Mac messages share my screen

Mac Messages Share my Screen quit working some time ago. The internet said there is a problem recognizing AIM accounts. Yet when I try to add another account AOL is an option. Is there a webpage that provides a solution?

Hi,
AIM stands for Aol Instant Messenger.
It is only recently though that Apple have changed the Add account pane to read AOL when adding an account that works with the AIM service.
In Messages check the Video menu (Where Screen Sharing is) and select the Connection Doctor item.
In the panel that opens check the drop down for the Capabilities info
You need the Internet Speed to be able to Video to be able to Screen Share.
In Messages > Preferences > Video section you may have set the Bandwidth limit too low.
If it is set to 100kbps it will not work (you may not be able to Video either)
The 500kbps setting will get you above the amount needed to Host a 4 way Video chat which will be enough for Screen Sharing as well.
If the computer is doing something On line when you start the Messages app this will distort the speed available and it may not store the right info about your capabilities.
For example starting the app at the same time as the computer may mean the computer does not have a internet connection at the time the app finishes getting read. Or starting the app when another app or the computer is doing a download will also effect things.
However a long term issue is more likely to be the settings in the pic above.
10:14 pm Thursday; August 21, 2014
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 G4/1GhzDual MDD (Leopard 10.5.8)
 MacBookPro 2Gb (Snow Leopard 10.6.8)
 Mac OS X (10.6.8),
 Couple of iPhones and an iPad

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Weird Problem - can only see Mac in "Share my Screen"

I've been having a strange problem that I think might have something to do with OpenGL, but I'm not sure. I think it might be because I've gotten some error messages that said that OpenGL wasn't available or working properly.
When I boot my mac, I have a hugely corrupted screen (gray with green stripes) which doesn't change at all. However, I can hear things starting up, and when I use "Share my Screen" from my MacBook, I can see everything, and the computer runs just fine.
I've tried attaching a different monitor; it looks exactly the same, and both monitors run perfectly when attached to other computers.
I tried taking out all the cards and things, wiping everything down, and putting them back. No change.
I tried booting in Safe Mode. It never actually booted. (I left it to try for about 20 hours before I gave up.)
I've tried resetting the PRAM, and that didn't help. (Before that, I had scattered green dots, and a fractured apple logo, with the widget that showed the computer was loading, until the point where the screen should turn blue, when it would freeze. Now I just have green stripes.)
I've tried to reinstall the original system, but when I attempt to boot from the CD, I get a kernal panic. This is true, no matter what CD I attempt to boot from.
I've opened the computer as a Firewire Drive (using an older Macbook) to change the system from there; but you can only install the stystem on the boot drive from the disks I have. While I was running it like this, the Firewire icon showed up just fine on my monitor, white on the gray with green stripes.
I've tried upgrading to Lion (I was using Snow Leopard) and was able to do it, but that didn't solve anything.
I don't appear to have the Lion reboot partition. At least, if I do, I don't know how to find it. The keyboard shortcuts don't do anything as far as I can tell. Since I cannot actually see anything on the screen until the comptuer is fully booted, so it might be there, but invisible.
Unfortunately, I didn't try the old install disks until after the Lion upgrade. Now, if I try to just install from the disk (using Share my Screen, so I can see what I'm doing) I'm told that I can't.
When I run Disk Utility, it says everything is fine.
The computer is due to be replaced in October anyway. Should I just give up and get the new one now? Or can any of you think of anything else that I might be able to try? Everything is totally backed up, so if I need to wipe my disks, that's not a problem.
The computer is a
     Mac Pro
     2 x 3 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon processor
     4 GB 800 MHz DDR2 FB-DIMM memory
     NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT 512MB Graphics card
     OS 10.7.4
Thanks for any help you can give me. I'm at my wits end!
Robin

Hi Robin,
The no boot in Safe Mode is a big clue, generally a serious Hard Drive problem, but can be others.
Are you saying the blotched screen showed up fine in Screen Sharing? If so the problem is downwind of the Video Card/VRAM, & you seem to have eliminated the Cable & Monitor, so I'd quess Logic Board most likely.
On the HDD problem, try Zeroing the drive while it's in Target Mode...
1. Insert the Mac OS X Install disc, then restart the computer while holding the C key.
   2. When your computer finishes starting up from the disc, choose Disk Utility from the Installer menu. (In Mac OS X 10.4 or later, you must select your language first.)
      *Important: Do not click Continue in the first screen of the Installer. If you do, you must restart from the disc again to access Disk Utility.*
   3. Click the Erase tab.
   4. Click the disclosure triangle to the left of the hard drive icon to display the names of your hard disk volumes and partitions.
   5. Select that iMac volume.
   6. Highlight the drive, select Partition Tab, then Format type... MacOS Extended Journalled, select the Security Options button, choose Zero Out Data one pass, Erase... after completion do a new install... after completion hopefully you'll be able to get a good install.

