Q: El Capitan Remote Desktop Issue

There is no 2013 Mac Mini.

The current Mac Mini is the late 2014 Mini. The Previous Mini was the late 2012 Mini

Maybe something at > Apple Remote Desktop not working will help.

For the guide, see > http://www.apple.com/server/docs/ARD3.2_AdminGuide.pdf

For the purposes that you are using for remote control, ARD seems to

be overkill.   You should be able to use just the basic Screen Sharing

built into OS X.

This should work, though I haven't tried it yet

sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.RemoteManagement RestoreMachineState -bool NO

fpescarmona wrote:

 

This should work, though I haven't tried it yet

sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.RemoteManagement RestoreMachineState -bool NO

Thanks, this seems to work for me.

10.10.5 Yosemite had a recent security patch causing this new behavior, and that command successfully reverted it - thank you!

You are a genius, thank you much!

Worked for me too, seems to resolve the issue for both Remote Desktop and screen sharing app :-)

As a security feature, screen sharing restores lock screen if the system was locked when you logged-in. To disable re-locking, run this command on the target system: "sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.RemoteManagement RestoreMachineState -bool NO"

I had the same problem whilst using Airfoil with Mac mini to Airplay to multiple speakers where it would cut in and out right after disconnecting from Screen Sharing session. Your command line solved it immediately – Thank you!

This worked for me. MacPro mid 2012 El Capitan.