VNC User Guide - RealVNC

Chapter 6: Setting Up VNC Server
Mac OS X
VNC Server can start in Service Mode, in User Mode, or both. In addition, VNC Server can start in User
Mode (for different users) as many times as your license permits. For more information on these modes,
which you might want to use, and why you might want to run more than one instance of VNC Server, see
Running multiple instances of VNC Server on page 78.
To start VNC Server:
• In Service Mode, navigate to the Applications > RealVNC folder, and double-click the VNC Server
program. Note administrative privileges are required to perform this operation.
Note: VNC Server automatically starts when the computer powers on.
• In User Mode, navigate to the Applications > RealVNC > Advanced folder, and double-click the VNC
Server (User Mode) program.
The VNC Server dialog opens:
(In this picture, VNC Server is running in Service Mode.)
The VNC Server dialog is the gateway to VNC Server and all its operations. More on this dialog.
Click the Hide button to minimize the VNC Server dialog but keep VNC Server running in the background.
To access the dialog again, click the VNC Server icon in the Status bar and, from the shortcut menu,
select Open. More on this icon.
To see how to explicitly stop VNC Server, or to learn why VNC Server might stop automatically, read
Stopping VNC Server on page 95.
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