5 Ways to Share Your Mac’s Screen
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Sharing your Mac’s screen is a core part of improving your movies, media, and productivity experience. Fortunately, Macs offer a handful of ways to use this feature.
Below, we’ll cover the different methods you’re able to use to share your Mac’s screen with others, but depending on the devices your participants use, your options may be limited. So, let’s get started.
1. Use the Native Screen Sharing App
Unknown to many people, macOS has a built-in screen-sharing app, unimaginatively called Screen Sharing. It’s pretty easy to use. All you need to have is your Apple ID email address, and you can easily share your screen with another device.
When sharing your screen this way, both devices must have good and strong internet access. Otherwise, it won’t work, or the playback will be choppy.
Follow the steps below on the target device to share your screen with the Screen Sharing app:
Once that’s complete, your computer’s screen will appear as a new window on the target Mac’s desktop.
2. Screen Share During a FaceTime Call
Thanks to Apple’s SharePlay feature,FaceTime is one of the easiest methods to share your Mac’s screenwith other Apple users. Here’s how to use it on your Mac:
While this method doesn’t grant the other user control of your Mac, it’s more accessible since you don’t need hostnames or Apple IDs. You can alsouse SharePlay to host movie-watching parties with friends.
This feature is only available on macOS Monterey and later.
3. Share Your Mac’s Screen With AirPlay
You can take advantage of the built-in AirPlay feature to mirror your Mac’s screen on an AirPlay-compatible Smart TV, iPad, or another Mac connected to the same Wi-Fi. Here’s what you need to do:
Modern Macs can also act as AirPlay receivers, meaning you canAirPlay videos from your iPhone or iPad to a Mac.
4. Use iMessage for Screen Sharing
You can also use the built-in Messages app to share your Mac’s screen with iMessage users. It works with Screen Sharing previously mentioned in this article but automatically connects you through Apple ID instead of asking for a hostname.
Here’s how to use it:
5. Screen Share via Third-Party Apps
Besides built-in solutions, you can rely on third-party apps to share your Mac’s screen. Most of them also have a web version that works similarly. Three such apps we recommend are Zoom, Discord, and Google Meet. However, they all need permission to access your Mac’s screen.
So, once you install any of these apps, follow these instructions on your Mac first:
Here’s how to share your screen during a Zoom meeting:
Starting a screen-sharing session over Discord on your Mac is pretty easy. Just follow these steps:
Google Meet
Google Meet is entirely browser-based, but you can still share your screen by doing the following:
Use Screen Sharing to Enjoy Media With Friends
Whether it’s a game, a movie, or some kind of presentation, sharing your screen can make people far away feel closer. It’s reassuring to know that screen sharing is easy on a Mac and there are multiple built-in solutions.
If, for whatever reason, you prefer to use third-party solutions, the three apps recommended here should help share your screen with whatever target device you want. However, you should note that such apps might impose limitations on their free versions.
Sharing your Windows screen has many benefits. Use these free tools to share screens or gain remote access to another computer.
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