Mac User Guide
- Welcome
- What’s new in macOS Sequoia
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- Intro to Continuity
- Use AirDrop to send items to nearby devices
- Hand off tasks between devices
- Control your iPhone from your Mac
- Copy and paste between devices
- Stream video and audio with AirPlay
- Make and receive calls and text messages on your Mac
- Use your iPhone internet connection with your Mac
- Share your Wi-Fi password with another device
- Use iPhone as a webcam
- Insert sketches, photos and scans from iPhone or iPad
- Unlock your Mac with Apple Watch
- Use your iPad as a second display
- Use one keyboard and mouse to control Mac and iPad
- Sync music, books and more between devices
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- Control what you share
- Set up your Mac to be secure
- Allow apps to see the location of your Mac
- Use Private Browsing
- Keep your data safe
- Understand passwords
- Change weak or compromised passwords
- Keep your Apple Account secure
- Use Mail Privacy Protection
- Use Sign in with Apple for apps and websites
- Find a missing device
- Resources for your Mac
- Resources for your Apple devices
- Copyright
Change screen sharing connection settings on Mac
On your Mac, you can view or change the settings for a screen sharing connection.
Note: You can view the details for any connection (except an Apple Account connection), but you can edit only user-created, non-managed connections.
Go to the Screen Sharing app
on your Mac.In the Connections window, click
next to a connection.If you don’t see the Connections window, choose Window > Connections.
View or change the settings.
Click Done.
Connection settings
Option | Description | ||||||||||
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Name | The display name of the connection. | ||||||||||
Server Address | The IP address or DNS name of the server. | ||||||||||
Username | The username used to authenticate the connection. | ||||||||||
Screen Sharing Type | The type of screen sharing (Standard or High Performance). | ||||||||||
Display Type | The number of virtual displays. This option is only available with High Performance screen sharing. | ||||||||||
Port | The server TCP port number for the connection. Mac computers use port 5900 by default. | ||||||||||