Screen Sharing resolution - Mavericks

I am remoting into my MacBook Pro from an Ubuntu VNC client. The screens I have are much lower resolution then my retina display so the VNC session window is enormous. Is there any way I can reduce the resolution for remote screen management or perhaps use a client that allows the window session window in Ubuntu to be scaled so I can view the entire retina desktop on one screen?

Ok so the solution was to user a different VNC client in Ubuntu. "Vinagre" allows you to view your remote session scaled to any size you like. It will however retain the dimentions of your MacBook screen.
One thing to be aware of is that when authentication your VNC session (entering your username and password) Vinagre only allows you to enter a password of 8 characters max. So if your password is longer then 8 characters you will have to shorten it to user Vinagre... A bit annoying but at least it works.
Techy notes:
It is actially the VNC server Vino that Vinagre uses that is enforcing the password length limit. So if using an alternative client that uses Vino as it's VNC server this limit will apply for that client also.
Even though you are scaling the client session down VNC sends the host's full resolution so you will still transfer a lot of data over the network.

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Screen sharing in maverick

How do I set up Screen sharing between my iMac and macBook Pro. iMac running Maverick and MacBook Pro running Mountain Lion.

Screen sharing in Mavericks is done through Messages app. It requires turning on Screen Sharing in System Preferences > Sharing. If you bring up Help on your iMac and search for "screen sharing" there are detailed instructions for setting it up and deciding who can share your screen.
Personally I have yet to use screen sharing using strictly Apple technology. There is a 3rd party app called TeamViewer that is very easy to use.

Mavericks: Screen Sharing Resolution changed to low-res

I just updated my two slave macs (Mac Pro, Mac Mini) to Mavericks (main mac still on 10.8.5), and when I do screen-sharing by connecting to each, suddenly I'm getting each slave mac in a square screen at low-res -- 1280x1024. THere are no other options to return these to full 1920x1080-sized windows.
Some other forums recommended a free app called Display Menu that puts a screen resolution in the upper menu bar, but when I select 1920x1080 as the resolution for the sharing window (which it has always been), I get a black screen in that window and the only fix is to turn off the slave mac manually, and when it comes back on and I reconnect to it, it reconnects with the square 1280x1024 monitor window.
It used to be that I got the 16:9 screen share window and I could scale/resize it by dragging corners but that option is gone.
Anyone know how to get that old 1920x1080 resolution back in my screen-shared windows?
Kerry

Ok so the solution was to user a different VNC client in Ubuntu. "Vinagre" allows you to view your remote session scaled to any size you like. It will however retain the dimentions of your MacBook screen.
One thing to be aware of is that when authentication your VNC session (entering your username and password) Vinagre only allows you to enter a password of 8 characters max. So if your password is longer then 8 characters you will have to shorten it to user Vinagre... A bit annoying but at least it works.
Techy notes:
It is actially the VNC server Vino that Vinagre uses that is enforcing the password length limit. So if using an alternative client that uses Vino as it's VNC server this limit will apply for that client also.
Even though you are scaling the client session down VNC sends the host's full resolution so you will still transfer a lot of data over the network.

Screen sharing resolution

Hi,
I'm having a problem with screen sharing...
Before installing OSX Mountain Lion, when controlling my new mac book air, I used to be able to go into a hradware or virtual mode and change the screen resolution so I could have a far large resolution on my big iMac 27" screen.
Now the option is not available at all sinse moving to new OSX ML??
Any ideas would be great - it's driving me nuts!
Mark

Might try installing DisplayConfigX on the Server...
http://www.3dexpress.de/
Then adjusting from your other Mac.

Does any one know how to change how to set screen sharing in mavericks 10.9 to observe mode as default.

In ML 10.8 there was a choice and default could be set. Thanks.

Unless you backed up your data somewhere, it's gone.
There are programs like Disk Drill Pro that may find a few recoverable files, but after doing a clean install it's doubtful that much of the data could be recovered in any useful format. And the more you use your computer, the more data is overwritten.

