Screen sharing without permission under mavericks?

Googling didn't give me a decisive answer, and I expect the answer is "you can't", but thought I'd ask here to save others the trouble. The question: How can I set up screen sharing on my home network so that I don't have to go downstairs or upstairs an accept the screen sharing request every time I want to share a screen on another machine on my home network?

Found the solution. Go ahead and choose The Log In option. You will get a new session on the remote Mac. Now, choose Log Out from the Apple menu and then login with the user credentials on the Mac (the Remote Mac's user credentials). You will then get the session that exists for that logged in user.
I work in an active directory domain environment (my work iMac is on the domain and I log in with an AD account), this works for me (after establishing a VPN).
It is a little trouble to always have to choose Log Out, but a much cheaper solution than Apple's Remote Desktop software.

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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 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)

Screen sharing without Port 5900?

I have a Mac Pro (desktop) on Lion connected to a router and internet via Cat 5 Ethernet. I have a Mac BOOK Pro on Snow Leopard which I often get online wireless, in our home, but in other rooms.
I would like to use Screen Sharing to control the Mac Pro from the Mac BOOK Pro while the MacBook Pro is on wireless.
My understanding is that Port 5900 is opened to facilitate this, but also have learned that having port 5900 is ill-advised due to hacker attacks.
Is there a way to do screen sharing across wireless, but with 5900 closed? Or..if 5900 must be opened, can I be secure somehow, or just take my chances?
thank you!
More details: The wireless router has its firewall enabled, and a decent password, and runs WPA2
Both macs have firewall enabled, robust passwords, PLUS, both computers operate with a Standard (not Admin) user.
Thanks for any help with this.
ray

most routers have a wired and wireless network. some times you have to configure the router to allow devices on the wireless network talk to devices on the ethernet network. some times this is reffered to as bridge mode.
for troubleshooting perpoes, you could turn off the wirewall on both computers. If you have remote management configured and enabled on the mac pro. the MacBook Pro should be able to see the mac pro on the network, and connect to it. (dock, click on finder, menu bar, go menu, connect to server, browse.
if you can't find or connect to the mac pro. check the router to look at your wired vs wirless network. what model is your wireless enabled router? is the mac pro plugged into the wireless enable router by ethernet ? or is it plugge dinto another device? if so what?
if you can connect, but only when the firewalls are off, then you would probable want to allow incomintraffic ARD on your mac pro. and allow out going traffic from ARD on your MacBook Pro.

Why is scrolling in screen sharing so laggy under 10.9.3

Using a Mac mini running 10.9.3 as a TV computer, controlling it through Screen Sharing from my Macbook also running 10.9.3 over a WiFi network. Scrolling is just crazy in Screen Sharing - incredibly laggy, with what looks like tons of unnecessary inertia. What's going on? I've tried the fixes like "always show scrollbars" and setting the computer to never go to sleep, with no effect. I'm laying this squarely at Apple's feet for now.

Open the Library folder in your home folder by holding down the option key and selecting
          Go ▹ Library
from the Finder menu bar. Navigate in the usual way to each of the following items and move it to the Trash:
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          Caches/com.apple.Safari/RemoteNotifications
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Log out or restart the computer. Test.

Screen sharing without a monitor?

I've tried breifly and it didn't work but essentially I'm wanting to share the screen of a mac mini that has no screen?
I'm planning on having the mac mini in a fairly inaccessible place but would like to use it by sharing the screen on a Macbook Air or Pro.
Any ideas?

I too do this all the time with my Mac mini. I can use both the built-in Mac OS X Leopard Screen Sharing (Finder -> Go -> Connect to Server -> vnc://mac.mini.addr, as well as Chicken of the VNC and JollysFastVNC.
I connected keyboard, monitor, mouse just long enough to enable System Preferences -> Sharing -> Remote Management, and the VNC password. After that I removed the keyboard, monitor, and mouse.
What are your System Preferences -> Security -> Firewall settings? Is it possible that the firewall is blocking your attempts to start a screen sharing session?
Another approach is using the iChat screen sharing in conjunction with the Chax add-on for iChat and enabling the Chax auto-accept requests for remote screen sharing from a specific buddy. AOL Instant messaging accounts are free.

How do you end screen sharing without disconnecting

How do you go back to the regular video chat once you've started screen sharing. it seems that closing the window only disconnects me. I'd like to revert back to the regular video chat once I'm finished with screen sharing.

