Starting and stopping VNC Connect

You can operate  VNC Connect programs  from the graphical desktop in the standard way for Mac applications, or alternatively from the command line.

By default, VNC Server in  Service Mode  starts automatically when the computer is powered on. Stop VNC Server to prevent this; your change is remembered.

Operating VNC Server at the command line

By default, VNC Server is installed in  /Applications/RealVNC .

Note that commands for VNC Server in Service Mode must be run with elevated privileges, for example using  sudo .

Operation	Mode	Command
Start VNC Server	User	/Library/vnc/vncserver-root
	Service	VNC\ Server.app/Contents/MacOS/vncserver_service
Establish a reverse direct connection to Listening VNC Viewer	User	/Library/vnc/vncserver -connect <computer>
	Service	/Library/vnc/vncserver -service -connect <computer>
Start and establish a reverse direct connection to Listening VNC Viewer	User	/Library/vnc/vncserver -iconnect <computer>
	Service	invalid operation
Reload license keys and parameters without stopping	User	/Library/vnc/vncserver -reload
	Service	/Library/vnc/vncserver -service -reload
Get help	User	/Library/vnc/vncserver -help
	Service	/Library/vnc/vncserver -help
Stop VNC Server	User	/Library/vnc/vncserver -stop
	Service	/Library/vnc/vncserver -service -stop

Operating VNC Viewer at the command line

VNC Viewer is a disk image that you can ‘install’ by dragging it to the Applications folder.

Operation	Command
Start VNC Viewer	VNC\ Viewer.app/Contents/MacOS/vncviewer
Start VNC Viewer and establish a direct connection	VNC\ Viewer.app/Contents/MacOS/vncviewer <computer>
Start Listening VNC Viewer	VNC\ Viewer.app/Contents/MacOS/vncviewer -listen [<port>]
Get help	VNC\ Viewer.app/Contents/MacOS/vncviewer -help