Why doesn't Screen Sharing work across multiple displays anymore in Mavericks?

Hey Guys,
I'm having a problem with Screen Sharing in Mavericks. It wasn't a problem in Mountain Lion, so I'm wondering if you could help me.
I use a Mac Pro with multiple displays to connect to another Mac Pro with multiple displays. Here's how it looks at first:
Two remote desktops shown in one window on one display locally. (Note: there are two different displays connected to this Mac Pro.)
In Mountain Lion, I used to be able to scale this up across displays. When I do that now, the remote desktop scales down to the lower-left corner. Observe:
When I mouse over it, there's some screen tearing (artifacts):
Any ideas?
Notes:
Yes, I've Google'd it.
I don't have Mavericks' multi-display support enabled. I disabled it to spread out Avid Media Composer and Adobe After Effects usage.
Thank you,
Isaac T.

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Screen Sharing issues MacBook Pro Retina

Loving my brand spanking new MacBook Pro Retina 15" running Mavericks. Display set to 1900x1200. The only thing it doesn't do, is play full screen YouTube video from my Mac Mini (2011), as soon as I put that in full screen mode on the Mini. Mouse and keyboard no longer respond, the only option is to wait untill it is finished or use the controls on the Mini. My screen sharing is set to all adaptive settings.
What I have done to do checks:
remote control MacBook Pro Retina from Mini (same settings for screen sharing, resolution on Mini is 1080p) and play full screen HD YouTube video: no issues, scaling works flawlessly;
check all network settings on both computer - no issues, both connecting full speed (400mpbs), wireless file exchange proves this;
reinstalled Mavericks both on the macbook and Mini;
removed all plists and preferences on both machines;
saved files to external HD, emptied harddrives, and clean installed Mavericks on both(!) computers
Installed all updates to december 12th 2013 (including the december screen sharing update).
All to no avail. So I figured to draw some new variables in the equasion and do some control testing.
I have done a test from an older MacBook Pro 17" (2010), display set to 1900x1200 as well. No problem at all controlling either computer. Scaling works flawlessly. Dito from an older iMac 21" running Mountain Lion. Like a charm, correctly scaling to meet the screen and network confitions.
So I figured shrinking the size of the application window on the MacBook to about 1/4 of the surface, and guess what: there she flies. Enlarging the application window on the MacBook Pro has a linear effect on the responsiveness of the screen sharing application, trying to view full screen video the Mini.
Verified this by controlling the older MacBook Pro 17" (1920x1200) from the MacBook Pro Retina 15". Confirmed that the above problems persist. Shrinking the screen again smoothens things out.
This quite definite to me, it is the screen sharing application that is not able to handle scaling on the hardware or interact with the software drivers of the Intel Iris Pro/NVidia GeForce GT750M combo. I hope this gets fixed soon!!

Setting Low Res on the apps didn't seem to help, however (as has been mentioned elsewhere) changing the display settings to non-HDPI does fix it, for GoToMeeting at least. (Also it let's you appreciate how nice the retina display is, in case you've already gotten used to it!)
You need an app for that however. SetResX from http://www.sendspace.com/file/mef6sk works well for me. To return to nice Retina/HDPI mode you have to go back to Display Preferences (and the "Show in Menu Bar" option for Display Preferences is sadly AWOL in Retina/Lion so you have to navigate through System Preferences.)

Maverick causes turtle crawl for screen sharing

I have a Mini which only sends music to my audio system. I was and want to control it from a MacBook Pro via Screen Share. It isn't connected to a display. My internet is slow. With 10.7 I was able to lower the resolution of the imaginary display, in display settings, to get a faster response. Navigating with the arrow now is painful, I'm just not oordinated enough to anticipate where the arrow might land. I only have one option for a display setting which is higher then my internet would find advantageous. I'd love to go back to any earlier system and staying there but that seems as complicated as maybe a simplier answer. Hopefully someone can help me with some network setting or something to speed up Screen Share with Maverick.

