Screen Share issue!

Screen share works when i connect from my mac mini to my macbook, but the other way around, i can only access my file on my mac mini from my macbook, there is no option for screen share, even though i have screen share activated on both machines. vnc does not work either. Little help?

Hi Harshini,
Please help us help you.
You will need to give us some more information if you want the Community/LCCS team to help you with this issue,.
What is the issue exactly? How would you want this feature to behave?
Should it stretch the image of the shared screen to fill up the black space?
Wouldn't that create a new issue though? ("hey guys! the screen is stretched when the publisher/subscriber have different resolutions").
JG & I gave it a quick try with ConnectNow (my screen was at 1920x1200 pixels and his was at 800x600 pixels). ConnectNow is a web conferencing application that uses LCCS' screensharing feature (among other features).
Everything works as expected (if the resolutions are so far off, usually the person watching with the higher resolution will see some black space around the shared image).
Thanks,
Julien
LCCS Quality Engineering

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My girlfriend just got a new Macbook and I've been helping her set it up across campus though our network at my university. It worked fine and then one day it didn't. Every time she asks or I ask to share her screen it gives this error to both of us:
"Failed to start Screen Sharing because: Screen sharing could not be established."
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1. Switch from wired to wireless network
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3. *Set "iChat Prefs>Audio/Video>Bandwidth Limit to both "500" and "None"
4. *Both computers have a firewall set to "Allow all incoming connections"
5. *When #4 didn't work we set firewall to "Set access for specific services and applications > iChat.app set to "Allow incoming connections"
6. Rebooted both Macs
7. Deleted all com.apple.iChat.X.plist files and started over fresh
8. *Enabled "Screen Sharing" in System Prefs>Sharing
*Restarted iChat afterwards
I think that's all. It is just really frustrating because I can screen share with someone clear across the nation but not someone who is on my same network. The only difference is that she is using a Gmail account through AOL and I am using a @me.com address. I thought maybe Gmail wasn't working so I had her switch to an AOL account and still same error.
We cannot port forward for obvious reasons at school but it worked before and nothing on the firewall has changed. I work at the IT department at our university and spoke with the person who runs the Firewall and supposedly there are no blocked ports on the part of the network we use. I know with iChat 4 in Leopard it doesn't use a specific port, it bounces around until it finds one according to article regarding port forwarding and NAT routers and iChat.
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Hi,
First off from reading this it should be an AIM valid name (@mac.com, AIM or @me.com) to AIM valid name or
a Jabber valid name (which includes Googletalk valid Gmail IDs) to another Jabber valid name
(that is both should be using the same type of Buddy list)
As you say the Apple Doc on this is not clear on the Screen Sharing part - listing only the changes to the AV ports compared to the Previous Doc (Now article HT1507). It does not mention the Screen Sharing at all.
Reading around suggests the Screen Sharing is based on Apple Remote Desktop and reading the com.apple.ichatAgent.plist with QuickLook shows a reference to a ARD link/process. (the same can be seen if you install Developers Tools from the Install disk which will give you Property List Editor which will open the .plist files).
The Article TS16929 (Previously Doc 106439 shows that Apple Remote Desktop uses port 5900 and 5988.
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Most people fail on the Audio part and get the standard Log Pop up screen to send or not to Apple - BUT you clearly have the other message...