Messages Share Screen stopped

OK
My mum IM'ed me today.
Asked to share her screen via (now) Messages, formerly iChat.
As I have done before...
I went to do so, and it came up with an error saying "connection failed"
Can I ask, is this another bug based on Mountain Lion, or does both computers have to now have Mountain Lion?
My mother's comuter has Leopard, she tells me.
Thanks in advance

Oh, I don't doubt it was something very specifically screwy on that Mac mini that somehow got exacerbated by Mountain Lion. My original install of Lion on that mini a year ago hung at the end. I had to do a clean install of Snow Leopard and then upgraded over that. It was then I discovered Lion 10.7.0 had a bug that disabled the Mac mini's analog out ability until restart if a digital signal was sent at all. This killed my Mac mini as a HTPC and led to it's transition to a headless server instead.
What was great about that bug was it apparently also affected some 10.6.8 users (I wasn't affected). A "10.6.8 Supplemental Update" was released to fix that issue a few days later. I filed a bug with Apple for 10.7, it was marked as a "known issue" and remained unfixed until 10.7.1 came out almost a month later.
The Mac mini worked for another few months until 10.7.2 came out in October. That upgrade also hung, and another full reinstall of Lion was needed. It's worked fine since then, with the exception of iCal, iCloud, QuickTime, iPhoto, and iTunes bugs that have been present on all my Macs and confirmed as "known issues" with Apple. And now with 10.8.0, the Mac mini has broken again.
In general, since Lion came out and iCloud has come online, I've had more problems with my Apple products than I can ever remember. They've all gone from being rock stable to buggy peices of junk. If this issue with Mountain Lion is the start of a similar trend for 10.8 and iOS 6, I may have to think about transitioning to another platform. It's gotten to be just as time intesive to keep everything working right as on Windows!

I run a Mac Mini 10.6.1 and a G5 10.4.11 - they share a screen. Yesterday the contrast on the Mac Mini went mad. Very very heavy contrast and now its impossible to retouch with Photoshop as I cannon judge the colours accuratly. The G5 is fine. John UK

I run a Mac Mini 10.6.1 and a G5 10.4.11 - they share a screen. Yesterday the contrast on the Mac Mini went mad. Very very heavy contrast and now its impossible to retouch with Photoshop as I cannot judge the colours accuratly. The G5 is fine. I keep the screen image I get on the G5 good and accurate with Huey. I believe I cannot use this with the "Intel Inside" Mac Mini. Does anyone know how I can restore the great screen image I got up to yesterday on my Mac Mini? Thanks. John Suffolk England.

Likely caused by one of the following: a bad cable, maybe a bad connection or (my guess) bad graphics hardware.
To rule out the software, see if booting from an installer DVD shows better color.
Swap the cables and check the connections.
Then call your hardware support provider.

Can't connect to mac mini leopard shares or screen share

i'm having problem connecting to a mac mini that is on my network (running leopard 10.5.8) and is wired to the network via an AEBS.
previously when my MBP was also running 10.5.8 i had no problems using screen sharing and connecting to 2 shares on it using "afp://10.x.x.x/sharename", or browsing to them via finder.
i did a clean install of SL on the MBP and now even though the mac mini shows up in finder, when i select it it just sits there trying to connect and eventually the beach ball appears and fails saying it can't connect to it.
when i try to connect to the shares using command-K, again it won't connect to the shares.
if i try to connect to them using the samba share that is also configured on the mac min then is does connect to them.
i can ping the mac mini using network utility.
any ideas what the problem is? everything worked fine before i wiped and installed SL.
!http://www.simon-gray.co.uk/images/network.jpg!

HI,
Make sure screen sharing is turned on and you have set up sharing permissions on the computer whose screen you want to share.
To set up screen sharing:
Choose Apple menu > System Preferences and click Sharing.
Select the Screen Sharing checkbox.
To specify who can share your screen, select one of the following:
All users: Select this if you want to allow any user with a user account on your computer to share your screen.
Only these users: Select this if you want to restrict screen sharing to specific users.
Click Add + at the bottom of the Users list and select a user from Users & Groups (accounts you have set up in Accounts preferences), Network Users (users on your network), or your Address Book. Or click New Person and enter a name and password to create a sharing account. Then select that user from the list and click Select.
Click Computer Settings and set the following options:
Anyone may request permission to control screen: Select this to allow anyone on your network to request to share your screen.
VNC viewers may control screen with password: Select this and enter a password that VNC viewer applications can enter in order to control your screen.
It’s recommended that you not set a password if you only share this computer’s screen using the built-in screen sharing viewer in Mac OS X.
Carolyn

How do I get Share my Screen to work?

I'm trying to share my screen iMac to MacBook. Both on Mountain Lion. Under the VIDEO drop down Screen Sharing on both computers is checked off. In SYSTEM PREFERNCES > SHARING, Screen Sharing is on. Yet, I cannot share my screen, or share the screen of my friend via Messages.
ANY IDEAS HOW TO FIX???

HI,
The @me.com, the GoogleTalk and Bonjour accounts should all be able to do Screen Sharing in Messages.
The other end does have to be using either iChat or Messages as well.
It does need to be On at your end but does not have to have the System Preferences > Sharing option Enabled (Uses the same engine (Apple Remote Desktop) only)
It may pay to go to the General section of the Preferences for the App and Untick the line that gathers the 3 Buddy List in to one.
Then highlight each Buddy List in turn and then check the Video Menu > Screen Sharing again as it may be an issue with one account that is crossing over when they are linked.
The next reason could be your Internet Speed.
Messages "measures" this at the app start up
It can get "confused" as to the speed if you have it starting up at the same time as the Mac because of the things the OS does in starting up and creating the Internet connection.
Also check Messages Menu > Preferences > Video section > Bandwidth Limit.
This should not be set at the 200kbps (it is too close to the minimum of 128 needed for the Screen Sharing if your service varies)
Of course it could be your service is too slow.
9:10 PM Sunday; September 9, 2012
Please, if posting Logs, do not post any Log info after the line "Binary Images for iChat"
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 G4/1GhzDual MDD (Leopard 10.5.8)
 MacBookPro 2Gb (Snow Leopard 10.6.8)
 Mac OS X (10.6.8),
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Screen sharing option no longer works after updating to iOS Maverik. I am using AIM and so is the other person who i am trying to share my screen with. .

I am using AIM and so is the other person who i am trying to share my screen with. I log into AIM with an @aol.com account. I can request to share my screen and share the other person's screen. The window will pop up on the other computer, but after clicking accept it will go back to saying that there is a request for screen share. What should I do to fix this?

HI,
To be clear, iOS = iPhone and iPad and some iPod Touches and the Operating System they use.
Mac OS X = the Operating System Mac computers use.
Regarding the AOL account, is this actually from AOL and have the Chat/Messaging option enabled ?
Or is it a Name registered with the AIM part of AIM ?
You can have AOL as your ISP and have an email and User ID from them.
This needs to have the ability to use the name as a Chat name enabled (or at least it used to)
AIM, which actually stands for AOL Instant Messaging has it's own registration site.
Nowadays you register for a AIM email (although activating it for mail is another additional step).
It used to be that the bit before the @aim.com bit was the user name you used in Chat applications that could use AIM.
Previous to the current system you could in fact register just a Screen Name with them.
Apple (and a few US based ISPs) also have agreements with AIM that their (Apple, etc.) emails are recognised as Valid AIM Screen Names.
This means those issued by Apple ending in @mac.com, @me.com issued from the iCloud registration and @icloud.com.
(You do have to keep your password to 16 characters or less.)
From what you are saying you seem to be sure that you can see each other as On Line in your respective AIM Buddy lists ?
In Messages in both Mountain Lion and Mavericks you do not have to display the Buddy lists
(See the Window Menu plus the General Section of the Preferences to separate them)
Are you also saying that in the Video menu the option to allow Screen Shares is Enabled ?
Is it done at both ends ?
In iChat you could offer to Share your Screen with a Buddy without the option being On (they could not ask to share yours or offer theirs). I have not tested this in Messages.
6:55 pm Sunday; November 3, 2013
 iMac 2.5Ghz 5i 2011 (Mavericks 10.9)
 G4/1GhzDual MDD (Leopard 10.5.8)
 MacBookPro 2Gb (Snow Leopard 10.6.8)
 Mac OS X (10.6.8),
 Couple of iPhones and an iPad

Mac Messages Audio/Video tab missing

Hi,
On my Mac Pro, in the Mac Messages app (ver. 8.0) preference pane, I am missing the tab for Audio/Video. Because of this, I'm unable to select my external audio device (a Focusrite Saffire Pro 40), and therefore hear no sound from video messages sent to me.
Does anyone know of a way to restore the Messages preference pane, or do I need to do a complete OS X restore?
I did try deleting the com.apple.iChat.plist file and restarting the app, which did not work. Here's a screenshot showing the missing tab.
Thanks.

