Chapter 9. Troubleshooting

Screen sharing is generally reliable technology that works whenever both sides of a connection are configured correctly. When problems emerge, they tend be related to your connection method. I've come up with three main types of connection problems, which I cover in turn below. I then finish with General Troubleshooting, which includes problems that could apply to any of the three connection categories.

iChat Connection Problems

Because iChat requires two active parties to tango, or agree to share a screen—it's not passive on one end and active on the other—you should have fewer inexplicable problems with screen sharing via iChat and iChat Theater than you would with other forms of screen sharing. If you are having problems, ...

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