"Failed to start Screen Sharing because: Screen sharing could not be established."
.... which is unrelated to the Audio part.
This would clearly put things in to the realms of a firewall or setting issue with possibly modem/router or LAN features getting in the way. (Leaving aside ISP related things for the moment).
You say iChat is in the Allowed Specifics List in the Leopard Firewall.
You say that nothing has changed on the Campus Firewall and can connect Off-site form On-site so it would seem not to be there.
On this last issue, check if they have introduced a Streaming cap on Intra-Site links. They may be trying to prevent other things such as Peer-to-Peer File Sharing or thing like everyone sharing their iTunes Libraries and other similar activities. The ability to Share Optical Drives re MacBook Airs maybe a factor.
I would tend to look towards your girlfriend's Mac.
Since iChat 2 it seems that some failed chats seem to hold on to ports or have some hold over the Network going on.
It seems most common when in System Preferences > Network the drop down at the top listing "Location" is left at the Automatic Default.
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1) Set up another Location and copy the settings across and switch between the two to force the Network to re-establish itself.
2)A longer way of clearing what is going on.
a) Shut any Airport card down if using WiFi
b) Shut down the computer.
c) Disconnect any Ethernet cable from either Computer or routing device (whichever is easier to reach but leave the routing device still connected to the Internet - just isolate the computer from the Internet)
d) Restart the computer (this is with no Internet Connection)
e) Restart iChat.
f) Restart Airport card or plug in Ethernet cable.
g) Using the Buddy List, select Available and make iChat Login (can also be done from the iChat Menu (> Accounts submenu in iChat 4)
On your last paragraph I would ask if you can Video chat at this set of locations ?
This is because in this scenario a feature of one of the modems may be an issue.
Some modems and routers have DOS (Denial of Service) or SPI (Stateful Packet Inspection) protection. These tend to be threshold based and have no setting control in the devices set up pages (other than On or Off).
iChat can stream so much data, particularly in Video chats over what are now quite high Internet speeds that a DOS feature will consider it an Internet attack and cut the port involved. SPI tends to be judging whether the data stream is valid and does not seem to keep up and the result is the same.
In Video chats the end that has the Problem tends to get a Error -7 In the Log.
The Other end gets the "No Data for 10 Secs" message.
Summary.
Essentially though as you have tried a deletion of all the .plists for iChat and you imply both ends it is more likely something about the Network or how the Mac thinks Network resources are already allocated.
There is not an easy .plist deletion for this hence the two methods listed above.
NOTEs: 1) #8 in your list is not related to iChat.
This is what you can now use of Apple Remote Desktop itself. It has it's own Screen Sharing app (without Audio like iChat) that is invoked from the Finder's Go Menu > Go to Serve and entering a VCN:// IP address. (As a System Application, as it were, it is in /System/Core Services/Screen Sharing.app)
It does need both Macs to have the Setting Enabled as you have done it #8 though
2) Some ISPs it is suggested block Screen Sharing. (Verizon was the name I heard mentioned). How they tell what the data steam is specifically I do not know as it would seem that the Audio part of an iChat Screen share would make it look like an A/V chat and that Apple Remote Desktop must be a valid way of working for some people. However iChat is Peer-to-Peer in AV chats and Screen Sharing and some ISPs are known to actively work against these file sharing apps that bear the same generic term.
In your case I do not think this applies as you can Connect Off site via whatever ISP your Campus uses.
I hope this helps.
9:58 PM Wednesday; October 1, 2008

