I was working on my iMac today when it suddenly went to the login screen. Upon logging in, I was informed that my screen was being share with a 192.??.1.216 ip address. Since I did not initiate this, I immediately terminated the connection and disabled screen sharing and remote access to my machine.
Has anyone else had this happen? Should I be worried? What can I do to prevent it in the future?
iMac Pro
studio428 Said:
"Unwanted Screen Share: I was working on my iMac today when it suddenly went to the login screen. Upon logging in, I was informed that my screen was being share with a 192.??.1.216 ip address.[...]Has anyone else had this happen? Should I be worried? What can I do to prevent it in the future?"
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Avoiding Screen Sharing:
A. Restore from a Backup:
Did you create a backup of your Mac prior to upgrading? Is so, then restore from the backup. If not, then take this as a learning experience, knowing to always backup your Mac, prior making any major changes to your Mac (i.e. migration data).
or...
B. Install the MacOS Anew, then Migrate:
If you created no backup, then you need to reinstall manually. Contact the Developers, if need be. I'm no so certain how long a backup would take, but you'd need to back it up prior to the download, if no backup already exists.
To Reinstall the macOS anew:
You'd backup your Mac, install the macOS anew, and then migrate certain items back.
studio428 Said:
"Unwanted Screen Share: Ok. Why am I installing the macOS? What is it that I am fixing?“
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Reinstall the macOS:
As a third option, if you want to reinstall the macOS, then here is what that does: Nothing would be deleted. It's just that items that have become corrupted or deleted, would be replaced or relocated back to where they should be. Go Here: How to reinstall macOS from macOS Recovery - Apple Support
Important:
Create a Time Machine Backup, First:
Prior to the re-installation of your macOS, be certain to backup your Mac using a Time Machine Backup. That way, you can have something to restore your Mac from, should anything go wrong with the reinstall. Use an external hard drive that is at least 1.5 the total storage capacity.
studio428 Said:
"Unwanted Screen Share: Ok. Why am I installing the macOS? What is it that I am fixing?“
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As for: Install the MacOS Anew, then Migrate:
That gets rid of all these IP Address configurations showing up, and other privacy concerns. None of these would exist, and no one would have access to your device offhand(which is a bit concerning).
Ok.
Why am I reinstalling the MacOS? What is it that I am fixing?
Unwanted Screen Share
