free trial available). The RoughAmoeba products are usually pretty solid.

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