Screen sharing didn't benefit from Maverick. Now Screen sharing has slowed down considerably and has an akward way of updating to my scrolling commands.

How can I set up a screen screen sharing VNC at a resolution higher than display?

I have a mid 2010 MacBook Pro 13in, and i have set up screen sharing to access over VNC. I want to view my mac on my 1920x1080 display hooked up to my PC. But when i do it is not full screen, it is the same resolution as my MBP. how can i run it at a higher resolution only over VNC?

As Cvid suggests, I create my "frames" in Photoshop. Not sure about all versions, but my PS has several Actions, just for frames, and I have made a few more, with a different "look."
I Save_As PSD, and just Import those as Footage (I do not need the capability to work with the individual Layers).
Good luck,
Hunt

Trouble with screen sharing since upgrading to Mavericks

I'm no longer able to connect to my Mac at home from my Mac at work unless someone is there to wake it up. It shows up in the shared listing on the left side of my Finder window so I know it sees it. I get a "Connection Failed" warning.
I have made sure that Screen Sharing is selected and that I have selected "Wake for network access" on the Energy Saver system preferences. Computer sleep is set to "never". I have also set it to start or wake at 8am every day to ensure that it is running each day by the time I get to work. Both Macs are running Mavericks.
I didn't have this problem with 10.8 and nothing else has changed that I know of. If someone is home and I call them and tell them to wake up my Mac it works fine, for a while. For a couple of hours I can connect to it but then it disconnects in the middle of using it and I can't connect to it again.
And regular ol' "Connect As" no longer works either ... unless someone is at home to wake it up. I get a "probelm connecting to the server" warning
Thoughts or suggestions?

I'm no longer able to connect to my Mac at home from my Mac at work unless someone is there to wake it up. It shows up in the shared listing on the left side of my Finder window so I know it sees it. I get a "Connection Failed" warning.
I have made sure that Screen Sharing is selected and that I have selected "Wake for network access" on the Energy Saver system preferences. Computer sleep is set to "never". I have also set it to start or wake at 8am every day to ensure that it is running each day by the time I get to work. Both Macs are running Mavericks.
I didn't have this problem with 10.8 and nothing else has changed that I know of. If someone is home and I call them and tell them to wake up my Mac it works fine, for a while. For a couple of hours I can connect to it but then it disconnects in the middle of using it and I can't connect to it again.
And regular ol' "Connect As" no longer works either ... unless someone is at home to wake it up. I get a "probelm connecting to the server" warning
Thoughts or suggestions?

Screen Sharing (video resolution?)

I have tried Screen Sharing both to a bigger monitor and a smaller one. Sharing to a smaller monitor seems problematic because the mouse becomes hyper sensitive. It's near impossible controlling the mouse. Sharing to a bigger monitor the mouse works great, but the image is smaller and at times barely readable. I suspect this is a monitor-to-monitor resolution issue and am wondering if there is any work around or fix for this problem. Thank you.

Hi,
In iChat Menu > Preferences > video section set the Bandwidth at both ends to 500kbps as a starting point.
You could go as low as 200kbps as Screen Sharing is supposed to come in lower than this.
The Open the Connection Doctor during a Chat (Video menu)
This will tell you the Bit rate from your end and the Buddy's
Move the Bandwidth up at one end and see when the Buffering settles to a new speed (bit rate)
Adjust one end at a time allowing for the Buffering to work until you have the highest setting you can at both ends with a decent pic.
iChat 3 and 4 was capped at 1.5 Mbps by the Quicktime Streaming setting (System Preferences > Quicktime).
This setting is not there in Snow Leopard and iChat 5 "sees" all your connection speed.
If you and your Buddy have vastly different Upload speeds (the deciding factor) there can be issues with the iChat Buffering.
This applies to Video chats as well as Data intensive Screen Sharing.
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Please, if posting Logs, do not post any Log info after the line "Binary Images for iChat"

