Apple Remote Desktop 1.2: "Purple Screen" After Sharing Your Screen With Mac OS X 10.1 Computers

After you stop sharing your screen with a Mac OS X 10.1 client computer that is using the Classic environment, your computer may have a redraw issue, which is often described as a purple screen over the desktop.

Symptom

When you share your screen with a client computer that is using Classic and then stop sharing, your display has a redraw issue, most commonly described as a purple screen over the desktop.

Solution

This issue is cosmetic. Restart the computer to resolve it.

Published Date: Oct 11, 2016