![]() ![]() RealVNC allows you to set a password on the VNC server that the person using VNC viewer must enter to connect, of course. Again, this change in function only applies to the built-in Screen Sharing function in the Mac OS if you use RealVNC, it works the same in any version of OS X. It's kind of cool you can do that, but it's not helpful if you want to provide remote support or tutoring. If you use a different account, you will be controlling the computer in a separate desktop session (without affecting the currently logged-in user's session). If you log in with the same account as the person logged in already, you will both see the same screen, but this means the user will have to give you his password. But, as of Mac OS X Lion, you also have to log in using an account on the target Mac computer (even after you already typed the Screen Sharing password). That is, upon connecting, you would immediately see and control the remote screen concurrently with the user at that computer. They'll get in each other's way, and the results are unpredictable.Īnother interesting note: Before Mac OS X Lion, the Screen Sharing function worked just like conventional VNC. If you want to connect from a Windows or UNIX/Linux computer or mobile phone running RealVNC Personal or Enterprise, you must install RealVNC server on the Mac to make an encrypted connection.ĭon't try to configure the built-in Mac OS X VNC server at the same time you have RealVNC installed. So, when connecting to a Mac running the built-in VNC server, encryption will only work if you connect from another Mac using its built-in VNC viewer. The built-in VNC server software for the Mac supports integrated encryption, but it's not compatible with RealVNC encryption. ![]() To access a Mac from any Windows or UNIX computer, or from a mobile device, you can use one of the RealVNC viewers linked above. Once the VNC server is configured on a Mac, then to connect from a Mac, you can use the Finder to locate the target computer, and connect using the Mac's built-in VNC viewer software. How to enable VNC server on Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion) How to enable VNC server on Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) How to enable VNC server on Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) So, after downloading, you have to register your e-mail address to get a license key, even for the Free Edition. All editions of RealVNC (Free, Personal, and Enterprise) are installed from the same download features are unlocked using the appropriate license key. These all support encryption so long as the VNC server running on the target computer supports encryption. RealVNC also offers viewer programs that run on Android-based phones, the Apple iPhone and iPad, and in the Chrome browser (including on a Chromebook). You should therefore only use the Free Edition if you have a separate method of encrypting your connection, especially to connect to a computer in another building or city over the Internet. The paid editions (Personal and Enterprise) both support these features. The latest version runs on Microsoft Windows, Apple Mac computers, and UNIX/Linux.įor all platforms, the Free Edition lacks encryption, window scaling, remote printing, chat, or file transfer. It is published by the inventors of the VNC protocol, based in the U.K. Have not yet gotten a chance to look into why this works, but it seems to solve the problem for the time being.RealVNC is the most venerable and versatile of commonly used VNC software. One workaround is to click the “Pause” button (double red bar) in the active Viewer before closing the connection. Oftentimes after closing the viewer, the Mac would freeze yet again, requiring a reset.The other options appeared to work, but seemed to cause some minor freeze-ups on the Mac. Set the “Preferred Encoding” to either “Raw” or “ZRLE”.Of course, you will not be able to share the clipboard across the host and client machines, but at least the host machine will continue running properly. Enable “Disable clipboard transfer.” This was a major issue that would cause freezing immediately upon on connect unless enabled.The viewer will prompt for a password, but once connected, will not display the actual desktop unless no users are logged in on the host. To prevent receiving a patterned, gray screen after the login, be sure to logout of your current user on your Mac first.I’m using TightVNC, so these changes may or may not be necessary on other viewers. ![]() As I mentioned before, I had some issues connecting from Windows, and had to take a few precautions. You should (in theory) be able to connect to your Mac with any viewer using your machine’s IP address and the port. You should now have a VNC server running on the standard port 5900 of your machine.
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