Screen sharing to support Mom -- on El Capitan

I am 94% certain that I was able to connect to a remote El Capitan iMac using the built in Screen Sharing tool (Found in the sort of weird location /System/Library/CoreServices/Applications )

The remote Mac has to have an Apple ID, and be able to click “ok”.

Have you tried this built-in tool and it failed, or what happened? If I recall, in later OS versions, this functionality merged into Messages, but in El Capitan you could access a Mac directly using the Screen Sharing app.

Oh, and for completeness, there is also a System Preference that has to be toggled on: System Preference / Sharing / Screen Sharing

1 Like