This assumes your device is behind a firewall on a secure network. So.here is a step by step 'new Pi user' guide to using the standard system native VNC client on macOS called Screen Sharing with your Raspberry Pi's native RealVNC Server, perform the following configuration:ġ) These instructions presume that you installed the operating system NOOBS from the RaspberryPi site:Ģ) Open the RealVNC Server configuration interface by clicking on the menu bar icon:ģ) On the VNC Server window, click the hamburger menu, and select 'Options':Ĥ) Select 'Security' if not already selected and set Encryption to 'Prefer off' and Authentication to 'VNC password'. Since you are looking for this you are likely new to the Pi and probably don't know where the settings are or maybe even what 'VNC' is.

I use a Raspberry Pi Zero Wi-Fi (rbp0w) which is a natural for going completely wireless. Java is handy but it is a processor pig and should be avoided to keep your project running as fast as possible and if your Pi is completely wireless, to ensure longest battery life. This is good because software like tightvncserver requires Java to run on the Pi. I don't recall if I ever was able to enable a logging session (If I did I don't recall how I enabled logging the connection attempt).The best part of using your Mac to access the Raspberry Pi's screen is that you don't need to install anything on the Raspberry Pi or the Mac. If Remote Login is enabled, then you may first need to establish an SSH tunnel before being able to connect using VNC. When using the command line I am prompted for the Mac's VNC password before it launches a window for the remote GUI session. I have also enabled 'Observe' & 'Control' found on the 'Options' button for the authorized user. On the Mac I have enabled a VNC password (click on 'Computer Settings' button under Remote Management). On Linux I use the following command to connect to a Mac using VNC (xtightvncviewer is being used - I believe you can just use the tightvncviewer command as well): vncviewer Plus different versions of macOS seem to behave differently. I don't have these issues when connecting to a Linux remote system. Even when I connected to the remote Mac the graphics in the session were very slow to load and both computers are on the same LAN. When I was having trouble I was able to enter my VNC password, but a VNC window never opened.

After disconnecting from the VNC session I was unable to access the remote Mac via VNC for a while. I had to try multiple times before I was able to connect. I actually was having trouble connecting to a Mac using VNC myself.

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