Can I share my screen with a Mac that is not logged in?

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Can I share my screen with a Mac that is not logged in?

We have a classroom of iMacs running 10.7.5. The instructor's computer is running Apple Remote Desktop Admin 3.6.1 and all of the computers have Apple Remote Desktop Client 3.6.2 installed.

The question / issue is this: the instructor can only use the "Share Screen" feature to share their screen with a computer that is already logged in. In other words, the instructor cannot share their screen with a computer that's at the login window.

I'm certain this was possible with a prior version of OS X, Remote Desktop, or both. So this is either an intentional change on Apple's part, or a bug.

Can anyone confirm that this issue / observation isn't unique to us?

iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.5)

Posted on Jan 28, 2013 1:10 PM

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TeenTitan

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Jan 28, 2013 6:59 PM in response to Steve Rhyne

Have you considered using send unix command to remotely log in all the computers that do not have user logged in?

You could set it up to be the default action for send unix. Making it easy for the instructor to quickly login all the empty computer so he can broadcast to the computers.

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