Mac Screen Sharing

Set up your Mac computer for Screen Sharing

You will need to do this on the Mac you want to view and control. Instructions are based on Mac OS Sequoia - Instructions might be different for your OS version.

1. Open Settings, then Search for Screen Sharing
2. Turn on Screen Sharing
3. Optionally, Turn on “VNC viewers may control screen with password” and set a password
4. Adjust your power settings so that the Mac will not Turn off, Sleep or Hibernate. You should be able to search for power settings in Settings or refer to your OS help.
5. Get your Mac’s hostname. You will need this for the next step. Open Settings > Sharing, then scroll down to Local hostname. For example, “Office-MacBook-Air.local” 

Add Service in Remote.It

1. In the Remote.It application (desktop, mobile or app.remote.it), navigate to the Jumpbox device page and click + (Add Service)
2. Select VNC in the service types. (This may be found under “More”)
3. Set the “Service Host”. Enter the Mac Computer’s hostname or enter the LAN IP address.
4. “Service Port”. Leave the default port set unless you have changed the port for Screen Sharing (Not common)
5. Enter a name that you will recognize for connecting on the service list. For example, you could use the hostname “Office-MacBook-Air.local” or “Office Macbook Screen Share”
6. Click “Save”

Connect

You will need to do this on each device you wish to use Screen Sharing. For example, on another Mac, Windows computer, iPad, iPhone, or your Android phone or tablet. Make sure you have an application installed that can use a VNC connection such as RealVNC Viewer. You can use the Screen Sharing App on a Mac. This will be the app that uses the connection.

1. From any device you wish to connect from, open the Remote.It application (Desktop, mobile, app.remote.it)
2. Select your Jumpbox device
3. Click the “play” button on the Screen Sharing Service.
4. Use the connection information in the VNC Viewer app.
   1. If using the Desktop app, you may be able to launch the VNC App by clicking the Launch button. When prompted for the username enter the username used for sign in on the Mac Computer (Office-MacBook-Air in this example). See more on connection settings to set your application
   2. You can manually add the Mac to the VNC app by adding a connection, then enter the endpoint URL and port from the Remote.It app connection. Use the icons below the endpoint URL to copy the url and port, url or port. Some VNC applications may set the port in a separate field from the url/IP address. Please refer to your application instructions.

NOTE: This connection information is private to you and will not work if shared to anyone else.