Anyone having a Mac Pro or Mac Mini collocated at MacStadium or MacInCloud?
I am interested in cool use cases of using a remote Mac in “the cloud”
At the moment my key use cases are:
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Remote Mac Desktop that I can use on my iPad Pro (access to the full Mac experience without bringing a MBP)
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Remote Windows Desktop through Parallels VM on server
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Additional remote MacOS Mojave through Parallels VM on server
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Remote MacOS Desktop through a web browser (for full screen use on a restricted work PC)
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OCR of scans and downloads (In Hazel watch folder)
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Hazel file management with auto filing, cloud backup and import in Devonthink 3
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Plex server on fast internet for use while on the road.
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HD HomeRun recording and internet video conversion (to Plex)
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“Local” copy of full-size iCloud photos (only small size library on MacBook Pro)
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Full “local” copy of all iCloud Drive, Onedrive and Dropbox folders (whilst only (selective) smart sync on MacBook Pro)
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Repository of all application and hardware setting and configuration file backups
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Website backups
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Server backup to Backblaze
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FTP server
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Database backups for Calibre, Roon, Lightroom, Apple Music, Photos, Bookmarks,
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Copies of iPhone and iPad backups
Looking forward to any other cool suggestions, automations and life savers …