Download the Microsoft Remote Desktop app on the Mac App Store if you have not already. Via the Launcher, open the Microsoft Remote Desktop app. Click, “Add PC” on the right or the “+” symbol on the top left. Note: If you select the “+” symbol, a dropdown will appear, select, “Add PC”. AkRDC (PRO) - VNC viewer - Remote desktop control If akRDC doesn't work for you, please ask for help through the “Send email' button in Google Play, we will certainly be able to resolve the problem. AkRDC is a Remote Desktop Control software compatible with the RFB protocol (VNC Client), tester on servers: TightVNC, UltraVNC, RealVNC (without encryption), Ubuntu Remote Desktop. Download the zipped patch file (direct download link) that includes both original and patched version of termsrv.dll file for both 32-bit and 64-bit editions. Stop Remote Desktop Services service from Services MMC console. Replace the ownership of the termsrv.dll file in WindowsSystem32 folder with a user account that has local admin.

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Hello everyone, how are you all doing today? I hope you are all having a great day today. I just received some good news but for some reason, I am not that excited about it? What gives? I think I have a problem lol anyway, read on…

On this page you will find the most popular remote desktop programs for the latest Mac OS X that will allow you to connect to Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10, Windows Vista and just about any Linux OS including Ubuntu, for free.

What Is Remote Desktop?

The term remote desktop refers to a software or operating system feature that allows a personal computer’s desktop environment to be run remotely on one system, but the concept applies equally to a server.

Remote access can also be explained as remote control of a computer by using another device connected via the internet or another network. This is widely used by many computer manufacturers and large businesses’ help desks for technical troubleshooting of their customers’ problems. There are various professional first-party, third-party, open source, and freeware remote desktop applications, some of which are cross-platform across various versions of Windows, Mac OS X, UNIX, and Linux. Lets begin with a list of the best remote desktop software for MacOS, let us know if you want us to include your app here by contacting us.

#1. Microsoft Remote Desktop App For OS X

Downloa Microsoft Remote Desktop for OS X

With the Microsoft Remote Desktop app, you can connect to a remote PC and your work resources from almost anywhere. Experience the power of Windows with RemoteFX in a Remote Desktop client designed to help you get your work done wherever you are.

Main Features:
• Access to remote resources through the Remote Desktop Gateway
• Secure connection to your data and applications with breakthrough Network Layer Authentication (NLA) technology
• Simple management of all remote connections from the connection center
• High quality video and sound streaming with improved compression and bandwidth usage
• Easy connection to multiple monitors or projectors for presentations
• Print from Windows applications to any printer configured on your Mac
• Access local files on your Mac from your Windows applications
• Support for Azure RemoteApp

Microsoft Remote Desktop Screenshot

By far the best remote desktop app for Mac, especially if you plan to connect to a Windows computer. I have been using this app for the past 2 years and so far I can’t really complain, it’s free, fast and it works, but it is made by Microsoft lol, some of you might not like it just because of that, so lets continue with the list…

#2. Apple Remote Desktop App For OS X

Download Apple Remote Desktop

Apple Remote Desktop is the best way to manage the Mac computers on your network. Distribute software, provide real-time online help to end-users, create detailed software and hardware reports, and automate routine management tasks — all from your own Mac.

Software Distribution:
-Easily copy and install software on remote Mac systems.
-Encrypt network data when copying packages and files.
-Configure a Task Server to assist with package installations on offline computers.

Remote Assistance:
-Observe and control your Mac computers.
-Transfer files between Mac computers using Drag and Drop.
-Copy and paste information between any two computers.
-Prevent end-users from viewing the screen while you control their systems with Curtain Mode.
-Control Virtual Network Computing (VNC)–enabled computers including Windows, Linux and UNIX systems.

Remote Administration:
-Perform over a dozen commands securely on remote Mac systems.
-Remotely lock screens, sleep, wake, restart and shutdown of Mac systems.
-Execute UNIX shell scripts or commands on your client systems.

Asset Management and Reporting:
-Perform lightning-fast searches with Remote Spotlight search.
-Gather reports on more than 200 Mac hardware attributes.
-See reports on user logins and application use.
-Use a Task Server to assemble inventory reports, even from mobile systems not connected to the network.

Automation:
-Automate routine management tasks
-Get started immediately with over 40 actions.
-Chain actions together to create powerful system administration workflows.
-Combine actions with other application actions to create end-to-end solutions.
-Save workflows as plug-ins to provide simple, customized interfaces to Apple Remote Desktop features.