Hi,
If you use the iMessages account and then use the Details option top right of the Chat/Interface window of Messages it will invoke the FaceTime App.
Video and Audio chats done this way don't use the apps own Video/Audio Ability.
It is the same with Screen Sharing. With Accounts that have buddy lists it uses the Apps Own abilities.
The iMessages account Invokes the Screen Sharing App and has to have System Preferences > Sharing > Screen Sharing set to allow this.
Back in iChat you could have issues with external devices that were used for Sound input.
If they were MIDI based you can open the MIDI Setup app in Applications/Utilities.
iChat used to accept 41000 and 48000 data rates for sound.
There have been issues with some external devices on which order they get set up between System Preferences > Sound > Input and the choices in Messages itself.
Recently I have seen a similar post about doing the same in Messages where an head set/mic combo unit needs the Input set in Messages before the Output.
As far as playing other sources If Quicktime can play it then Messages should also "share it". Or at least that was my experience until they did away with iChat Theatre.
8:39 pm Friday; January 16, 2015
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 G4/1GhzDual MDD (Leopard 10.5.8)
 MacBookPro 2Gb (Snow Leopard 10.6.8)
 Mac OS X (10.6.8),
 Couple of iPhones and an iPad

When trying to share my screen in iChat, the other person only sees green

When I try to share my screen with someone using iChat, the person sharing it with me cannot see anything on my screen. I've tried reinstalling Mac OS on my computer but it hasn't helped...what can I do?!

HI,
To be clear, iOS = iPhone and iPad and some iPod Touches and the Operating System they use.
Mac OS X = the Operating System Mac computers use.
Regarding the AOL account, is this actually from AOL and have the Chat/Messaging option enabled ?
Or is it a Name registered with the AIM part of AIM ?
You can have AOL as your ISP and have an email and User ID from them.
This needs to have the ability to use the name as a Chat name enabled (or at least it used to)
AIM, which actually stands for AOL Instant Messaging has it's own registration site.
Nowadays you register for a AIM email (although activating it for mail is another additional step).
It used to be that the bit before the @aim.com bit was the user name you used in Chat applications that could use AIM.
Previous to the current system you could in fact register just a Screen Name with them.
Apple (and a few US based ISPs) also have agreements with AIM that their (Apple, etc.) emails are recognised as Valid AIM Screen Names.
This means those issued by Apple ending in @mac.com, @me.com issued from the iCloud registration and @icloud.com.
(You do have to keep your password to 16 characters or less.)
From what you are saying you seem to be sure that you can see each other as On Line in your respective AIM Buddy lists ?
In Messages in both Mountain Lion and Mavericks you do not have to display the Buddy lists
(See the Window Menu plus the General Section of the Preferences to separate them)
Are you also saying that in the Video menu the option to allow Screen Shares is Enabled ?
Is it done at both ends ?
In iChat you could offer to Share your Screen with a Buddy without the option being On (they could not ask to share yours or offer theirs). I have not tested this in Messages.
6:55 pm Sunday; November 3, 2013
 iMac 2.5Ghz 5i 2011 (Mavericks 10.9)
 G4/1GhzDual MDD (Leopard 10.5.8)
 MacBookPro 2Gb (Snow Leopard 10.6.8)
 Mac OS X (10.6.8),
 Couple of iPhones and an iPad

Can't share my screen or access audio

I keep getting the message that "Adobe Connect quit unexpectedly" when trying to connect to a meeting. I get that when I dial in. If I just wait, it connects anyway even though I get that message. However, I can't share my screen or hear/share audio. When I try to share my screen I get the unexpectedly quit message again. And this time it really never just starts to work. I am using a Mac OS 10.7.5. Any ideas? This worked fine until a few months ago.

