Turn Mac screen sharing on or off
Screen sharing allows users of other computers on your network to remotely connect to your Mac to view your desktop and control your Mac.
When screen sharing is turned on, 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.
When screen sharing is turned off, other computers on your network can’t connect to your Mac.
Turn on screen sharing on your Mac
On your Mac, choose Apple menu
in the sidebar, then click Sharing. (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.
Click
next to Screen Sharing.Turn on Screen Sharing.
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
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
.
Click Done.
Turn off screen sharing on your Mac
On your Mac, choose Apple menu
Turn off Screen Sharing.
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.