Oh gosh, you're totally right. I see that now, but it's dimmed out for his account, which must mean he has Screen Sharing disabled (not sure how that happened, but it's a different question). Thank you!
./s On Thu, Mar 4, 2021 at 6:54 PM David Schwartz <da...@yesdavid.com> wrote: > “Invite to share screen” and “Ask to share screen” are still present in > the “Conversations” menu in Messages 14.0 . > > -David > > > > > On Mar 4, 2021, at 6:51 PM, Scot Hacker <shac...@birdhouse.org> wrote: > > > > In Catalina and earlier, I relied on a feature that was kind of hidden. > In Messages, you could select a person, then pull down Buddies | Ask to > Share Screen. This is how I helped my 84-yr-old non-tech father with > computer problems all the time, and it worked great. He didn't need to do > or know anything - he could just click Accept. Now I've upgraded to Big Sur > (he hasn't). I just tried to help with something and was frustrated to find > that that option is totally gone from the Messages app. I've looked for > equivalent functionality in the Contacts app but don't see it there either. > > > > What is the absolute easiest way for me to request to take control of > his screen remotely now, without him having to install anything? > > > > Thanks, > > Scot > > _______________________________________________ > MacOSX-talk mailing list > MacOSX-talk@omnigroup.com > https://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk > -- d(-_-)b forsan et haec olim meminisse juvabit
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