Correct, the ~ should be where your username is. You may have to enable hidden folders to get to the Macromedia folder. Here is a more indepth description: Having problems with the Adobe Connect add-in on OS X? Here is how to uninstall it. | Puppies, Flowers, Rainbows and Kit…
However, you can get the latest add-in here: Adobe Connect Downloads and Updates
If the meeting room launches in your web browser, then you don't have the add-in. If the meeting room launches in a stand alone window, then you have the add in. That is the easiest way to tell.

No longer share my screen Mavericks with Yosemite

I can no longer share my screen Mavericks with Yosemite - buddies gone.
I am so depressed. I no longer have any buddies - where has the list gone?
In addition, I can no longer share screens. Everything is greyed out.
I gave someone a new 27-inch iMac 3.4GHz quad-core Intel Core i5, and the idiot upgraded to Yosemite (with it's Fisher Price icons and iPad like interface) before I even had a chance to introduce her to the world of mac.
I have no idea whether this upgrade is the cause, or something has changed that is blocking the ability for screen sharing etc. that I am too stupid and old to understand.
It all used to be so simple. It was called iChat. You messaged, shared screens, and video conferenced.
It was what Mac used to be about - ease of use, and reliable.
Now, nothing really works for long enough to get used to it, before it changes.
Help

hi,
You need either an AIM Login or Jabber one to do this.
What were you using before ?
Is it Enabled in the Messages > Preferences > Account pane ?
9:05 pm Tuesday; November 18, 2014
 iMac 2.5Ghz i5 2011 (Mavericks 10.9)
 G4/1GhzDual MDD (Leopard 10.5.8)
 MacBookPro 2Gb (Snow Leopard 10.6.8)
 Mac OS X (10.6.8),
 Couple of iPhones and an iPad

I have pluged a portable battery to the USB and my macbook pro stopped working after that, right before it shut down there was a message on the screen that said something like " USB device is withdrawing so much power, please disconnect and connect again?

I have plugged a portable battery to the USB and my macbook pro stopped working after that, right before it shut down there was a message on the screen that said something like " USB device is withdrawing so much power, please disconnect and connect again?
if the device I connected have caused this, shouldn't the macbook itself have some type of protection that should prevent this from happening.
because when I took it to an apple certified maintenance shop, the guy said that now it could only run while connected to the power. it won't run on batteries. and that I have to change the motherboard.
can I just replace the damaged part only, would apple consider this as a design issue and they could pay for it, or should I just buy a new motherboard for 800$.
Help.

BB1B2,
The problem is in finding a tech shop that will/can do board level repairs on Macs. They are few. And I certainly wouldn't spend $800 on a new logic board - I would replace the computer if I had to pay that much!
You could call around to a few repair shops and see if they feel competent to isolate the problem and do a board level repair - but I'm afraid, in the end, that your search will be futile.
Sorry,
Clinton

Connect mac client to mac printer share across subnets

I need to share printers from a Mac. I need to connect
Mac clients on different subnets to the Mac shared printers. I installed
a Mac mini, connected to printers via HP JetDirect Socket (port 9100), and
shared them. I was able to print from the Mac mini, and connect Mac
clients on the same subnet to the shared printers with Bonjour and print.
I moved the Mac mini to its intended location on another subnet. I
immediately learned that Bonjour does not publish services across
subnets. I could not find documentation on how to connect to a Mac shared
printer across subnets, but I did find some third party documentation (only some incomplete
documentation from Apple) on how to implement DNS-SD Service Discovery. I
enabled DNS-SD and was able to publish the printer shares across subnets, but I
was still unable to connect to the printer shares from a Mac client. I
found some third party documentation (none from Apple) on how to manually connect to a Mac
printer share by specifying the IP address of the server, specifying the CUPS
default IPP protocol, and the print queue name. I was unable to connect
to the shared printers. I receive ping replies from my Mac mini, and port
scan reveals that port 631 for IPP, CUPS default, is open. Printer
sharing is configured so everyone can print. I am able to connect to the Mac
mini with VNC Screen Sharing. I don’t see how this can be a network
issue.
Macs don’t seem to like to connect to our Windows
shared printers because of our PaperCut software, and connecting Mac clients to
Windows printer shares and authentication is beyond the average user,
exacerbated by Macs not behaving the same as Windows when bound to an Active
Directory domain.
I called Apple support, they escalated to Apple Enterprise
support. Apple Enterprise support said they couldn’t help me beyond a
single network with no subnets, but Apple Engineering might be able to solve
the problem for $695.
Why do I need to pay $695 to learn how to connect Mac
clients to Mac shared printers, something that should be easy and intuitive and
have documentation readily available? Windows printer sharing is easy and
intuitive and documentation is readily available, and services are published
across subnets without have to implement DNS-SD.

