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Share your screen to (and from) any Mac, right from the Messages app
- Apple includes a little-known feature in macOS that enables users to share their Mac's display via the Messages app without resorting to third-party software.
- The feature is particularly useful for distance tech-support purposes, allowing remote control of screen operation, microphone communication and even copy-and-pasting functionality from one machine to another.
- To use the feature, both parties need the latest version of the Messages app open, and as strong an internet connection as possible.
- Users initiate screen sharing by opening their iMessage thread with the other party, clicking the ⓘ icon in the upper right corner and selecting the share button to invite the other party to watch or take control of the screen.
- If users want the other party to take control of the screen, a request to do so must first be sent and accepted.
- To mute the microphone, simply click a button on the screen-sharing window.
- For security purposes, users should only share their screen with trusted parties.
- Screen-sharing sessions should only be activated by requests that users have made; scammers claiming to be from tech companies should be reported as spam.
- Apple included this feature on Macs as old as 2009, with screen-sharing compatible with both newer and older devices.
- The feature enables remote control of another party's mouse and keyboard as well as screen operation, alongside the copy-and-pasting of text and images across devices.
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