I am trying to figure out a way to share my screen with someone else. I wanted to see if Facetime had that feature or if there is another recommendation for screen sharing on Mountain Lion.
Does Facetime on Mountain Lion allow you to share your screen
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in Lion this is possible, but don't remember seeing this anywhere in previous versions. When you start a screen sharing session it will ask you how you want to view the remote session.
OK, I sussed it out. You can still do it, it's just that the way you do it is based on context rather than using the appropriate command.
Basically, to use the virtual display, you need multiple user accounts on the target machine, and you need an account to be already logged into the target machine such that you can login a 2nd time using the virtual display. Any account you wish to log into obviously needs the associated sharing rights enabled. Then follow the following logic:
- If no one is logged into the target machine, you will always get the Hardware display showing the normal login screen, when you login from that screen you continue to use the hardware display.
- If the user you try to login as is already logged in, then it will always switch to that user and continue to use the hardware display
- If you login with a user who is not already logged in at the hardware display but someone else is (this is the key, the Hardware display needs to be in use by someone else), you get the following message and the ability to use the virtual display.
If you want to use the virtual display for privacy reasons, you cannot simply switch to it like you could in 10.7, but you could simply leave the target machine with Guest logged in on the Hardware display to allow you to login as your primary user on the Virtual one.
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There is not a way to do this yet in FaceTime. Here's the link to a forum where they discuss how "neat" it would be to have this feature. The discussion is a month old, so fairly recent.
As for Screen sharing, if you're on the same network (either routed, through a VPN, SSH tunnel, or direct connection) then you just select the device in Finder, and choose screen sharing (button in the upper right hand corner) in the window that opens:
The computer that is sharing its screen must have Screen sharing turned on (check marked) in System Settings > Sharing:
Note mine is NOT check marked, so this computer would NOT share its screen using screen sharing.
If you want to Screen share and you are NOT in the same Network, use Messages:
Note Screen Sharing (under the video drop down)is enabled (has a check mark next to it).