Text chats are on a completely different port and will not be effected by dropping an AV chat.
In fact doing things the other way you can Video to a Buddy then Log out of the Buddy List that the Buddy is in and go Offline.
The A/V chats are Peer to Peer once connected. (except for Video through AIM Servers in iChat 5)
In the two years we have had Leopard and iChat 4's Screen Sharing we have not discovered a way to get a Screen Share to go back to the A/V type chat it was having before.
iChat Help offers no info on it working this way.
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How to sync Infos without iCloud under Mavericks

After upgrade to Mavericks imissed the Info tab in iTunes. As i don't want to use iCloud i cannot sync my Mobile Devices anymore. Are there any other solution ?? maybe OSX Server or something else ?
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Screen Sharing with Back to my Mac

This little detail is different under 10.7 than 10.6, it has taken me some hours of frustration to sort out by trial and error. I haven't seen it documented anywhere.
When a Back to my Mac user connects to another Mac to share the screen, if the userid used for the sharing connection is the same as the active user on the shared system, then sharing starts immediately upon successful authentication. If the userid used for the sharing connection is different than the active user, then the active user must give permission for screen sharing to start.
One of the consequences is that a sharing only user ID can only be used to start unattended access if the unattended machine is at the login screen.
This is in contrast to 10.6, where any userid can start screen sharing without permission of the active user.

Editing original post:
I'm trying to access my home Mac Mini from outside the home using a Macbook. I'm trying to use Leopard's screen sharing using .Mac and no luck, I can't see my Mac Mini outside my network.
At home, I've got the Mac Mini:
(1) running the latest Leopard
(2) connected to .Mac with Back to My Mac running
(3) File Sharing, Web Sharing, Remote Login, and Remote Management all on
(4) Time Capsule with the latest f/w updates running PPPoE to a DSL modem
At work, I've got the Macbook running:
(1) running the latest Leopard
(2) connected to .Mac with Back to My Mac running
(3) File Sharing, Web Sharing, Remote Login, and Remote Management all on
When I'm at home, I can screen share between Macs no problem. However, at work, I can't see my home Mac Mini. I know that it is possible to get through my company firewall because I can get my Slingbox to work at the office.
Suggestions where to start? I'm kinda stuck.

Asking for permission when screen sharing between MBP and Mini?

Hi Guys,
Like many others I have a mini connected to the TV, and use that as my media center, all music, movie, pictures, etc. is shown thrue the mini.
After upgrading to Lion I cannot use screen sharing as before, where I just connected to the mini, and voila I had the full control. Now it seems I have to accept the screen sharing request!?!? Is there a way around this, I surely hope so, because otherwise it will defeat the purpose of my mini! I mean, I have no mouse or keyboard attached to it obviously!
I hope there is an answer to this
Best regards
Viktor

Viktorrrrr,
It appears that Screen Sharing is a bit "buggy" in this first release of Lion.
Having said that, I have managed to get mine working and it is possible to have screen sharing without the approval prompt - the key is that you need to connect using the same account that is already logged on at the machine you're connecting to. So, in your case, after you click "Share Screen..." on your MBP, you should enter the account name and password that matches the account currently logged on your Mac Mini.
This should be fine if the account currently logged on your Mac Mini is allowed to do Screen Sharing (see the list of users in the "Allow access for:" section of the "Sharing--->Screen Sharing" system prefs).
If this works for you, stop reading here!
However, if (like me) you log on locally to your Mac Mini with a Standard account, but only allow Administrators to connect to the Mac Mini via Screen Sharing, then you have some extra work to do because, as you know, when you connect via Screen Sharing with one account in order to view the screen of another logged-on account on the Mac Mini, you get the prompt asking for permission. There does not appear to be an option to switch off this behaviour and, I suspect, this behaviour will remain due to privacy/security issues. So, if you want to avoid this prompt, you are going to have to log in using the same account. And to do this, you will need to allow this account to Screen Share.
The quick way to enable this would be to choose the option to "Allow access for: All users" on your Mac Mini - this would then allow your account (and ALL others!) to connect via Screen Sharing. But you really don't want to enable this if you can help it. Much better, would be to create a new local group on your Mac Mini called something like "Screen Share" and populate this group with all the accounts you want to be allowed to connect via Screen Sharing.
To create and populate a new group:-
Go to the "Users & Groups" system pref and click the + below the list of users to bring up the "New Account" window. Where you see the pull-down menu that says "Standard", click on this and select "Group". Enter your new group name and click "Create Group". The new group will be created and you can then select the accounts you want to include in this group (ie. the accounts you want to allow to connect via Screen Sharing) in the "Membership" section - just tick the boxes of the ones you want.
Now go back to the "Sharing-->Screen Sharing" system pref. Where it says "Allow access for:", click the "Only these users:". Now click the + below the list to bring up a window of all users. Make sure "Users & Groups" is selected in the left pane, then click on your newly-created group in the right pane and click "Select".
Sadly, this is where the real bugs seem to be!! When I try to permission my group for access, more often than not, my selected group is not added to the list of allowed access. I have played with this for hours, clicking various options in various sequences, but have not found a pattern. Even when my selected group does get added successfully, I sometimes find access is still not granted to that group and its members!!
I'm afraid it seems to be trial and error at the moment - I guess a fix will come eventually, but for now you just need to keep adding the group, removing it, turning Screen Sharing on then off then on again, try adding again...etc! I CAN tell you that I did eventually get my group to stick and work as intended, so it is possible...but it will take time!
Sorry for the lengthy response. Good luck!
C.

