Turn Mac screen sharing on or off
When screen sharing is enabled on your Mac, your Mac desktop can be viewed from another computer on your network. While your screen is being shared, the user of the other computer sees what’s on your screen and can open, move, and close files and windows, open apps, and even restart your Mac.
Turn on screen sharing on your Mac
On your Mac, choose Apple menu
in the sidebar, then click Sharing on the right. (You may need to scroll down.)If Remote Management is turned on, turn it off.
You can’t have both Screen Sharing and Remote Management on at the same time.
Turn on Screen Sharing, then click the Info button
on the right.Turn on any of the following options:
Anyone may request permission to control screen.
VNC viewers may control screen with password. If you turn on this option, you need to enter a password.
Click the “Allow access for” pop-up menu, then do one of the following:
Allow all users to share your computer’s screen: Click the pop-up menu next to “Allow access for,” then choose “All users.”
Choose who can share your computer’s screen: Click the pop-up menu next to “Allow access for,” choose “Only these users,” click the Add button
at the bottom of the list, select allowed users, then click Select.Users & Groups includes all the users of your Mac. Network Users and Network Groups include people on your network.
To remove a user from the list, select the user, then click the Remove button
.
Click Done.
Turn off screen sharing on your Mac
On your Mac, choose Apple menu
Turn Screen Sharing off.
For additional remote management capabilities, such as installing and configuring apps, helping remote users, and creating detailed reports, you can purchase Apple Remote Desktop from the App Store. Apple Remote Desktop is used to remotely manage Mac computers in a commercial or business environment.
Screen sharing and Apple Remote Desktop are compatible with Virtual Network Computing (VNC), an industry standard for controlling computers remotely on a network using TCP/IP.