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Mavericks screen sharing is slow

I control a headless Mac Mini in my house from an iMac using Screen Sharing. Both machines now run Mavericks. Screen sharing continues to work, but I am getting delays in keyboard/mouse control when scaling is turned on. If I turn scaling off, things get much better except that I can't see the whole screen at once.

I also have a MacBook pro that I sometimes also control from the iMac using Screen Sharing. It does not have any problems atl all, although I note that I don't have to use scaling with this machine because its display is smaller than my iMac's.

I'm not having the connection problems that some are having because these connections are all local and I don't have the firewall enabled.

Seems like the Screen Sharing in Mavericks ought to work at least as well as that in Mountain Lion, which worked very well after some initial problems that were eventually worked out by Apple.

I wonder whether there might be a way to tweak Screen Sharing on the server to back off on the quality a bit in order to improve control.

Posted on Nov 17, 2013 3:06 PM

24 replies

tesme33

Level 1

19 points

Mar 21, 2014 12:22 PM in response to Kate13

the problem with monitor could be solved via the following solution: http://www.tristanbettany.com/2013/06/17/slow-screen-sharing-in-osx-vnc-performa nce-issues/ check it out. Perhaps it helps for you.

Jun 12, 2014 12:18 PM in response to Kate13

same issue.

Jun 19, 2014 8:35 AM in response to shortysharp2

This solution works.

http://blog.macminicolo.net/post/33839671756/build-a-dummy-dongle-for-a-headless -mac-mini

ducknet

Level 1

4 points

Jun 19, 2014 1:53 PM in response to Richard Conner

Just upgraded my first laptop to Mavericks... I'm having the same issue here, how long before they fix this?

dperetti

Level 1

15 points

Oct 17, 2014 3:52 PM in response to Richard Conner

Yosemite, still the same issue as I was having in Mavericks.

Do you guys have at least one of the machine that's connected thorough ethernet ?

Screen Sharing works great between Macbook and iMac through Airport.

But when I want to control the Mac Pro, which has the best connection (ethernet) of all, ... it's super sluggish.

But the weird part is that it actually *sometimes* work perfectly for a couple minutes...

Oh and back a couple years ago (was that 10.8 or 10.7, or even 10.6 ?) it used to work beautifully on the same network as the one I have currently.

Oct 20, 2014 4:39 PM in response to dperetti

Hello,

To avoid the pain just use RealVNC server for Mac, it is 100% more professional and works without any delay... And it has multiple options to improve the performance, encryption, etc...
https://www.realvnc.com/download/vnc/

Regards,

Aniscartujo

pnosko

Level 1

4 points

Oct 20, 2014 5:12 PM in response to aniscartujo

Aniscartujo, I don't appreciate the SPAM post for your pricey, proprietary product.

Oct 20, 2014 5:39 PM in response to pnosko

It is not spam, and it is not my product...

If on more than 20 replies here, and infinite threads nobody has posted a working solution I am just posting an alternative...

I don't think that this is the right place to discuss between users... just to post working solutions... or alternatives...

Regards,
Aniscartujo

cpguru21

Level 1

59 points

Oct 21, 2014 9:12 AM in response to aniscartujo

I am using tightvnc from a windows machine (os 8.1) to a mac (os 10.9) and this issue is ridiculous. I notice my server (10.6.8) connects of through screen sharing.

The tightvnc solution forces me to log in as the user, before it displays the users desktop (most of my users are remote) however going through the apple server, it just goes directly to the desktop.

I know people who use realvnc, and I know it is a great solution, not spam as the un-informed pnosko stated, however I am not looking to purchase and install a solution that should just work. My remote desktop software just kicked out my license for like the 5th time, and I am not interested in setting that back up.

tightvnjc is free and I know there are a couple of others out there that I may try. I know coming from windows this is slightly different, but I did not have the same lag before I upgraded the remote machines.....

Mavericks screen sharing is slow