# macOS Screen Sharing

12 Hacker News commenters recommended macOS Screen Sharing and 5 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 7 of 13 months. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** Built into macOS and free, it offers high-quality, low-latency remote control, especially between Macs. Critics report bugs in full-screen mode and file transfer.

## Why people recommend it

- High image quality, low latency (3 comments): "Host resolution automatically matches that of client, image quality is great, framerate is decent, latency is minimal." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48859809)) "screen sharing app is extremely high quality these days, I can barely notice a diff unless watching video" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47554363)) "it works great in its low-latency mode" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48414499))
- Built into macOS (2 comments): "the build-in remote desktop on Macs makes it very easy to provide help" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47350242)) "use macOS's built-in screen sharing app to use my home Mac mini" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49437413))
- Works well between Macs (2 comments): "probably the best when it's purely within Apple products" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49445805)) "Apple screen sharing works for me just fine" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49440441))
- Seamless and reliable day to day (2 comments): "Apple screen sharing works for me just fine" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49440441)) "Screen sharing is pretty seamless nowadays" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49442021))

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "macOS Screen Sharing", https://hackerapproved.com/p/apple-screen-sharing/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).