OS Catalina, I am not trying to share wifi or any connection. I was simply looking at settings and now I cannot get out of this screen despite re-booting and tried selecting various check boxes.
MacBook Air 13″, macOS 12.5
I'm not sure I understand what you mean by "the main sharing screen."
Your existing screen shot looks like a partial screen shot of the full System Preferences window and from what you say, you can use the "Show All" button to get back to the other Preferences.
The Sharing Preference will show the details of the sharing service you have selected on the left. If you leave it on "Internet Sharing", that's what you will see.
What happens if you select a different Service, like "File Sharing"?
If you are seeing something different, can you share a full System Preference screen shot?
ivan
I'm not sure I understand what you mean by "the main sharing screen."
Your existing screen shot looks like a partial screen shot of the full System Preferences window and from what you say, you can use the "Show All" button to get back to the other Preferences.
The Sharing Preference will show the details of the sharing service you have selected on the left. If you leave it on "Internet Sharing", that's what you will see.
What happens if you select a different Service, like "File Sharing"?
If you are seeing something different, can you share a full System Preference screen shot?
ivan
Problem solved. I just did the latest security update and rebooted.
NOW I can see this system pref window, but I don't understand why rebooting did not rectify the frozen window before.
Thanks for the suggestions.
I agree with Ivan. It should look like this on your Mac-
Can you see the surrounding items and click either the red 'X' or the back arrow?
Howdy,
You are not sharing your Internet connection as Internet Sharing is Off.
And you can't even turn it on until you select which Port you would want to share it over.
If you are concerned that it says "Share your connection from: Wi-Fi", don't be.
That only applies if you turned Internet Sharing On and it will always show one of the possibilities once one is selected.
It's a pop-up selection and there is no "None" option, that is handled by turning off Internet Sharing.
ivan
Ivan,
I am not trying to share internet. I am trying to back out of this window portion of system preferences and get back to the main sharing menu. I can go to any other part of preferences but not the main sharing screen.
Interesting. Glad it's been solved now.
system preferences screen stuck on sharing wifi