Apple Remote Desktop App Screenshot

#3. Chrome Remote Desktop For Mac

Chrome Remote Desktop allows users to remotely access another computer through Chrome browser or a Chromebook. Computers can be made available on an short-term basis for scenarios such as ad hoc remote support, or on a more long-term basis for remote access to your applications and files. All connections are fully secured.

Chrome Remote Desktop is fully cross-platform. Provide remote assistance to Windows, Mac and Linux users, or access your Windows (XP and above) and Mac (OS X 10.6 and above) desktops at any time, all from the Chrome browser on virtually any device, including Chromebooks.

Chrome Remote Desktop App Screenshot

This is as good as it gets because it is free and absolutely easy to get it working. You just need the Chrome browser on each computer you are trying to connect to and it works flawlessly, the only reason it is #2 instead of #1 on this list is because not everyone wants to install Chrome on their computers, again, I don’t know why you wouldn’t want Chrome but yeah, let us continue…

#4. Jump Desktop App For OS X

Download Jump Desktop On Mac

Jump Desktop is a remote desktop application that lets you securely connect to any computer in the world. Compatible with both RDP and VNC, Jump Desktop is secure, reliable and very easy to set up.

Secure:
Jump encrypts the connection between computers to ensure privacy and security. Automatic connections are always encrypted by default. Supports NLA, TLS/SSL encryption for RDP. SSH Tunnelling and SSL/TLS encryption for VNC.

Supercharged Productivity:
Use Mac keyboard shortcuts in Windows. Seamlessly switch between computers without changing the way you use the keyboard. Vastly improves productivity. Fully customizable: Configure your own shortcuts or use the built-in defaults. No other app comes close.

Integrated into OS X
Quickly search and launch computers directly from Spotlight. Sync connections using iCloud. Tightly integrated into Mavericks’ and Yosemite’s power saving technology to give you the best battery life on the go.

RDP features:
* Tested on: Windows 2000, XP, Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Server 2003, Server 2008, Server 2008 R2, Server 2012/R2, SBS Server
* RD Broker and Load balancer support.
* RD Gateway support
* Secure: 128-bit RDP, TLS/SSL, FIPS and NLA authentication supported
Supports 8, 16 and 24-bit colors and all RDP performance options
* Printing support: Print directly to a Wi-Fi printer using RDP’s printer redirection feature (exclusive feature on the App Store!)
* Audio streaming
* Console sessions
* Folder sharing
* International keyboard layouts
* SSH support

VNC features:
* The fastest VNC engine on the planet!
* Tested with Mac OS X, TightVNC, RealVNC, UltraVNC, Linux (Ubuntu Remote Desktop)
* Secure: Supports SSH tunneling as well as SSL encryption (SSL only available when using automatic setup)
* Black and white, Grayscale, 8-bit and 16-bit color modes to help manage bandwidth
* Clipboard syncing
* Multiple monitor support
* Supported encodings: copyrect, zrle, tight, (zlib)hextile, zlib, rre, raw, desktop-resize

Jump Desktop Screenshot

#5. Royal TSX App For OS X

Download Royal TSX For Mac

Royal TSX is the perfect tool for server admins, system engineers, developers, and IT-focused information workers using OS X, who constantly need to access remote systems with different protocols.

Main Features:

• Access and manage your connections
• Credential management
• Tabbed user interface
• Connection Plugins (Currently available: Remote Desktop, VNC, Apple Remote Desktop, SSH, Telnet, Web)

Royal TSX App Screenshot

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This is a tutorial on the different ways to “remote into” a Windows instance from a MacOS or Linux machine.

Remote Desktop Connection on Windows machines

Remote Desktop Connection is installed with by default on all Windows machines.

Within Start Programs > Accessories, is a RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol) client program that can be used without being an Administrator. It uses uses port 3389. The RDP is also known as “Terminal Services”.

If you are running a Windows virtual instance (under VMWare Fusion), etc.,

1. If you were given a rdp file, click on it because the RDP program is associated with the “rdp” file extension:

   ec2-54-219-170-140.us-west-1.compute.amazonaws.com.rdp

   This way you see the dialog filled in.

Alternately, open the program manually:

1. Click the Windows “Start” icon button at the lower left corner (or wherever you moved it).

2. Click the “Remote Desktop” icon on the Windows 10/2016 Desktop if it’s there:

   Alternately, type enough of Remote to see “Remote Desktop Connection” appear for you to click.

   Alternately, type mstsc to see “Remote Desktop Connection” appear for you to click.

