Command Tab Bug with Screen share

I often screen share to PC while working, After about an hour, the command tab function will fail. Closing the screen share will solve the issue, but its annoying that it fails in the first place. Any ideas on how to solve this little bug?

can't get the exact behaviour, but my Finder sometimes requires two presses of Apple N before a new window will appear. Also, sometimes even after launching the Terminal, focus is not given to Terminal, instead it remains with the Finder. Clicking on the Terminal window doesn't switch to Terminal, as expected. There is no way to get the focus to be the app in the foreground. I have to control click it in the dock and quit. note that it hasn't crashed (no force quit option), it simply refuses to focus.

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Command-Tab bug

Can anyone else reproduce this bug?
With no Finder windows open proceed to start Terminal.
Switch back to Finder via Command-Tab.
Try to create a new Finder window with Command-N.
Instead of a new Finder window I get a new Terminal window. Not what I wanted.

can't get the exact behaviour, but my Finder sometimes requires two presses of Apple N before a new window will appear. Also, sometimes even after launching the Terminal, focus is not given to Terminal, instead it remains with the Finder. Clicking on the Terminal window doesn't switch to Terminal, as expected. There is no way to get the focus to be the app in the foreground. I have to control click it in the dock and quit. note that it hasn't crashed (no force quit option), it simply refuses to focus.

RealVNC Timeout after idle with Screen Share

Hello-
Dual G5 Powermac running downstairs as a server with screen sharing enabled,
Windows XP SP3 Laptop Running RealVNC to use remote desktop.
Everything works fine, but when I minimize RealVNC and come back to it a little while later (at least 5min), it wont refresh and then when I retry the connection I get a blip of the 'attempting to connect...' window and then nothing. It seems as though if I let the connection sit without input for a little while, the connection times out and will not let me reconnect. Is there a setting in OSX screen sharing to prevent this, or maybe in my realVNC viewer?
Could it be because I using port forwarding and www.dyndns.com to allow me a URL to use outside my intranet?
thanks.

Back to my Mac has been unreliable for me (and a lot of other users) ever since the Mavericks upgrade, 10.9.0.
I find that if I turn all screen sharing off, then back on again, remote macs can share my screen. But the fix usually lasts just a few days, sometimes as little as 24 hours.
So everything depends on me remembering to open Sys Prefs and then toggle Back to My Mac (in iCloud) and Remote Login, File Sharing, and Screen Sharing (all in Sharing) in the morning before I go to work. If I remember, I'm able to do screen sharing that day from work. If I forget, I'll get errors when I try to Screen Share via the link that appears under Shared in the Finder sidebar. The link is reliably present in the Finder sidebar, it just doesn't work if I haven't refreshed the Sys Prefs settings.
Hope this workaround is helpful. Wish they had a more permanent fix.

Audio with Screen Share?

Is there any way to get the audio from a computer that you are connected to with screen sharing?
I often work from home and use Screen Share to connect to work computer. It would be extremely helpful if I could hear the audio from that computer. I don't expect crystal clear audio, just enough to hear in and out points on quick edits.
Thanks,
Heather

i've never heard of audio coming across the screen sharing window... would like to know more, if it is an option... is it an option in preferences or something?
The reference to iChat was audio converstation with the person on the other end while you are trying to diagnose their system.
It is NOT the remote Mac generated audio.
regarding iChat, last time i heard, iChat requires a dotMac account for most of its features...
iChat works with AOL Instant Messaging (AIM) and you can get a free account. I have been using this with my Mom to do text, audio, and video chats with my Mom since Mac OS X 10.3 came out.
And more recently iChat has added support for XMPP (aka Jabber) instant messaging networks. I use XMPP with my companies IM service, as well as Google's GTalk IM service.
i only occasionally use iChat with google, but no audio goes across, nor file xfers... i don't know how iChat would work either since i think iChat would require someone to be at the destination computer to accept the connection... do you have more info about how this works and what "network servers" it requires to work?
A donation-ware plug-in extension for iChat called Chax adds a iChat preference option to auto-accept an invitation to share the screen for a list of specified users.
But again, this is ONLY useful for getting audio from the person sitting on the other end.
But the auto-answer for screen sharing can help solve the, how do I get through the home NAT router and how to I find the remote comptuer. iChat is providing that service.

Problems with Screen Share with Back to My Mac

Hi everyone, I'm at a loss right now... I had Screen sharing previously working with my fathers Macbook air (using my apple ID) so i could help him with troubleshooting from time to time. I just recently did a clean reinstall of Mountain Lion on my iMac. I am in the process of setting everything up again but it doesn't seem to be working. I have done what the directions call for but it's still not working. Not sure if it has to do with my clean install and having to redo something on my fathers computer too. another strange problem is that in the sharing section of my Macs system prefs, under screen sharing I am unable to remove any users from the Allow Access for section. the button does nothing at all. can someone do a step by step on how to make that connection to my fathers computer. and yes Back to my mac is turned on on both computers. thanks
ps. I just noticed that i have a couple of Unknown users under my
Allow Access for section, and i can't delete them either.

I see that. The problem is that the log in choice only lets me share the screen of my admin account. I want to share the screen of a standard account which is where I do all my work. So I connect to the standard account and then when I go to share the screen I get the "share screen request"
I just tried to log out of the admin account and into the standard remotely and that worked. Strange way to do it but as long as it works I'm fine with it.
Thanks for the response, it did solve my question because it helped me figure out how to do it.

