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MAC OSX ichat Screen Sharing

Hey,

Thanks for any help up front on this.

I am trying to figure out how to simply share a screen via ichat with two macs.

I can video and audio chat without any issues, but i cannot share a screen with anyone.

I also cannot find anything on the apple forums about this issue, and i think its a OSX only issue OR POSSIBLY I'm missing something about port forwarding.

I can video and audio chat without needing to forward anything or make any security or router adjustments tho.

Please help!!

Thanks,
Bryan

pheidius

I am sure exactly what you want to do. What exactly do you man by share a screen?

BadLT

ASKER

Ichat allows the ability to share a screen with someone you are chatting with.

I cannot, for the life of me figure out how to get this to work.

pheidius

i assume under the video menu that you have "enable screen sharing" checked. It is the option the furthest down. i assume the person with whom you are chatting also has this checked. So you want ARD type of screen sharing, one where you partially give up your control of your screen so that someone else can take control of your mouse, click on things for you. sic giving tech support. http://www.peachpit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=1160240&seqNum=5 I also assume you have followed all the steps in this link. What are your firewalls settings. Is stealth mode enabled. do you have applications with special access permissions enabled. Have you tried with your firewall turned off? Do you have little snitch enabled. In the system preferences sharing tab is screen sharing enabled? You may also need to have remote login and remote management checked but I would start with just screen sharing first. Finally, the person with whom you wish to share will likely need the same settings and must accept your screen sharing overtures.

BadLT

ASKER

I appreciate your help.

Most of those things I know both me and my end-user have done and matched on both ends.

However, I will look at the link you provided, and do this one more time with him and get back to you.

Again, i very much appreciate the help.

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BadLT

ASKER

yeah, i've seen the apple forums...

I have not tried the DMZ tho...

I will get back to you.

Thanks.

BadLT

ASKER

i have yet to get together with the person i'm trying this with... I WILL GET BACK TO YOU.

Thanks...

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