I'm searching for a free alternative of RealVNC for Mac OS X El Capitan (10.11).
I have one "special need" for the program. I need to be able to change the port of the Mac I am currently using.
I couldn't find anything yet, at least nothing that works with El Capitan…
Any recommendations?
Best Answer
Chicken
If you are looking for a VNC client, the open source Chicken client supports connecting to specific ports.
Tiger VNC
You can install Tiger VNC via the brew project with:
macOS Built-in Screen Sharing
Alternatively, you can use macOS's built in Screen Sharing application to connect to specific ports via a well formed URL, such as
vnc://192.168.1.34:5901
.VNC Servers
For VNC servers, other than the built-in macOS VNC server, take a look at OSXvnc.
Tunneling
You could take a different approach and tunnel the existing VNC service through
ssh
or another tool. This would expose the VNC service through any port you desire without needing a special VNC server.