xodonniedarko macrumors 6502 Original poster Aug 15, 2007 328 0 North Carolina Aug 24, 2009 #1 I have a mac mini, and my friend just bought a Macbook Pro. I want to show him what screen sharing is but it says connection cannot be established. Any ideas why? -Sarah
I have a mac mini, and my friend just bought a Macbook Pro. I want to show him what screen sharing is but it says connection cannot be established. Any ideas why? -Sarah
techfreak85 macrumors 68040 Jan 13, 2008 3,092 1 Places Aug 24, 2009 #2 he dosn't have screen sharing enabled, firewall is blocking it? is it on a local network or across the internet?
he dosn't have screen sharing enabled, firewall is blocking it? is it on a local network or across the internet?
xodonniedarko macrumors 6502 Original poster Aug 15, 2007 328 0 North Carolina Aug 24, 2009 #3 techfreak85 said: he dosn't have screen sharing installed, firewall is blocking it? is it on a local network or across the internet? Click to expand... How would he not have it installed? Isn't it something that is standard?
techfreak85 said: he dosn't have screen sharing installed, firewall is blocking it? is it on a local network or across the internet? Click to expand... How would he not have it installed? Isn't it something that is standard?
techfreak85 macrumors 68040 Jan 13, 2008 3,092 1 Places Aug 24, 2009 #4 xodonniedarko said: How would he not have it installed? Isn't it something that is standard? Click to expand... opps. not installed but enabled. sorry its getting late for me.
xodonniedarko said: How would he not have it installed? Isn't it something that is standard? Click to expand... opps. not installed but enabled. sorry its getting late for me.
xodonniedarko macrumors 6502 Original poster Aug 15, 2007 328 0 North Carolina Aug 24, 2009 #5 techfreak85 said: opps. not installed but enabled. sorry its getting late for me. Click to expand... Would the option to enable it be in ichat or under a system preference?
techfreak85 said: opps. not installed but enabled. sorry its getting late for me. Click to expand... Would the option to enable it be in ichat or under a system preference?
J JediMeister macrumors 68040 Oct 9, 2008 3,263 5 Aug 24, 2009 #6 It's enabled/disabled from within the Sharing preferences pane in System Preferences. There aren't any settings in iChat which control screen sharing.
It's enabled/disabled from within the Sharing preferences pane in System Preferences. There aren't any settings in iChat which control screen sharing.
xodonniedarko macrumors 6502 Original poster Aug 15, 2007 328 0 North Carolina Aug 25, 2009 #7 Thank you so much!