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How to change the default screen sharing / VNC port number on Mac OS X?

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Mar 15, 202650535 views
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Is there any way to change it from the default to some other port?

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Fix for: How to change the default screen sharing / VNC port number on Mac OS X?

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You actually can switch the default port for Apple's VNC server on Mac OS 10.7 Lion and 10.8 Mountain Lion. To change the port, you need to edit the server's plist file (this file doesn't exist in systems prior to 10.7 Lion). Editing the file requir…

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