Screen sharing lagging and slow

PaulKemp · Nov 20, 2012, 03:31 AM

So, Ive got a Mini 2011 on LAN connection and I've turned on the full quality when using screen sharing. But opposed to my iMac (scrren sharing) the screen sharing is laggy and slow. I use my MBA to remote into them both.

The disks are not so fast on the Mini, but they are fairly fast. The resolution is lower as well, but since the mini is on LAN and the iMac is on wifi I was expecting a more reliable solution.

The box is running utorrent and plex media center. I use screen sharing to manage it since it doenst have its own screen. Any tips?

PaulKemp · Nov 28, 2012, 05:47 AM

Does no one have any feedback on their setup and screen sharing?

For me its perfect on iMac, slow on mini.

MeValonicAcid · Dec 7, 2012, 03:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PaulKemp

Does no one have any feedback on their setup and screen sharing?

For me its perfect on iMac, slow on mini.

Similar setup and issues on responsiveness and laggy/slow over here...
My mini 2009 is connected via LAN (Time Capsule) to the iMac. Using screen sharing to control of the mini via the iMac is not performant at all

Screen Sharing>view is set to full quality

Any other ideas?

Thanks,

MVa

ActionableMango · Dec 7, 2012, 05:51 PM

Did you try connecting a video cable or video adapter (such as HDMI to DVI) to the video port? This fixes a lot of problems for people running headless mac minis.

PaulKemp · Dec 7, 2012, 11:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ActionableMango

Did you try connecting a video cable or video adapter (such as HDMI to DVI) to the video port? This fixes a lot of problems for people running headless mac minis.

Mine is not actually headless, its headless most of the time. Its connected to the TV. And it works (as of now at least) as a always on server. So mine is permanently connected via HDMI to my TV. But it can go days between each time i turn on that HDMI channel.

MeValonicAcid · Dec 9, 2012, 01:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ActionableMango

Did you try connecting a video cable or video adapter (such as HDMI to DVI) to the video port? This fixes a lot of problems for people running headless mac minis.

Mine is also permanently connected via HDMI to my TV. I've tried settings 1080p and 720p. Both are laggy over screensharing...
(Network is 100/1000 Megabit)

Grtz,

MVa

Nov 20, 2012, 03:31 AM	#1
PaulKemp macrumors 6502 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Norway	Screen sharing lagging and slow So, Ive got a Mini 2011 on LAN connection and I've turned on the full quality when using screen sharing. But opposed to my iMac (scrren sharing) the screen sharing is laggy and slow. I use my MBA to remote into them both. The disks are not so fast on the Mini, but they are fairly fast. The resolution is lower as well, but since the mini is on LAN and the iMac is on wifi I was expecting a more reliable solution. The box is running utorrent and plex media center. I use screen sharing to manage it since it doenst have its own screen. Any tips? __________________ iMac i7 3.4 GHz, 24 GB Ram, 256 SSD \| MBA 2011 i5 1.7 GHz, 4 GB Ram \| Mini i7 2.0 GHz, 4 GB Ram, RAID 0 \| iPad 2 16 GB \| iPhone 5 16 GB \| ATV 3 Remember to quote orignal post.
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Nov 28, 2012, 05:47 AM	#2
PaulKemp Thread Starter macrumors 6502 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Norway	Does no one have any feedback on their setup and screen sharing? For me its perfect on iMac, slow on mini. __________________ iMac i7 3.4 GHz, 24 GB Ram, 256 SSD \| MBA 2011 i5 1.7 GHz, 4 GB Ram \| Mini i7 2.0 GHz, 4 GB Ram, RAID 0 \| iPad 2 16 GB \| iPhone 5 16 GB \| ATV 3 Remember to quote orignal post.
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Dec 7, 2012, 05:51 PM	#4
ActionableMango macrumors 68030 Join Date: Sep 2010	Did you try connecting a video cable or video adapter (such as HDMI to DVI) to the video port? This fixes a lot of problems for people running headless mac minis.
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