Full Quality is available only in a Standard connection.Įnter Full Screen: The screen sharing window expands to fill your screen. Adaptive Quality is available only in a Standard connection.įull Quality: Use this option if your Mac is connected to a fast network and you want full resolution.
Adaptive quality adjusts depending on network speed. Zoom In or Zoom Out: Adjust the zoom level.Īdaptive Quality: Use this option if your Mac is connected to a slower network. In Control Mode, you control the shared screen. If you’re observing OS X 10.9 or later, you can click and hold to highlight the screen at your pointer. Switch to Observe Mode or Request Control Mode: In Observe mode, you can watch what’s happening on the shared screen, but you can’t control the pointer, move windows, open and close documents, or do other tasks. Turn High Dynamic Range on or off: High Dynamic Range (HDR) reference mode support is available only in a High Performance screen connection from a viewing Mac that has a display capable of displaying HDR content and the correct HDR preset is selected. Dynamic resolution is available only when using 1 virtual display in a High Performance connection. Turn Dynamic Resolution on or off: When dynamic resolution is on, the size of the virtual display on the Mac you are controlling matches the size of the screen sharing window. With scaling off, the shared screen is displayed full size, and might require you to scroll to see everything on the shared screen. Turn Scaling On or Off: With scaling on, the entire screen of the shared Mac is displayed on your screen. Show Tab Bar: Use this option to display or hide the tab bar. When you’re sharing the screen of another Mac, your viewing options depend on your network connection and the size of the screen you’re sharing.įrom the View menu, set the following options: To unblock users, select them in the list and click the Remove button. To block users with specific Apple IDs from sending requests to share your screen or view their screen, click the Add button, enter the user’s Apple ID, then click Block. You can allow everyone who tries to connect to your computer using an Apple ID or just your contacts.
To change the current quality, choose View > Adaptive Quality or View > Full Quality.īelow Blocked Users, click the “Allow screen sharing requests from” pop-up menu, then choose an option. This option changes the default behavior for when you share the screens of computers you’ve never connected to before. To decide which option you want, try each one by selecting it and then moving the pointer around in the window.īelow Quality, select “Adapt quality to network conditions” to view the shared screen more quickly, or “Show the screen at full quality” for a more detailed view of the shared screen when using Standard screen sharing. To change the current scale, choose View > Turn Scaling Off or View > Turn Scaling On.īelow Display, select a “Scroll the screen” option to determine how the screen sharing window behaves when you move the pointer.
On your Mac, start a screen sharing session with another Mac on your network.Ĭhoose Screen Sharing > Settings, then set the following options:īelow Display, select “Scale to fit available space” or “Show full size,” depending on how large your screen is and how much of it you want to use for the shared screen.
When you’re sharing the screen of another Mac, you can set screen sharing settings to adjust the size and quality of the shared screen. Get started with accessibility features.Use Sign in with Apple for apps and websites.Watch and listen together with SharePlay.Share and collaborate on files and folders.Sync music, books, and more between devices.Make and receive phone calls on your Mac.Use one keyboard and mouse to control Mac and iPad.Use Live Text to interact with text in a photo.Make text and other items on the screen bigger.Install and reinstall apps from the App Store.