   Either way:

3. In the “Remote Desktop Connection” dialog, paste into the Computer Name: field the DNS name such as

   ec2-54-219-170-140.us-west-1.compute.amazonaws.com

4. Click “Show Options” for a pop-up:

5. Type in User Name “Administrator” if you’re using an Amazon EC2 instance, since Amazon EC2 makes use of PEM files for security.

   Alternately, if you are working within an enterprise environment, you may need to add a network domain name in front of your assigned named, separated by a “backward slash”. This is because enterprises create for the same person different accounts for internal and external use.

6. Click “Save”
7. Click “Connect” to see a “Welcome” screen.

8. Click “OK” on the Welcome screen.

   CAUTION: Remember to Log off, especially if you are sharing a machine with others.

Save rdp file from Amazon

1. Click the “Connect” icon at the top of the Console.

2. Click “Download Remote Desktop File” such as:

   ec2-54-219-170-140.us-west-1.compute.amazonaws.com.<strong>rdp</strong>

3. Double-click on the file to open the RDP client.

   Back to the dialog:

4. Click “Get Password”.
5. Click “Browse…” and select Downloads, the .pem file downloaded earlier.
6. Click “Decrypt Password”.
7. Double-click on it to highlight it and press Ctrl+C to copy the string to your Windows Clipboard.
8. Open a Notepad file and paste it there so you won’t lose it.

9. Click “Close” to dismiss the dialog.

   RDP Client

10. On Windows Explorer or MacOS Finder, double-click on the .rdp file saved earlier to invoke an RDP client program (if one is installed on Mac, see below).
11. On the RDP client, click on the Password input field and paste the Clipboard contents.

12. Leave the Domain blank and click OK to connect.

13. Click View Instances.
14. Scroll down to copy the IPv4 Public IP such as 54.219.170.140

Other operating systems

On other operating systems (such as MacOS or Linux), if you have no administrative rights on your corporate Windows laptop, spin up cloud instances in the cloud and access them via a client that uses RDP.

RDP clients on Linux

On Linux machines, there is RDesktop at http://www.rdesktop.org

RDP clients on MacOS

On the Mac, these RDP clients can reach into instances of Amazon EC2 or other cloud that house Windows servers.

A) Royal TS is the enterprise client, at $29 each.

B) Microsoft’s Remote Desktop Client Connection 2.1.1 for Macintosh is gone

B) Microsoft Remote Desktop from Apple AppStore

C) Microsoft Remote Desktop for Mac from HockeyApp

D) Vagrant RDP

E) Chrome RDP Add-on is no longer supported?

F) CoRD from Sourceforge is obsolete

Royal TSX

The licensed client is available for Windows and Mac.

1. Get to their download page at:

2. Click the “Download” button for Mac to download a file such as:

   royaltsx_3.2.6.1000.dmg (23.3 MB)

3. Click the file downloaded to unzip it.

4. Click the .dmg file to install it.

   As this page says, those without a license can connect up to 10 application instances and a single document per application instance.

5. Using Finder, go to your Applications folder.
6. Drage the program to the Launch bar for easy access.
7. Open the app by clicking on the Launch bar or Applications folder.
8. Click Apply in the UI that pops up.
9. Drag the orange logo and drop it on the blue (Applications) folder.
10. Click Open to the confirmation.
11. Click the red dot to dismiss the installer pop-up.
12. Those who buy a perpetual license, have a way to store and retrieve the key string.
13. Click to apply it.
14. TODO: Install plugins
15. TODO: Create document.
16. TODO: Invoke.

Microsoft Remote Desktop Client gone

Microsoft’s Remote Desktop Client Connection 2.1.1 for Macintosh (installer RDC_2.1.1_ALL.dmg at 9.4 MB) is no longer available for download from here http://www.microsoft.com/mac/downloads.

Image credit: https://hpc.nrel.gov/users/systems/winhpc/getting-started

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Microsoft’s Remote Desktop for Mac OSX from Apple

1. Click this link at the Apple Store.

   NOTE: This is newer than the edition that comes with Microsoft Office for Mac 2011.

2. Click the blue “View in Mac App Store”.
3. Within the Mac AppStore app, click Get.
4. Click Install.

5. Click Open.

6. Click + New

BLAH: This UI version is difficult because there are no favorites or sorting by last use, aliases, etc. (that I know of). I now have to scroll down the list every time, and remembering which of many cryptic names I want, which is difficult if you have a lot of servers on the list.

