El Capitan Remote Desktop Issue

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El Capitan Remote Desktop Issue

Hi all,

I have a older mac mini (2013) model that is connected to my TV via HDMI, I use Apple Remote Desktop from my MBA to remote in and set it up for streaming sports and watching netflix etc. This has been absolutely flawless for the last year or so...

However, since upgrading to El Capitan, whenever I disconnect the ARD session the TV screen goes blank and stops playing whatever was on screen. As soon as I reconnect the ARD I see the login screen asking for a password, as soon as I enter this it resumes playing whatever it was doing.

Is there a setting that has changed since El Capitan that is locking the screen on disconnect or timeout? I have had a look at the power settings / screen saver etc but cant see anything obvious.

Thanks in advance,

Z

Posted on Oct 28, 2015 1:37 PM

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Answer 1

lllaass

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Oct 28, 2015 1:43 PM in response to zinga79

There is no 2013 Mac Mini.

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

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zinga79 Author

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Oct 28, 2015 1:49 PM in response to lllaass

Apologies, it was a typo, I meant 2012 model.

Any thoughts on the original issue?? It seems to me after testing a bit more its locking the screen on RD disconnect. Im sure there is a terminal command or something to bypass this but I cant find anything on google.

Any help would be highly appreciated.

Thanks,

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zinga79 Author

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Nov 20, 2015 2:02 PM in response to zinga79

*BUMP*

Just wondering if anyone had any ideas as I'm still experiencing this.

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den.thed

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Nov 20, 2015 9:28 PM in response to zinga79

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

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

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Answer 5

Nov 21, 2015 3:12 AM in response to zinga79

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.

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zinga79 Author

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Nov 21, 2015 3:27 AM in response to woodmeister50

Hi there,

Thanks for your quick reply.

Unfortunately screen sharing seems to use the same connection method, as soon as you disconnect the screen share the remote screen locks.

It worked fine on Yosemite so I'm assuming its a bug in El Capitan, hopefully Apple will address it soon.

Thanks,

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Answer 7

Feb 24, 2016 4:57 PM in response to zinga79

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

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

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Answer 8

Feb 25, 2016 3:36 AM in response to fpescarmona

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.

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tcantin

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May 8, 2016 6:22 AM in response to fpescarmona

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

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DaTako21

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Jul 21, 2016 5:32 AM in response to fpescarmona

You are a genius, thank you much!

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Answer 11

Aug 10, 2016 4:14 AM in response to John Lockwood

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

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Answer 12

Aug 12, 2016 10:04 AM in response to zinga79

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"

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tae-ho

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Aug 17, 2016 7:57 PM in response to John Lockwood

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!

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Tommyjt

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Aug 22, 2016 7:51 AM in response to fpescarmona

This worked for me. MacPro mid 2012 El Capitan.

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Answer 15

Sep 10, 2016 9:58 AM in response to remotedesktop

I have a different problem wherein I have computer labs with faculty machines with ARD. Whenever someone quits ARD in that labs it freezes all of the computers. If you reopen ARD and refresh the list they eventually decide to come back up. Could this work for that too? Is the trouble that we see related to restoring the state of the computer?

Sorry for hijacking the thread but, this looked a possible cause/solution for us too.

Thanks

P

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