HDMI: Mini - Receiver - TV resolution bugs triggered by Screen Sharing

Hi all,
I'm having an issue when connecting my Mini to my Samsung TV when running it through a receiver (Pioneer). Before we had the receiver in the mix, this issue never came around. Now that the receiver is involved, I believe this may be an issue related to the "handshake" that I've been reading about when HDMI devices try to connect to eachother.
What works:
- If I sit down on the living room couch, turn on the TV, receiver, and Mini, there are no issues. The resolution is correct.
- If I leave the TV off, receiver on, boot up the mini, and connect to it via OSX Screen Sharing... I am able to use it as a media center and play music through the mini and receiver, leaving the TV off to save power.
What doesn't work:
If I try to switch between "living room" mode (couch / TV) and "Screen Sharing" mode, the resolution gets all fouled up and I need to reboot the mini in order to make it usable. Here is a screenshot showing how it looks when trying to go from "living room" mode to "Screen Sharing" mode:
The only way to get out of here is to hold down the power button, forcing the mini to shut off abruptly, then reboot.
Conversely, if I try to switch from "Screen Sharing" mode to "living room" mode, it's a little different - the top and bottom of the screen is cut off. Part of the dock is off of the screen, and the menu at the top of the screen is virtually gone. With this method, I'm actually able to move the mouse off the screen and navigate to "Apple -> Restart" so that it reboots and starts working fine again.
I've been on the phone with Apple (yes, I have Apple Care) and they pointed me to Pioneer, saying that the mini was receiving instruction from the receiver. When I called Pioneer, they had me turn off some "HDMI auto detect" features in the receiver but this did not resolve my problem.
Any suggestions? Any help would be much appreciated!
Thanks,
-Nate

this is not an elegant solution but here goes. there may be something in the pioneer that would fix you but here is a solution around the receiver. plug the computer video into an input on the tv. if you use hdmi - you will need a separate audio out of the computer to the receiver. program your remote control so that it switches the audio on the receiver to the separate audio from the mini and program the remote so it switches the tv input to the hdmi. if you keep the hdmi to the receiver you will need a different video out of the mini to the tv. its a little complicated but it should work.

Is screen sharing through Messages limited to third-party accounts in Yosemite like it is in Mavericks?

So I was told this by an Apple support member through the online chat, but everything else I've been reading seems contradictory. Every blog post I've read, and even Apple's own website makes it seems like you can screen share on Messages with any contact with an iMessage account (in Mavericks, it was limited to third-party accounts signed into Messages like Google, Jabber, AIM, etc...).
I was able to screen share through the iMessages account if the two computers were on the same network (both on wifi, or both tethered to the same phone), but not if they were on separate networks. Which seems almost next to useless. It'd be nice to just get a breakdown of what's possible with screen sharing through Messages.
So far it seems like:
1. Screen sharing is possible using a third-party account (as per in Mavericks).
2. Screen sharing is possible using an iMessages account only within the same network (added in Yosemite). <- if this is really all that was "added", they really should make that clear, rather than making it seem like iMessage accounts have the same utility as third-party ones.
Just want someone to confirm this. Thanks!

