Q: Sierra sharing desktop

I have a headless 2010 Mac Mini that I use as my home media server, and have found that now that I have set it up, I cannot share the desktop.

I have disconnected the Mac Mini & hooked it up to my TV with a bluetooth keyboard & mouse, and everything worked as expected, but when I restart without the TV & bluetooth keyboard/mouse, what happens is a problem.

I connect using my MacBook Pro, and the screen loads up, but a vertical strip of the right ¼ or so of the MacMini's desktop shows up at the left side of the screen. The remote screen will not accept mouse clicks, keyboard strokes, anything.

Can I re-install el capitan on that machine? That worked fine.

MacBook Pro, OS X El Capitan (10.11.3), Home Machine

Posted on Sep 26, 2016 3:50 PM

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by Phil Giltner,

Phil Giltner Sep 27, 2016 6:12 PM in response to Phil Giltner
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Sep 27, 2016 6:12 PM in response to Phil Giltner

Now I see that if I attach a monitor to my Mini, then I can share the screen just fine from a remote machine. Guessing that there's some problem in that you need to be driving a monitor before you can correctly send a facsimile of the monitor to an observer.

Hope this gets fixed!
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Condimentasm Oct 19, 2016 9:31 PM in response to Phil Giltner
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Oct 19, 2016 9:31 PM in response to Phil Giltner

I have the same problem. It's the same one from macOS Sierra problems with Screen Sharing which was accidentally marked resolved.
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