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iChat screen sharing and video not working on MacBook but works on Mac pro

I have a MacBook and MacBook pro. Both have the lion os 10.7.2. I can use iChat on the MacBook pro for screen sharing, video chat, and text chatting, with others remote to me. However, I can only do texting with the MacBook. I can do screen sharing via Finder between my MacBook and MacBook pro. I can do FaceTime between both systems. I can also do FaceTime between the MacBook and anyone remotely.

I also tried installing teamviewer on the MacBook, and on a remote MacBook..... And I get the same results where I cannot share the screen, from the one that has not been working.

I have checked the settings under system preference and made sure screen sharing was enabled. I have checked under iChat under video to make sure screen sharing was checked.

The macbook that is having this problem is configured for AIM for iChat

I have run out of ideas. Any suggestions on what I might try?

Thanks

MacBook, Mac OS X (10.7.2)

Posted on Jan 16, 2012 7:30 PM

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rbatsungolf Author

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Feb 10, 2012 1:34 PM in response to Ralph-Johns-UK

Hi Ralph,

I was the original poster of this problem.

I have been monitoring all of the different trouble shooting suggestions, from the time I started this thread.

Next week I will be back at my mothers house when I will be able to try some of the suggestions.

If folks recall, my problem was that I could use my MacBook pro on my mom's wireless net gear router and perform screen sharing via iChat. Yet my mom's MacBook would not. Both would do iChat text just fine.

There was a suggestion, about checking certain settings on my mom's Mac book.... And I will be checking them next Tuesday.

In the mean time there was a suggestion to use jabber account. I'm going to give that a try next week as well.

Thanks for everyone's work, suggestions, and trials.

Feb 10, 2012 1:52 PM in response to rbatsungolf

Hi,

I would like to thank you for the "space" for Defcom and myself to help Gary.

If you are still having problems we will be willing to continue.

9:52 PM Friday; February 10, 2012

Please, if posting Logs, do not post any Log info after the line "Binary Images for iChat"

 iMac 2.5Ghz 5i 2011 (Lion 10.7.3)
 G4/1GhzDual MDD (Leopard 10.5.8)
 MacBookPro 2Gb (Snow Leopard 10.6.8)
 Mac OS X (10.6.8),
"Limit the Logs to the Bits above Binary Images."  No, Seriously

rbatsungolf Author

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Feb 14, 2012 6:05 PM in response to Ralph-Johns-UK

Well, I finally was able to get back to my mom's house to try a few things Ralph and others had suggested..

1. I set up using Bonjour on both computers and..... ichat video, screen share, and normal chat WORKED... yeah!

2. Then by the stroke of luck I came across this post.... how to set up ichat for google talk.

http://support.google.com/talk/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=24076

I deleted my AIM account on both of my computers. Remember, mine is a MacBook Pro, and my mom's was

a normal Macbook.

By setting up a gmail account for the two of us, I now can do all the chats via Ichat..... video, screen sharing,

text, etc... with out going down the path of teamviewer, etc...

I hope this is helpful to others.

I suppose this can now be closed out.

rbatsungol

Feb 15, 2012 11:30 AM in response to rbatsungolf

Glad to hear of your success.

7:30 PM Wednesday; February 15, 2012

Please, if posting Logs, do not post any Log info after the line "Binary Images for iChat"

iChat screen sharing and video not working on MacBook but works on Mac pro