Screen sharing and "command tab"

Hi,
is there a way to "command tab" within a Screen sharing screen.
When I use "command tab", it's doing this on the host, and not on the remote machine...
Or is there another way to jump from application to application?
Cheers,
Roger

Use this third party application: http://osx.iusethis.com/app/teleport

Screen Share - Change what to display & video quality

Hi LCSS Team,
I have been playing around with screen share and have it working in collaborative (both ends can share/control their screens).
Upon initial selection of deskop/app/window, is there a way to allow users to change what to display without having to
start/stop?
Use case:
- User A is viewing user B screen. User B would like to change view from desktop to a specific window.
Also, the screen share video feed is very pixelated. I have tried it multiple settings including what you guys sent
me. I am trying to get it to Skype like quality. Is that even possible?
Thanks,
Michael

Hi octoguy,
iChat makes hardware and connection speed checks as it starts up.
This gives you the framerate and bit rate duirng a call.
Lets say that your processor gives your iChat 15 fps
This will be the rate that you will then see to a another Mac.
The same computer is likely to get 10 frames per sec to a PC.
This is some part due to the PC putting a fair amout of effort into producing a clear detailed pic.
On some PCs this setting for the video pic is so high that the audio will drop out completely.
The cure is to bring the PC preview to the front (tabs)
Then click on the small icon that appears to the right and adjusting the slider that appears to the left.
This will incease the frame rate and bit rate from the PC. It makes the video look smoother although the actual quality has gone down (you may not be able to judge this quality difference by eye)
As general rule you will get about 2/3rds of the normal Mac to Mac framerate shown in the Connection Doctor. It also seems to take about 50% more Connection speed to get the same quality video.
So Mac to Mac min is 100Kbps where as Mac to PC will need about 150kbps.
The quality drop from 15 frames a sec to 10 frames a sec does make the video generally more blocky but does also depend a fair bit on the processor power of the PC and the camera used.
I know that sounds a little vague but there are really many variables that can be a factor.
11:23 PM Monday; April 24, 2006

Special Keys(Ctrl-opt-esc) in Screen Share no longer working after latest update

I typically remote into a machine back home through icloud once or twice a week to help my wife kill a program that can get stuck. I used to be able to send command+opt+esc to get to the remote computers force quit applications window. But now when I do that after the latest update, it only does it on my computer and no longer send the command to the remote screen share session.
Anyone else experience this or have a fix?
-Dan

(A) Try reset iPad
Hold the Sleep/Wake and Home button down together until you see the Apple Logo.
Note: Data will not be affected.
(B) Close all apps in the multi-task window
1.Double-click the Home button.
2. Swipe the app's preview up to close it.
3. Preview will fly off the screen.

Latency using Screen Share

I am experimenting with Screen Share in Lion (did not use in SL) and am having latency issues. MacBook taking control of iMac i7 quad core not too bad but iMac i7 Quad Core controlling MacBook is horrendous. Any ideas to speed things up?
Also trying to connect either way using "Apple ID" not working, only will connect using "Registered User" any thing to help out here would be great. Thanks

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Transfering files via screen share

I am able to screen share with my powerbook and my iMac. I tried to drag a folder with photo files on it from my iMac to the powerbook, but it didn't work. Any suggestions? Maybe easier to connect firewire, but wanted to try with screen share.
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you can't do this with screen share, sorry. You can do it using file sharing if your computers are on the same network.

When trying to edit a photo, it disappears (black screen) or screen is full of lines. Is this a bug with the latest software update?

After updating with the latest software, when trying to edit a photo, it disappears (black screen) or screen is full of lines. If I blindly crop or edit the photo, when I exit edit mode, those changes have been made, but obviously this is unacceptable. Is this a bug with the latest software update?

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2. Minor Database corruption: Back Up and try rebuild the library: hold down the command and option (or alt) keys while launching iPhoto. Use the resulting dialogue to rebuild.
3. A Damaged Photo: Select one of the affected photos in the iPhoto Window and right click on it. From the resulting menu select 'Show File (or 'Show Original File' if that's available). (On iPhoto 11 this option is under the File -> Reveal in Finder.) Will the file open in Preview? If not then the file is damaged. Time to restore from your back up.
4. A corrupted iPhoto Cache: Trash the com.apple.iPhoto folder from HD/Users/Your Name/ Library/ Caches...
5. A corrupted preference file: Trash the com.apple.iPhoto.plist file from the HD/Users/ Your Name / library / preferences folder. (Remember you'll need to reset your User options afterwards. These include minor settings like the window colour and so on. Note: If you've moved your library you'll need to point iPhoto at it again.)
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Is it possible to screen share an old iMac running 10.4 with a new Mac Mini running Yosemite

Is it possible to screen share an old iMac running 10.4 with a new Mac Mini running Yosemite. I am trying to bring the old iMac screen up on the Yosemite system

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Possible bug with Triggers tab

Hi there,
I'm using 1.0.0.12.15 and think there is a bug with the triggers tab. When I navigate to my table (which has one trigger on it), and then click on the Triggers tab, the trigger shows up multiple times. It's probably not a coincidence that it shows up the same number of times that there are columns :)
Looks like a missing join condition somewhere.
Hope this helps

Tracked this one down too...
SQL Developer is getting the triggers like this:
Select dt.trigger_NAME, dt.trigger_type, dt.triggering_Event, dt.status, do.object_id , do.owner sdev_link_owner, dt.trigger_NAME sdev_link_name,'TRIGGER' sdev_link_type
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Command Tab Bug with Screen share

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