Launchd cancels logout/restart and kills app when using screen sharing

I have an app I want to always run so I created a LaunchDaemon to keep it going:
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>Label</key>
<string>com.sns.sentinel.air</string>
<key>KeepAlive</key>
<true/>
<key>ProgramArguments</key>
<array>
<string>sh</string>
<string>/Applications/oc4j/restartSentinel.sh</string>
</array>
<key>RunAtLoad</key>
<true/>
</dict>
</plist>
And restartSentinel.sh is very simple:
echo Process Sentinel.app is being restarted...
open -W /Applications/oc4j/j2ee/home/applications/Sentinel/Sentinel.app;
Everything seems to be fine but I have to access this machine via screen sharing. Then when I log in, the app gets shut down and only restarted a few minutes later. Also, when another user logs in, they are not able to log off. Launchd seems to cancel the restart.
I do also have two other plist files running other things but they seem to work okay (they don't crash, but the one which needs to be kept alive (code is almost the same as above) also seems to be preventing log out for users other than me).
So how can I get launchd to let people use screen sharing without killing the app and how can I get it to stop canceling logot/restart?

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Trouble with Screen Sharing

I am having trouble getting screen sharing to work. Video/audio chat works fine without incident. When I attempt to start a screen sharing session I get the error: "Failed to start Screen Sharing because: Screen sharing could not be established."
Screen sharing is enabled under the "Sharing" System Preferences section.
Below is the errors that were logged to the console:
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4/3/08 8:50:37 PM iChat[141] No iChat delegate set for vcc:initiateConferenceCompletedForParty: 4/3/08 8:50:34 PM [0x0-0x15015].com.apple.iChat[141] CSSM_DecryptData: CSSMERRCSP_OPERATION_AUTHDENIED
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Screen Sharing using Back to my Mac

I'm trying to use screen sharing for the first time between my 27" mid 2010 iMac and 15" MacBook Pro Retina late 2013 using both OSX 10.9.4 on a local network using Back to my Mac feature. I enabled screen sharing and made sure Remote Management is disabled and also on firewall the screen sharing has allow incoming connections enabled. I also have my Back to my Mac checked on my iCloud settings.
And so I opened Finder window on both computers and on the sidebars from each of the computers it showed the shared devices. So from my Macbook or iMac, I click on the device and then click on the share screen button and a menu popup asking me how i want to connect either as a registered user or using an Apple ID. I selected using and apple ID and it automatically provide a drop down showing my apple id and I click connect but all I get is an error message saying "Authentication failed to iMac" or vice versa.
What am I doing wrong? Is there any other option for me to do screen sharing without using a third party app? Please advise. Any help or suggestions will be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

Thanks for your input. At home, I use a Time Capsule, with the absolute latest firmware, so it should be suitable.
However, I might have problems with the setup? If I turn off and on Back to my Mac under iCloud settings, sometimes I get a message that I should enable NAT/UnPP. Checking the setup of the Time Capsule, the router is in Bridge mode (NAT off). If I try turning on NAT, I get an error in Airport Utility about double NAT.
Any advice on this?

Lion Screen Sharing Asks?

I'm trying to share the screen of my Lion MacMini located in the other room. Both machines are Lion 10.7.1.
Regardless of which account I use to connect to the macMini, I'm presented with a dialog that says "Ask to share the display. 'mini User' is using the display". This is a hassle, because no one is sitting at that machine.
When I attempt to share the screen with other machines, I can start screen sharing without intervention on the far end.
What determines whether someone needs to be sitting at the machine to initiate Screen Sharing on it?