Thank you for your reply. I followed the instructions in the sybaspot.com site and in some of the included references to set up DNS-SD. DNS-SD worked, but I couldn't connect the Mac client to the Mac shared printers.
I also found http://www.papercut.com/products/ng/manual/ch-mac-printing-10-8-9.html#ch-mac-pr inting-10-8-9-sharing-printers.
I expanded my search and found this: http://support.apple.com/kb/PH13940, last modified May 8, 2014. I started work on my project February 2014. Apple Support could have told me about this document.
PH13940 says: "The computers must be on the same local network as your Mac". Apple must not consider multiple subnets one network.
PH13940 says: "Printer sharing is for printers attached directly to your Mac. You don’t need to share network printers, because they are already shared on the network."
Apple must define "network printers" as any printer with a network interface. Microsoft defines network printers as printers shared by another computer. TCP/IP ports are local ports on a Windows computer, so TCP/IP connected printers are local printers that can be shared. Multiple users on a Mac all see the same connected printers. Multiple users on Windows all see the same local printers, but network printer connections can be different for each user.
Apple must not see any value in accounting for printing and assigning the cost to the user or department. We need to account for printing and cannot have any users bypassing the system by printing directly to printers. I have created Access Control lists on the printers to limit connections to the specific IP addresses of our print servers.
The documents about setting up DNS-SD and IPP connections must have assumed USB connected printers on a Mac. The odd thing is that I was able to share a network printer from the Mac mini when the client Mac was on the same subnet. Is PH13940 wrong?
I am Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer 1999 and Apple Certified Technical Coordinator 2013.

Out of range message on monitor screen

Have a Mac Mini desktop. On startup of computer, monitor, everything is normal. When monitor goes to sleep, and I wake it up with the mouse, I get an "out of range" message on the screen. My monitor's resolution specs call for a 1280 x 1024 resolution with 60 Hz. I have set that as the required resolution, but it still displays the message on a black screen. I have tried not shutting the monitor off completely and turning it back on, as well as letting it go to sleep after 7 minutes. Nothing stops the message from displaying.
Could my video graphics be going bad? Had some power surges 2 weeks ago with the energy company, and wonder if those surges could have affected my Mac somehow?
Anyone with a suggestion?

Hello,
See if it's related to this...
The 2012 macs (and later apparently) not waking normally from sleep after hours being in sleep. (noted here ...
http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/archives/feb13/022813.html#2012macswontwake
"Why 2012 iMac/2012 Mac Mini won't Wake After Hours of Sleep (Hibernates/Powers Off)")
The sleepimage file still reappears even if never slept. Delete it (hibernate off, etc) - within minutes its back.
A note on that here - http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/feedback/Chameleon_SSD_Optimizer.html
About iMac sleep...
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1529750
Try this: "sudo pmset autopoweroff 0" and "sudo pmset standby 0"
http://xlr8yourmac.com/archives/sep13/091313.html#10.8.5SleepEjectTip

HELP: Problem accessing host Mac MSL Mini using "Screen Sharing"

I have screen sharing enabled on my mother-in-law's Mac Mini so I can access it with Chicken of the VNC.
There are 2 user accounts, one Admin and the other regular. The problem is that when Chicken Of the VNC connects and I choose one of the accounts and log-in the connection terminates and I have to close Chicken of the VNC and re-connect.
Is there something in Sharing/screen sharing that needs to be set so the connection will not terminate when switching account .

From Finder help on screen sharing...
-=-=-=-
If you can’t share computer screens
If you’re having problems sharing your screen with another computer, or sharing the screen of another computer, there are several things to check.
Here are things to try if you can’t share screens:
Make sure screen sharing is turned on and you have set up sharing permissions on the computer whose screen you want to share.
Sharing your screen with other computer users
If you’re trying to share the screen of another computer, open Sharing preferences on that computer and make sure you’re in the list of users who have been given permission to share that computer’s screen.
Make sure neither computer is in sleep mode. A computer can’t share its own screen or share the screen of another computer if it’s in sleep. Adjust the computer’s settings using Energy Saver preferences.
If you’re using Back to My Mac to share screens, make sure it’s turned on on both computers.
Sharing your computer’s screen using Back to My Mac
Make sure both computers are connected to the same network, or if you’re sharing screens using Back to my Mac, make sure they’re both connected to the Internet.

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