Thanks for the info.
On 2015-09-17, at 1:00 PM, [email protected] wrote: > Send Remote-desktop mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.apple.com/mailman/listinfo/remote-desktop > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Remote-desktop digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Can't share admin screen with more than one computer > (Jean-René Dastugue) > 2. Re: Can't share admin screen with more than one computer > (Terry J. Melton) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2015 19:53:49 +0200 > From: Jean-René Dastugue <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Can't share admin screen with more than one computer > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > Hi, > > Apple Remote Desktop 3.8 on my MacBook Pro (Retina, mid 2014) OS X 10.10.5 > 17 clients with ARD Client 3.8.4, OS X 10.9.5 (mixed iMacs, 2011 to 2013 > models) > I can control, observe, copy, etc., etc. BUT I can't share my screen with the > 17 clients. Clients' screens stay black. It only works if I share my screen > with only one client, which is useless. > I've updated two iMacs to 10.10.5 for testing purpose and the problem is > still there. Thinking it was maybe caused by the lab network I've created a > wifi network with my MBPro but it didn't resolve the issue either. > > Does anyone here has the same problem? > > > -- > Jean-René Dastugue > > ------------------------------------------------ > 27, allée de Brienne > 31000 TOULOUSE - France > Tél : +33 5 81 14 37 66 > Mobile : +33 6 63 11 66 15 > Email : [email protected] > iChat / AIM : [email protected] > ------------------------------------------------ > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2015 18:52:21 +0000 > From: "Terry J. Melton" <[email protected]> > To: Jean-René Dastugue <[email protected]>, > "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Can't share admin screen with more than one computer > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > ARD has become pretty buggy in it's old age. I just tested the screen sharing > function in my 3.8 version of ARD on a MacBook running 10.10.5 that was > connected to a Thunderbolt display. I used a handful 10.9.5 and 10.10.5 > client machines and saw the issue you described. I came up with a very goofy > workaround that's a little unwieldy, hopefully the issue is fixed in the > future. Try the steps below to see if it helps you. > > 1. Quit ARD and relaunch it. > 2. On all the Macs that you want to screen share to, send a kickstart start > command via the UNIX command functionality in ARD to restart the ARDAgent > service on the client machines. (https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201710) > 3. After the restart, select the machines you want to share to and use the > following Screen Share options (these worked the most reliably for me) > -Source: This Computer > -Source Display: Main display > -Target Computers: uncheck "Prevent use of local desktop" > 4. Here's the goofy part: After you click the "Share Screen" button, go > through each machine in your list and try to switch from "Observe" to > "Control". It's helpful to have multiple machines in one large Observe window > to see all the screens at once. Eventually one of the machines that you > switch to "Control" will be the magic one! All of the machines should then > display the screen you are sharing. > > It's possible you might only need steps 3 and 4, and it might be possible to > test with the other Screen Share options and get them to work, but the ones > above seemed to work best for me. I also wouldn't hold my breath to see the > problem fixed. ARD isn't much of a priority for Apple these days. There's > bugs in it that have been there for years that have never been fixed. Usually > they're fixed by quitting and re-opening ARD, but it's still a pretty good > indicator of how little time Apple spends maintaining the product. Then > again, it also used to cost $500 for a license years ago and now it's down to > $80. > > You might want to look at Reflector instead if you want to share your screen > to multiple Macs at one. It also supports iOS, Windows, and Android clients > as well. > > > Terry Melton > Sr. Macintosh Administrator > Laureate Education > [email protected] > > > > > > > > > > On 9/17/15, 1:53 PM, > "[email protected] on behalf > of Jean-René Dastugue" > <[email protected] on behalf > of [email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> Apple Remote Desktop 3.8 on my MacBook Pro (Retina, mid 2014) OS X 10.10.5 >> 17 clients with ARD Client 3.8.4, OS X 10.9.5 (mixed iMacs, 2011 to 2013 >> models) >> I can control, observe, copy, etc., etc. BUT I can't share my screen with >> the 17 clients. Clients' screens stay black. It only works if I share my >> screen with only one client, which is useless. >> I've updated two iMacs to 10.10.5 for testing purpose and the problem is >> still there. Thinking it was maybe caused by the lab network I've created a >> wifi network with my MBPro but it didn't resolve the issue either. >> >> Does anyone here has the same problem? >> >> >> -- >> Jean-René Dastugue >> >> ------------------------------------------------ >> 27, allée de Brienne >> 31000 TOULOUSE - France >> Tél : +33 5 81 14 37 66 >> Mobile : +33 6 63 11 66 15 >> Email : [email protected] >> iChat / AIM : [email protected] >> ------------------------------------------------ >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Do not post admin requests to the list. 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