In this case, you can tell Remote Desktop Connection to connect anyway, to warn you before connecting or to cancel the connection. If it does not, authentication will fail. Remote Desktop Connection tries to prevent you from connecting to a computer other than the one you intended by double-checking that the server name on the certificate matches the address or computer name that you entered.
Likewise, the Printers tab lets you make printers connected to your Mac available on the Windows host when you are connected via Remote Desktop Connection.ġ0 In the Security tab, you can change the authentication settings. Here, you can read and write to and from your Macintosh s hard drive. In the Drives tab, you can choose which drives and folders you want to make available to the Windows-based host machine.ĩ The drives you choose here will show up under tsclient in Windows Explorer. You can choose to play the sound only on the Macintosh (client), only on the Windows-based computer (server) or on neither. If you re using a different keyboard, you can remap the behavior in this window.Ĩ You can also change how Sound plays. The default Keyboard settings are designed to let your Mac keyboard access inputs such as rightclicks, the Windows start key and print screen. Disabling font smoothing may also make the text more readable, especially when the window is resized.
For example, you can disable the background, themes and menu and window animations and decrease the color depth in order to speed things up on the Remote Desktop Connection Client, especially since these extra flourishes aren t particularly essential for the types of tasks you ll likely be doing via Remote Desktop Connection. These options can help with performance when remotely connected. Choose Reconnect automatically if disconnected if you d like Remote Desktop Connection to attempt to reconnect if the connection is interrupted before you log off or you close the connection manually.ħ The Display tab lets you tweak settings such as the color depth, display size and some other visualization features.
OS X users will recognize the keychain as Mac OS s system-wide password manager. Lastly, you can select Add user information to your keychain, which saves you from entering these credentials next time. The domain should already be filled in with the computer name.
In other words, type in the same user name and password that you would use if you were sitting right in front of the computer and logging in locally.
The user name and password correspond to an administrator level user account on the host machine, or a standard level user account which has been enabled for Remote Desktop Connection connections. The Login tab lets you choose your user name, password and domain. NOW TYPE IN: .uk in the blank boxĦ Access the Preferences for the connection you have open by clicking the Remote Desktop Connection menu and clicking Preferences. If you re not sure what the name of your computer is, you can find it in the System Properties pane on your Windows-based machine. Begin by typing the name of a computer into the Computer field. But for the best performance and security, you may want to set up some preferences first.
Now, you can launch Remote Desktop Connection from your Dock.ĥ Remote Desktop Connection Client for Mac Preferences When you first launch Remote Desktop Connection Client for Mac, you can go ahead and launch a connection using the default settings. 4 After the installation finishes, click Close.