10.5: A fix for broken video chats and screen sharing

Nov 09, '07 07:30:01AM

Contributed by: Coumerelli

This is one of those "huh?" fixes. I'm not sure this is a bug, but it has to do with networking/routing, and it may just be that this is how it works. In any event, after upgrading to 10.5, I could not get the Screen Sharing and iChat video features to work.

I figured out that if you've enabled Internet sharing (on the Sharing pane in System Preferences) -- mine was residual from my 10.4 upgrade -- then Screen Sharing and iChat video chats will not work. Disable it, and they will magically come alive for you!

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