Sharing someone else's screen
I make use of Back to My Mac screen sharing to access my desktop iMac from my MacBook Air. This has been fine for me and I am hoping I can help my wife with support issues by sharing the screen on her computer.
After a number of experiments, I don't seem to be able to find her machine which has been set up with iCloud.
I have done the following:
1. Turned on Back to My Mac on her computer.
2. Set her up as a user on my computer.
3. Under her user name, I set the Apple ID to be her AppleID.
4. When I browse for servers, I don't see anything.
If I login an myself, I can see my server via iCloud but when I login as her, I don't see any servers via iCloud.
Maybe I am missing something related to multiple users.
Many thanks for any help.
Ok, that was easy, just sorted out that it was because I had specified using a iphone bluetooth headset as the mic. It had since ran out of battery and the computer was searching for it. Hope this helps someone...
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