screen sharing broken again after update to 3.7 without Mavericks upgrade

actually only worked until restart 😐

just looking at firewall ports used for ARD

http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1629

With the firewall on I can telnet to 3283

for 5900 I just get trying

and for 5988 I get

connection refused

telnet: Unable to connect to remote host

So I wonder how we can open these ports manually?

Thanks.

This solved my problem.

No, did not work for me...

File Sharing works just fine, but Screen Sharing will not connect iMac to MacMini.

Screen Sharing and File Sharing both work MacMini to iMac.

I had the same problem. I am running OSx 10.8.5 on all machines. Have not updated to mavericks yet. The simplest solution seems to be to diable screen sharing in preferences on the target machine, reboot it and then re-enable it on the target machine (click screen sharing under System Preferences\Sharing). Screen Sharing on my machine is Version 1.4 (471.5). The above is a simple work around and worked first time.

I have been having the same issues, after I updated remote services to 3.7, only way to mange remote Mac from Windows was by turning off Firewall. This had worked fine up to then.

Now that I have finally been able to update to Mavericks, it is all working fine again....but I would like to reboot and try again. Will post back here one way or another....

Yes after a reboot the Connection from my Windows 8 Desktop via realVNC is still working, connecting to my Mid 2011 Mac Mini....

Hope this also works for you?

Yeah it works in mavericks till you so a software update.

Apple have just seeded 10.9.1 to developers which fixes the issue.

http://9to5mac.com/2013/11/04/apple-readies-ibooks-safari-remote-desktop-and-mai l-bug-fix-updates-for-mavericks/

Re,

Thanks

merced317

Yes !!!!!

I managed to turn firewall off, hence to connect ARD again !

Same issue as everyone else and downgrading worked for me.

Perfect guys, thanks.

Fantastic, but when are they going to patch Mountain Lion (which this thread is about, not Mavericks!)....?!

Some people in this thread mentioned 10.9 but u can always ignore my post and try peedee's fix?

I believe this behaviour been around for a very long time.

basically, if you set the Firewall and restart your Mac, the Firewall options list every system process involved rather than groups of services. the firewall also doesn't work properly. for example, file sharing can stop sharing.

the fix (for me) is to delete the Firewall preferences file, restart your Mac and turn the Firewall back on. then, never restart your Mac unless you need to. put it to Sleep instead.

the preference file is at:

/Library/Preferences/com.apple.alf.plist

you will need to authenticate to remove the file.

for convenience, I use the following AppleScript:

do shell script "sudo rm -f /Library/Preferences/com.apple.alf.plist" user name "gregory" password "golden syrup" with administrator privileges

I delete the pref file before *every* reboot and reactivate the Firewall after reboot.

I believe this behaviour been around for a very long time.

basically, if you set the Firewall and restart your Mac, the Firewall options list every system process involved rather than groups of services. the firewall also doesn't work properly. for example, file sharing can stop sharing.

the fix (for me) is to delete the Firewall preferences file, restart your Mac and turn the Firewall back on. then, never restart your Mac unless you need to. put it to Sleep instead.

the preference file is at:

/Library/Preferences/com.apple.alf.plist

you will need to authenticate to remove the file.

for convenience, I use the following AppleScript:

<code>do shell script "sudo rm -f /Library/Preferences/com.apple.alf.plist" ¬

user name "my_admin_account" password "my_password" with administrator privileges</code>

I delete the pref file before *every* reboot, and re-configure the Firewall after the reboot.

Hello. This works for me today to solve the problem about the error message "Please make sure that Screen Sharing (in the Sharing section of System Preferences) is enabled on the computer to which you are attempting to connect. Also make sure your network connection is working properly."

In the mac I want to control remotely:

• Go to System Preferences
• Sharing
• Unselect File Sharing, Remote Login and Remote Management
• Restart the computer
• After restart, Select again the option in step 3.

Now I can access that computer from my Apple Remote Desktop.

Versions:

Apple Remote Desktop: 3.7

OS X: Mavericks.