I am getting a blank screen (white or black) when using Screen Sharing desktop vnc client on Mac OSX

Posted Sun, 06/06/2010 - 17:21 by ken

To correct this, you need to configure the screen sharing app to run in 32-bit mode instead of 64-bit mode. This reduces the occurrences of the black screens.

To set the screen sharing app to run in 32-bit you need to edit the info for the app. Do this by opening a Finder window, clicking on your main system hard drive, then going to /System/Library/CoreServices directory. Select the Screen Sharing then press the "More info..." button to see the info panel:

Check the box next to "Open in 32-bit mode".

Relaunch your session and the screen sharing app.

credit: http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20090916105559390 and http://www.tipstrs.com/tip/12797/black-screens-when-screen-sharing-in-sn...

Comments

I believe the 32 bit option

by ken - 12/16/2011 - 12:42

I believe the 32 bit option was introduced with Mac OSX 10.6. I have not seen the pre 10.6 screen sharing app having the issue with the white screen, but I am not sure that a ton of our user base is on 10.5.8.
Thanks
Ken

No 32 Bit Option

by clicknathan - 12/16/2011 - 07:06

Does this only apply to particular versions of OS X? I'm running 10.5.8 and following the instructions exactly, I don't have that checkbox, just the "Open using Rosetta" and "Locked" boxes.