NOTE: http://docs.aws.amazon.com/quickstart/latest/rd-gateway/welcome.htmlQuick Start for Remote Desktop Gateway that explains how to configure RDGW in detail

Microsoft HockeyApp Remote Desktop for Mac

This enables you to run the most powerful of servers from a ChromeBook laptop with minimal RAM and hard disk.

1. Click this link to the
   Microsoft Remote Desktop for Mac webpage, which is part of the HockeyApp.net used by Xamarin developers for Crash Reporting, User Feedback, User Metrics and In-App Updates.

2. Click “Download”.

3. Select “Save” folder to receive file
   

   Microsoft_Remote_Desktop_Beta.app.zip (it’s 20.4 MB).

   CAUTION: This is in Beta as of August 30, 2017. The history shows weekly builds.

4. In Finder, navigate to Downloads folder to double-click on that zip file to unzip it.
5. Scroll to “Microsoft Remote Desktop Beta”.

6. If you’re the suspicious type, run md5 on the file to see if the hash created matches the one on the website.

7. Double-click on the unzipped file to invoke it.

8. If the “Help us make your experience better?” appears, click “not now” or “Yes”.

9. Click “Add Desktop”

10. In the Quick Connect dialog, click on the white field and press Ctrl+V to paste the EC2 DNS Addressor click “Skip” if you don’t have an address yet.

    Close and Open again

11. Click the program name “Microsoft Remote Desktop Beta” at the top and select “Quit”.

12. In Finder, Downloads folder, right-click and Move to Trash

    • Microsoft_Remote_Desktop Beta
    • Microsoft_Remote_Desktop_Beta.app.zip
      
13. Get to the Mac Launcher by squeezing your fingers and thumb together on the Touchpad.

14. Type “Mi” until you see “Microsoft Remote Desk”, then click it.

    First time

    TODO: Verify this.

15. Click “Add desktop”.
16. Click “Connect”.
17. Copy the password from where you saved earlier.
18. Click on Password field. Press Ctrl+V to paste it.
19. Click “Continue” to get see the Windows start-up screen.

20. Click on the icon (in case you have several instances). You should now see a desktop.

    Success!

21. In Finder’s Devices left pane under, click the eject button for the “Microsoft Remote Desktop Beta” installer.
22. In Finder, drag the “Microsoft Remote Desktop Beta” from within Downloads to drop on the Applications folder.

23. If you are using the program often, drag the “Microsoft Remote Desktop Beta” from within Applications to drop on the Task Bar so that it is visually avaiable.

24. Click the red “Add desktop” icon.
25. For User Account, select “Administrator” because that’s what Amazon does.

26. For PC Name, paste the name such as

27. Click “Save”.

Vagrant RDP

If you are getting into a Vagrant instance containing Windows:

VIDEO:

1. Set the communicator and network ports in your Vagrantfile, such as:

2. On a Terminal:

   vagrant rdp

Chrome Add-on

1. If you don’t have a Chrome browser, install it from the default Internet Explorer.

2. Open a Chrome browser to this site.

   PROTIP: The fusionlabs.net web page does not use https. Use http://www.fusionlabs.net (the https on this doesn’t resolve).

   rdpsupport@fusionlabs.net or 214.739.5454

3. Click the green “Launch App” button at the upper-right.

   CAUTION: I get this running forever:

4. Highlight the DNS address (such as “ec2-52-53-218-39.us-west-1.compute.amazonaws.com”) and press Ctrl+C to copy it into your Windows Clipboard.

5. Click on the blank field and press Ctrl+V to paste.

6. PROTIP: If you can’t connect, make sure RDP port 3389 is open among Inbound port rules.

7. For Domain:
8. For UserName:
9. For Password:

CoRD on Sourceforge

CoRD on Sourceforge, which is for Mac OS X 10.5—10.8 (obsoleted when 10.12 Sierra is out).

CoRD_0.5.7.zip is 3.4 MB

After running this, drag it into your Applications folder.

To add a new server, click on the menu File.

Android Chrome Remote Desktop

Although it has a related named, the Android phone appChrome Remote Desktop securely accesses your computers from your Android device.

1. Set up remote access on desktop computers using the Chrome Remote Desktop app from Chrome Web Store:

   https://chrome.google.com/remotedesktop

   Click Add to Chrome, then Add at the pop-up.

2. Launch the app.

   Select Remote Assistance providing user-to-user screen sharing for technical support.

3. On your Android device, open the app and tap on any of your online computers to connect.

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