Can't log in to Mac remotely with Apple ID

Just to confirm you have "screen sharing" enabled in the Sharing System Preference pane?

Also, what network are the machines on? There are cases where some networks will block this ability on an outbound basis (i.e. your work may do this).

I have almost the EXACT same situation, different machines.

Mac Mini 2013 cannot login to Macbook Pro Retina mid 2012

Both on Mavericks 10.9.1

What works

Mac mini can request screen share of the MacBook Pro and get

MacBook Pro can login to Mini and open files (i have the credentials saved and it works without prompting me)

MacBook can get a screen share session from the mini and control the miniu

What doesn't work

Mac Mini cannot log into MacBook Pro . In finder, right above the [connect as] button, it says "connection failed" . I have tried using Apple ID and as a registered user, neither works. What's odd is that screen sharing works.

NOTE: like the OP, this all worked a couple weeks ago. Machines are 2 feet apart on same hub. Now I'm wondering if this started with 10.9.1 but I'm not sure.

Thank you, I used the afp:// route and it worked (ironically I tried the smb:// route which didn't work but did not try afp).

However, even using this method I could not connect using my Apple ID, I had to log in using a registered user.... which is fine because that's the way it was working for a couple months before it suddenly stopped.

Anyway, I will run with this for now, thanks for the response. There must be a rare set of attributes driving this or more people would experience it. Thanks again,

Peter G.

I am having the same troubles:

iMac and MBP with Mavericks installed

AppleID associated with the user account on each computer

The MBP can connect to the iMac (screen and file sharing) with AppleID

The iMac cannot connect to the MBP at all with AppleID, but can connect with the admin username and password

I tried the afp route, and it logs me in as the registered user, not with AppleID. If it connects with AppleID it should show as being connected with your AppleID email address rather than as your username

I also have a Mac Mini with Mavericks, and I can connect to and from it with AppleID from the iMac, so I dont know whats going on with the MBP

I am having the same trouble: fresh clean istallation of Mavericks of both my MacBook Pro and iMac. both Users have same Apple ID set in Users and Gorups. Sharing files and scress are actived on both computers.

When I try to connect (either way) with Apple ID i got a bounce shacky stop!

If istead I try with a Registered User I can smootly connect...

Where is the bug?

I had the same problem after changing my password recently. I solved it by going to System Preferences → Users & Groups → Apple ID [Change...]. I deleted and re-added the Apple ID with new password. Afterwards, restarted the computer and tried logging in again. This time it worked!

For more info, here's an Apple link:

http://support.apple.com/kb/PH13779?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US

Good luck!

This is vexing me too, and all-of-a-sudden screwing around with my Time Machine backups. I've got a MacBook Pro and a Mac Pro two feet from each other, and for months even with Mavericks, I've had no problem connecting between the machines. Now I haven't had a successful Time Machine backup for days because the MacBook Pro can't seem to login to the Mac Pro to find the shared drive.

Mac Pro ---> MacBook Pro: Logs in just fine with Apple ID or registered user, but defaults to Apple ID.

MacBook Pro ----> Mac Pro: Only logs in with registered user, some of the time. When I try to login with Apple ID, the box just shakes.

I've repaired permissions, deleted and re-set up the Apple ID on both machines, deleted old preferences files, rebooted repeatedly, reset the Airport Extreme, to no avail. THEN, I get the "The Mac Pro won't allow any more server connections" and i have to turn File Sharing off and on again in System Preferences.

Ugh. HELP!

I just tried something and seems to fix the issue

First go to Finder - Go - Connect to server connect MBP to iMac using IP address - check the user for Imac

Do same for MBP

What I found is that although I thought that both my computers had my name as the official user there was a difference

On my iMac it am listed as XxxxBbbbConsulting whereas on my MBP my user profile is xxxxbbbb

I then closed finder on both, reopened finder on iMac, selected MBP, connect as xxxxbbbb and password - able to connect to MBP

Checked from MBP by using user as XxxxBbbbConsulting as the user for iMac, entered password - connected

Hope this helps

I have the same problem as all of you. My Macbook Pro will connect to my mac mini using either registered user or Apple ID but not the other way around. It's very frustrating. Any solutions yet?