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Tutorial

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ACCESS YOUR RASPBIAN DESKTOP REMOTELY USING VNC

>STEP-01

Enable VNC

Click the Raspberry Pi icon at the top-left of the

screen and select Preferences > Raspberry Pi

Configuration. Click the Interfaces tab, followed

by the Enabled radio button beside VNC.

>STEP-02

Check your credentials

Click the VNC button that appears at the end of the

menu bar and note down the four numbers that

appear below Connectivity. These are your computer’s

IP address on the network.

>STEP-03

Open VNC Viewer

If you’re connecting from another Raspberry Pi,

switch to it, click the Raspberry Pi icon, and select

VNC Viewer from the Internet submenu. Enter the IP

address of your original machine.

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>STEP-04

Optimise performance

If your remote Pi feels sluggish, hover at the top of

the VNC Viewer window and click the cog on the menu

that appears, then reduce the picture quality on the

Options tab.

>STEP-05

Download files

Retrieve files from your remote Pi by clicking the

horizontal buttons on the window’s drop-down

menu, followed by the ‘Send files...’ button.

Choose the files you want and click OK.

>STEP-06

Upload files

To send files to your remote Raspberry Pi, click the

menu bar’s VNC button, then the menu at the top

of the new window. Choose ‘File Transfer...’ and

select the files to transmit.

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