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screen sharing

  1. Upgrader

    Remote access solution for cMP?

    What are the options to remotely connect my cMP 5,1 (Mojave) to my Macbook Pro 5,1 (El Capitan) over the internet? I’ve been using Team Viewer but it has become increasingly temperamental. I found an app called Screens on the app store but it won’t support lower than High Sierra. VNC Viewer...
  2. GuillaumeB

    Web VNC solution for macOS ?

    Hello, I transformed my former MacBook Pro into a server. For the VNC part, I can access the server screen very easily from my other mac via the Screen Sharing app From iOS, I can use the RealVNC app without installing anything on the server. For a Windows computer that's not mine I have to...
  3. M

    Weird buffering issue involving Plex, mac-mini 2012 and screen sharing

    Hi fellow Mac users, Let me explain the problem I’m having as short as possible. I have a mac mini 2012 running headless and serving as a Plex server. I use my Macbook Pro late 2015 to gain access to the mac mini using Screen Sharing. My new Samsung TV has a native Plex App. So far, so good...
  4. S

    MS Remote Desktop with two Macs

    I was using Microsoft Remote Desktop to access my PC through the screensharing protocol, and it worked really well. But now I'm using Microsoft Remote Desktop to connect to another Mac on my network and its not working. It tries to connect and then fails with the following message: 'Unable to...
  5. Dudham

    Apple TV 4k mirroring resolution

    Funny, I have googled and nothing! came up on this. Now that I can buy a 4k TV, what is the resolution my Mabcook Pro can stream to it? ...I understand that the Mac hardware (a few years back) needed a special chip to encode H264 to send to the Apple TV and thus only few Macs were supported...
  6. H

    Universal Screen Sharing - iOS > MacOS

    Hi all, Just wondering if anyone knows of an app that can utilise the built in Screen Sharing within macOS? We have a number of Mac clients and servers and would love to be able to Atleast view these on iPads. Thanks Andy
  7. A

    Screen Sharing stopped working after crash

    Hi, I have a Mac mini running a projection installation at a store in a different city. I did all the installation work and came back to my house. It was all working fine for a week but it seems like the computer crashed last night and the the program which was running projection stopped. I am...
  8. francisleigh

    Screen Sharing, command tab not working

    Hi, I've been looking for this for awhile and nothing I do seems to help. It's also odd because it just started happening without me changing anything. I have an older 13" 2009 macbook pro that I use to run Kodi on through the TV. I use my current 2011 15" Macbook Pro to often remote into...
  9. Doctor_Mac

    iPad Looking for iPad VNC/Screen Sharing app with Mac

    Hello! As per the title, I am looking for an iPad VNC/Screen Sharing app to connect to a Mac. However, I am looking for one that will work without any additional software on the Mac. I already have Screen Sharing set up and available internet-wide through Server. So, is there an app that can...
  10. Y

    Airplay won't stream videos on certain websites.

    My problem is that I can't stream movies via Airplay on certain websites. For example: I can play videos from a site (rainiertamayo.com) on my computer but as soon as I switch on mirroring via the Apple tv, the stream freezes and won't play anymore. It had been working just fine for a few...
  11. M

    iPad Is there iOS app to share iPad screens across network?

    I am tutoring my niece (who lives in another city) in math and I'm looking for an iOS iPad app that would allow us to share our screens across the Internet. Specifically, the app would allow me to draw something on my iPad screen and she would see it on her screen. She could then make changes...
  12. B

    mac screen sharing with ubuntu wont go fullscreen

    Hi I have successfully set up screen sharing with Ubuntu 14.04 machine and MAC OSX 10.9.5 (viewing the Ubuntu machine on my Mac machine), but the display will not go full screen on OSX. I have tried changing the scaling, and also tried changing the resolution output of the Ubuntu machine, but...
  13. C

    Resolved ElCap firewall blocks incoming screen sharing connections

    Hi folks, just upgraded my MBP to El Capitan, and now I can't screen-share to it unless the firewall is down. Just to be clear, Screen Sharing is working fine by itself: clients cannot connect only when the default OS X firewall is active. I'm running no other firewall software, and my...