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Message was edited by: supercres

Bit of an odd problem here.
My Mountain Lion Mac Pro (called "Trogdor" for convenience) is connected to my work university network. I can ping it from anywhere-- elsewhere on the network, from home behind a firewall. Can connect over ssh from everywhere. I can also connect to other computers (on the same network or at home behind a firewall) from Trogdor via ssh, Screen Sharing, etc.
But I can't Screen Share into Trogdor, and I can't connect to Trogdor's built-in web server, either system-wide (in /Library/WebServer) or for my username (~/Sites). (I can connect to the web server from Trogdor.)
Note that I can do both of these for other computers on the same network (same subnet, etc), so it's not a network issue. I can't do these from anywhere: same network or from home. I have this problem whether I use Trogdor's hostname or its IP address. (I can look up its hostname using the IP address with the "host" tool in Terminal, and vice versa.)
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Thanks!
Message was edited by: supercres

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Nathan Miah wrote:
Is there absolutely anything else I could do to sort this such as phone Apple Support
If you want.
or maybe install Snow Leopard using the disc it came on with my Mac and just set it up from a Time Machine Backup on my external hard drive (since it works under SL)?
Did you install Lion on an empty partition, or did you upgrade Snow Leopard? If you upgraded, I'd not recommend erasing it, since your backups are apparently gone. It's doubtful Snow Leopard will recognize them.
It's not just backups on the drive either, there are other important things on there, so why won't they show?
Mixing Time Machine backups and other data is not a good idea. See #3 in Time Machine - Frequently Asked Questions. It sounds like the whole disk is corrupted.
I just really don't understand how this happened. Could it not be an issue with WD because they haven't issued firmware to support Lion yet?
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2. iMessage's interfacing of multiple instant messaging accounts is nightmarish and inconvenint to trouble shoot.
That being said, I'd like to make it work. (I'd also like Apple to recognize how badly they've managed this though.) If someone has advice that can help, I'd appreciate it.
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Try clearing Safari's cache : Settings > Safari > Clear Cache (and Clear History)
If that doesn't work then try closing Safari completely and then re-open it : from the home screen (i.e. not with Safari 'open' on-screen) double-click the home button to bring up the taskbar, then press and hold any of the apps on the taskbar for a couple of seconds or so until they start shaking, then press the '-' in the top left of the Safari app to close it, and touch any part of the screen above the taskbar so as to stop the shaking and close the taskbar.
A third option is a reset : press and hold both the sleep and home buttons for about 10 to 15 seconds (ignore the red slider), after which the Apple logo should appear - you won't lose any content, it's the iPad equivalent of a reboot.

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I was a bit disheartened when I found that, when controlling the macbbok from the imac, I couldn't make the window go full screen. I understand this was a resolution issue that couldn't be gotten around.
However did find out that if set used ARD's screen share (rather than the light version that comes with OSX) that I could get full screen by reducing the resolution of the iMac.
However when I plug an external monitor into the macbook it all goes wrong. If I am using the OSX version of screen share (light) then I can choose to show only one display. If I use the ARD version I don't have that option and can only view both screens.
What I had hope for was to be able to use the fullscreen capability of ARDs screen share with my macbook with a second screen attached, but only view the macbook screen on my iMac.
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The obvious choice for an Apple display is the 24-inch LED (backlit) Cinema Display. It as the same Mini DisplayPort connector, and it will give you a few more USB ports. But it as some extra features that may not be necessary for use with an iMac, such as its own iSight camera, built-in speakers, and a power connector for use with MacBooks. And it costs $899 retail. But it would certainly look nice next to an aluminum iMac.
http://www.apple.com/displays/
For a non-Apple display, there are many choices. They are generally cheaper. The standard digital connector is DVI. You can also use a display with a VGA connector, but DVI would be better if you are getting a new display. If your iMac is a 24-inch model, its built-in display has 1920x1200 native resolution. That would be a good choice for an external display, typically 23 or 24 inch. You can go all the way up to 2560x1600, which is typically a 30-inch display (including Apple's model). You can even get one with Dell branding that works.
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Dell/3007WFPHC/
Your choice depends on how much you can afford to spend and how big (in terms of resolution) you want it to be.

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I have an iMac and a MacBookPro on my home network. I used to be able to share screens between them quickly, trivially, painlessly. For a while now, though, it never (or rarely) works. Not sure, but possibly began after I upgraded to Snow Leopard.
Setup:
Snow Leopard on both computers
ADSL Modem -> Airport Extreme -> Wireless connection to MBP and iMac. (both are within seven meters of the Airport Extreme
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Everything else works ok -- shared time capsules, access to the internet, etc.
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Skype 7.6 - Repeated Crashing on Screen Share

Same here. Every time I attempt to share screen, skype just ambiguously crashes. This is very hindering to me. Please help!

I was successfully screen sharing earlier today and then tonight, whenever I attempt to screen share Skype Crashes. The 'funny' thing is if I instansiate the screen share window, and click 'cancel' it still crashes; so it crashes whenever I instansiate the screen share window. I've included a crash report. Computer Specs (purchased yesterday as of writing this post, few apps installed/running):MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch Early 2015)2.7 GHz Intel Core i58 GB 1867 MHz DDR3Intel Iris Graphics 6100 1536 MBMac OS X 10.10.2 Skype Version: 7.6 (409) I use Skype almost daily for work related Screen Sharing and Video Calls, so if there is anyway I can help in order to solve this issue, please let me know and thank you for your time.

Screen Share issue!

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