

Ensure 'Allow connections to control the screen' and 'Require a password' are selected.Note the 'Computer Name' shown near the top of the window, you will need it on the Mac (you can also use the IP address if you ).Toggle the switch at the top to 'ON' (It should switch to Purple).Update both machines to most current version.Get computers on the same wifi (no Vlan separations etc.).Goal: get screen sharing on my 2015 MacBook Pro (MacOS 11.4 Big Sur) to show me the screen of a fresh install of Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS on my Mac Mini i7, over the house WIFI. I have just sorted out this same challenge and had some great success, so wanted to share. Sudo gsettings set require-encryption falseĪnd then restart the Vino server with command: You should be able to fix it by asking Vino server to disable encryption.

For example the built-in Screen Sharing app on Mac, or the VNC Viewer for Windows. If you encounter error message stating something like: "the remote computer is incompatible with the version of your VNC client".

Retrieve and the device-IP address by running ifconfig -a the local-IP address of the device will be returned within the terminal-output under the field: "inet addr:" (e.g.Run sudo-reboot and then log-in to the Ubuntu 16.04 desktop.After the vino application preferences window prompts, ensure that the "Allow other users to view your desktop" and "Allow other users to control your desktop" options are selected beneath the "Sharing" field it is also recommended to select the "You must confirm each access to the this machine" and "Require the user to enter system-password".Download and install vino by running sudo apt-get install vino within the Ubuntu terminal.I successfully logged-in remotely from my iMac macOS Mojave desktop into my hackintosh, which is a retrofitted 2012 Apple Macbook Pro running smoothly Ubuntu 16.04:
