Do I have to grant permission every time I turn on screen sharing?

Before upgrading to Mavericks, when accessing screen sharing from my macbook pro to my iMac, I didn't have to grant permission.

Now when turning on screen sharing from my macbook, I have to click "Share Display", then I have to go to the iMac and click

"Share Screen". Is it really necessary to do this every time?

iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.2)

Posted on Oct 26, 2013 1:47 PM

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Oct 26, 2013 2:12 PM in response to Miska_FL

I've tried it both ways, no dice. As I said, this never happened with Mountain Lion,

just since I put Mavericks on the macbook. I hadn't upgraded the iMac yet, and it

still asked for permission. I don't know if you've seen it, but a screen comes up

with "Share Display" or "Log In". "Share Display" says "xxxx will be asked to grant

permission and will be able to see all activity".

Oct 26, 2013 3:28 PM in response to Mobius60

I'm trying to duplicate the issue but so far no success... You mentioned that even when you try to connect to your other unit which is not yet running Mavericks you still get the same request so that means issue is for sure associated with Screen Sharing and that Mavericks Upgrade... Not sure how confortable you are with moving plists but that would be my next suggestion > create a folder on the desktop and move user associated plists which are simply the file(s) that contain the actual settings. You can also try to repair permissions but I have little faith it will work in this case.

Mar 8, 2014 7:20 AM in response to Mobius60

I know this post is old, but I thought I’d add to the thread, anyway.


When attempting to share the screen of another mac, and both computers are running Mavericks, and the remote computer is currently logged in as a different user than the local computer, I can still share the screen without asking the remote computer for permission, as long as I have the remote user’s login password.


After clicking Share Screen… from the local computer, I choose “Log In” (instead of “Share Display”, which will ask the remote user for permission). This takes me to the remote computer’s Login screen. Then I choose the currently-logged-in remote user and enter the password.

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