Hi
I try to connect 2 Mac Pro in my studio directly via ethernet cable. The file-sharing works fine, but the screen sharing doesn't work at all. I keep getting the message that it can't connect to the remote computer.
What can I do?
Mac Pro, OS X Yosemite (10.10.2), 12 core, 48 Gb. ram
You have MacProA, and MacProB. Let's say you want to share the screen on MacProB. In the latter System Preferences : Sharing, select Screen Sharing. Set your Allow access user setting, and under Computer Settings, set as appropriate. In System Preferences : Security & Privacy : Firewall Options… see if there is already an entry for Screen Sharing and Allow incoming connections is green. If not, you may need to press the + button to add it. I also have the following checked: Automatically allow signed software to receive incoming connections.
On MacProA, click on your Desktop, and then type shift+command+G to Go To Folder… and copy/paste the following into the text field of that dialog box:
/System/Library/CoreServices/Applications
This will open a Finder window on the Screen Sharing application location. Drag and drop it on your Dock. When you click on this Screen Sharing icon, it will prompt you with a Connect To dialog. Use the MacProB.local naming convention.
Thanks for your response, but sadly it only works when I connect the 2 macs via a ethernet-switch. But I can't share the screen with the direct cable, but the file-sharing works.
I have heard that the direct cable access is a bit more steady, with a fixed IP-adress of course, but I need to see the screen of the shared MacPro.
What is wrong with using a switch? I screen share on 2 computers with no problems. Since the house is wired for Ethernet, the connection goes through multiple switches. The connection is stable, smooth, and fast.
Nothing wrong but I have a mac pro as an audio slave using VEPro5 where I stream audio via the Ethernet cable and the issue here is always latency, so maybe by connecting the 2 macs directly I could gain some milliseconds. That's why.
How to setup screen share between 2 macs connected directly