Hi,
Screen Sharing only works with an AIM Account (AOL) or a Jabber ID when the person at the other end is also using the same sort of Account and a Mac with iChat or Messages.
The Bonjour Account which is used for LAN based Mac to Mac Chats can also Screen Share.
The Yahoo account (if you have one) is Text only. It does not even do File Sharing. It does not do Video Chat, Audio Only ones or Screen Sharing.
The iMessages account does not do Video chats (or Audio Only)
What it does do is invoke the FaceTime App.
FaceTime does not Screen Share.
Links to the info you have read would be useful.
The Messages Help info.
Text (if the pic does not show)
Share your screen
You and a friend with Mac OS X v10.5 Leopard or later can share a screen, making it easy to collaborate on a project.
When you share a screen, you and your friend can do anything on the shared desktop, such as opening folders, creating documents, and copying files by dragging them from one desktop to another. Messages automatically starts an audio chat.
You can share screens using AIM, Jabber, Google Talk, and Bonjour. You can’t share screens using Yahoo! or iMessage.
Important: When you share your screen, your friend has the same access to your computer that you have. Share your screen only with people you trust, and be careful if you receive a request to share your screen from someone who isn’t in your buddy list. If the request comes from someone using Bonjour, remember that the name shown for the person in Bonjour does not necessarily match the person’s real name.
See the Line above the one where the word "important" is in bold text.
OS X 10.5 is the one with iChat 4.x.x with it.
To be clear:-
iChat 1 was an AIM client but also had the Bonjour account under it's previous name of Rendezvous
iChat 3 added Jabber capabilities
iChat 6 added Yahoo ones. (extremely limited)
Messages brings the Name change and the focus on the iMessages account with the associated window changes.
This means Messages can join 5 "services"
Opening Messages asks you for an Apple ID to register with iMessages.
It also has the Bonjour account present but not turned On.
You can add anything you used in iChat
Some Apple Issued ID are valid AIM Screen Names
GoogleTalk and Facebook Chat IDs works as Jabber IDs
Apple IDs
These can be considered in some ways to be separated into different functions or layers.
The first difference is between external emails and Apple Issued ones that end in @mac.com, @me.com and @icloud.com (Some people are using a small number of pre Email linked Apple IDs - about 15 years or older accounts.)
The Apple Issued ones can be used as AIM Screen Names.
You can also distinguish between iCloud Linked ones and plain Apple IDs
As Apple changed from MobileMe to iCloud they used and linked @me.com IDs to iCloud as people registered for iCloud.
Later they issued iCloud ending emails (you may have both)
This leaves you with "All iCloud IDs are Apple IDs, but not all Apple IDs are iCloud ID ones".
The short answer is if an Account in Messages can Video within the app (not invoke another app) then it can Screen Share.
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OS X Screen Sharing doesn't work after Mavericks Upgrade

I have upgraded my 3x machines to Mavericks and Screen Sharing no longer works. I have tried this with and without firewalls on. File Sharing works but Screen Sharing will say connecting for a LONG time and then say that it's not enabled and to go turn it on...
help?
- MacMini - late 2009
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- MBA - mid 2012
I have seen a couple people talk about this as well, but wasn't the same thing..

I believe this is the easiest way to resolve any screensharing issues in MacOSX: Solution: Reset the computer list in Screen Sharing. To acomplish that install OnyX. By the way a great tool for your Mac maintenance.
Go to Cleaning>Misc. and
check My Computers list in Screen Sharing.
Press Execute and wait until it finish.
Restart your computer.
I hope this helps.

Screen Sharing not working from maverick macair to 10.6 mac mini

I'm not able to connect to mac mini (10.6.8) from mac book ait running Maverick.
Mac mini set-up is the following:
Screen Sharing enabled
Firewall disabled
Connection to the mac mini working from windows pc (VNC connection)
VNC connection enabled with password
Mac Book air situation is:
Sreen Sharing (client) 1.3.1
os 10.9.1
What happens:
from air it starts the connection
ther the air stais waiting: "Receiving first screen ..." messsage with no response from mini
if I check the console messages in mini there is a message about CGContextSetInterpolationQuality from AppleVNCServer that receives and invalid context
Can anybody help?

Hi, try this...
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5468647?tstart=0
By Mad9000...
This is what worked for me:
1. Go to System Preferences > Sharing and uncheck Screen Sharing and File Sharing
2. Restart Mac
3. System Preferences > Sharing and recheck Screen Sharing and File Sharing
4. Problem solved (for me anyway)

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