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MightyDane Author

Level 1

9 points

screen sharing broken again after update to 3.7 without Mavericks upgrade

I did the standard updates tonight - which included a remote desktop update (to version 3.7 I think) - the ARDagent.app in the System -> LIbrary -> CoreServices -> Remote management folder.

After the update (I'm still running Mountain Lion) - screen sharing doesn't work with any of my other Macs in the house. It basically sits there and never connects - saying "connecting to...." - similiar to what it did a long time ago after the 3.6 updates from 3.5. Eventually it gives this error... "connection failed to ..." and "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."

I have already tried to restore that folder from time machine to version 3.6.2, as well as restored the screensharing.app file to the older version, but to no avail. Have already rebooted all the machines, restarted my airport, network hubs, etc. Tried stopping and restarting sharing already as well. No go on any option. Was working just fine before the updates tonight.

Any one else have similar issues and know how to fix?

Thanks.

OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.5), Screen sharing not connecting

Posted on Oct 22, 2013 10:59 PM

106 replies

jcv

Level 2

425 points

Dec 18, 2014 6:06 PM in response to MightyDane

Yikes. Thanks for this.

I'm having the same problem after upgrading to Yosemite-- all sharing settings set up properly etc.

Turning off the firewall fixed it (and like everyone else, the FW was set to allow all appropriate connections). I have more than one hardware firewall and this is a media server (only) so I'm not too concerned about it.

What a pain, though. Now if only I could figure out why Bluetooth is ridiculously slow and disconnects all the time on the same machine. It was working beautifully before the "upgrade"- ugh. Zapping PRAM didn't fix it.

screen sharing broken again after update to 3.7 without Mavericks upgrade