Scratch that: there is still something wrong. Now, when "Connected as" mini User, I still must obtain permission from someone sitting there to start screen sharing, even though now, no windows are open.
So, as an alternative, I click "Virtual Display" and... and I get logged into _another_ user's account, the one which the machine defaults to because that password is saved in the keychain.
Furthermore, when I click "Ask" and walk over to the remote machine, it says the _other_ user is requesting access, even though I am "Connected As" the correct user.
So to summarize: I cannot start screen sharing in the account that I need to share without intervention -- even with no applications open, and virtual sharing automatically logs into some _other_ user's account.
Next, I opened Keychain Access and removed all entries for the server I'm trying to contact. Then, I "Connect As" and enter the appropriate user name "mini user" and _no_ password, since that account does not have a password. The file sharing connection proceeds. I click "Share Screen" and attempt to use the same user name and _no_password, and the system refuses to accept it.
So, perhaps for Lion Screen Sharing to work without intervention, accounts _must_ have passwords?
No, that's not it either. I went and set a password for mini User, and can log out and log in successfully there. I can "Connect As" with the new password, successfully. But when I try Screen Sharing, even with the correct user name and password, I get an authorization failure. I simply cannot start Screen Sharing without intervention, regardless of what I try.
But wait: maybe the problem was that I was not _authorized_ to screen share? So I started up the "Sharing" control panel and sure enough, only "administrators" are allowed to share the screen, and mini User is a Standard User. I unlock the settings using an admin log-in and click the "+" button... and nothing happens. Darn. So I switch _to_ that Admin account and in Sharing, click "+", and I'm able to add mini User. OK. Now, when I try to screen share, my credentials are _still_ rejected
Finally, I started Screen Sharing by logging in as a "Sharing Only" user, to the Virtual Display. I'm presented with a User selection screen. I click mini User, no password, and I can see the screen.
Gee, this all used to work flawlessly in Snow Leopard.

Screen sharing problems

Hi,
I have a strange problem when I try to connect to another Mac in my home network via screen sharing. Here's what happens in case somebody can help me.
I'm trying to do this via Finder. I go to 'Shared' on the left column of finder and place my cursor on the name of the other computer in the network and I click on the 'Share Screen' button. When I do that, a little screen pops up saying "contacting 'other computer'"
And after a while, the following error message appears:
"Connection failed to 'other computer'"
Please make sure that Screen Sharing (in the Sharing section of System Preferences) is enabled on the computer to which you are attempting to connect. Also make sure your network connection is working properly."
However, Screen Sharing IS enabled in System Preferences (on both computers). I disabled the firewalls on both computers as well in case that was the cause of the problem.
I have been wracking my brain trying to troubleshoot this and I've found some strange things that might be connected to the problem.
I think I must have messed up something changing the name of the other computer. This is a computer that I have in another room of the house (from now on 'Computer 2', 'Computer 1' being my computer, the one I'm trying to connect from). In this computer I have various accounts for my children, for myself and for guests. The thing is that before the computer used to have another name (I don't remember the exact name) and then I changed it to Marta.
Since I did that, when I look at the public folders in Computer 2, things are a bit amiss.
The first thing I notice is that now the public folder looks different from the other folders:
http://img146.imageshack.us/i/computer1mountfinder.png/
View of the folder on the desktop:
http://img717.imageshack.us/i/computer1mountdesktop.png/
i.e it doesn't have the three little guys that mounted folders usually have.
The second thing I notice is that now I can drag files to that public folder but I can only see the files that I have put in there at the moment. If I turn off the computer and turn it on again, I cannot see those files any more. Nevertheless, the files are there. I can see them when I go physically to computer 2 and I look at the contents of the public folder.
Furthermore, I noticed that if I click on 'connect as' and I introduce the login name and password for my daughter's account, then I get to see another folder called 'mfm' (her user's name) which I don't see before doing 'connect as':
http://img163.imageshack.us/i/mfm.png/
Now, what you have to understand is that 'mfm' and 'Marta' are the same. That is, 'Marta' is my daughter and the name that I gave the computer. 'Marta's public folder' and 'mfm' are in fact also the SAME folder. If I do 'connect as' and enter mfm plus password, I can see all the files that I dragged to 'Marta's public' folder.
So my hypothesis is that I have done something (probably when I changed the name of the computer to Marta) that has screwed up the network settings and now the computer is not recognized when I try to do 'Screen sharing'.
If I try to do screen sharing from Computer 2 to Computer 1, things work smoothly. I get a pop up window with two options:
. Enter your name and password to share the screen of Josep M. Fontana's iMac (my computer)
- by asking for permission
- as a registered user
Then I give my user name and password and I can do screen sharing with no problems.
As I said, when I try to do this from computer 1 to computer 2, I am not offered any options: a little screen pops up saying 'contacting "Marta"' and it stays there until I get the error message.
I've wasted a lot of time trying to figure out what the problem is. I would REALLY appreciate any help anyone can give me to solve this problem.
Thanks in advance.
Josep M.

Please, don't tell me my problem can be solved Perhaps I was spoiled with these forums since all my other calls for help were answered very promptly and with lots of good advice. Is this really such a hairy problem to solve? Was my description not clear? Please, if I can provide any more information or describe again something you don't understand, I will do it gladly but I need urgently to be able to do screen sharing with this other computer. I just added a new Mac to my network (a MacBook air) and I connect to and from it via screen sharing without any problems. So there is something screwed up in the configuration of this particular iMac which doesn't allow me to connect to it.
Please, please, please. I implore the Mac experts that hang out in these forums to lend me a hand.
Josep M.

Screen sharing without permission under mavericks?

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