Thanks Ronni. All of the settings you suggest are in order, and
eventually got it to work after rebooting my machine, and having only
iChat running. Very slow though, to the point of being unworkable,
which I suspect may be a bandwidth / internet speed issue.
I wonder whether Apple Remote Desktop is likely to improve performance
over iChat Screen Sharing, or whether, if comparing the same
functionality, performance such as speed and connectivity is likely to
be the same across both applications. If not, I guess the next obvious
question would be why buy ARA when you have iChat?
Cheers, Steven
On 13/01/2009, at 10:43 AM, Ronda Brown wrote:
On 13/01/2009, at 3:36 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:
On 13/01/2009, at 2:37 PM, Steven Knowles wrote:
Does anyone know from 1st hand experience whether Apple Remote
Desktop has more stable connectivity (between a Mac and a remote
user of a Mac) than the screen sharing ability of iChat?
I am trying to screen share between two Macs (via the internet,
not the same network) and keep getting the message ...
Failed to start Screen Sharing because:
Screen sharing could not be established
But I didn't want to fork out for Apple Remote Desktop unless it
was likely to solve the problem.
Hi Steven,
I've been using Apple Remote Desktop 3 for a number of years to
control remote computers. It is a very stable Application once you
have it setup and a Remote Admin: User Account on the other
"client" computers.
Have you checked "Connection Doctor" to see if both computers are
capable of screen sharing in iChat?
I have never used iChat to screen share. A couple of things needed
to be able to Screen Share using iChat.
1. In iChat Application Screen Sharing from the Audio & Video Menu
must be enabled on both computers.
2.Is UPnP Enabled on your Router?
3. In System Preferences > Sharing - is Screen Sharing enabled on
both computers?
Also check your firewall in System Preferences > Security.
Select "Set access for specific services and applications"" and Add
iChat.
Cheers,
Ronni
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