Sometimes DPI is messed up and Windows target shows massive fonts, but if I exit and re-enter full screen it will resolve. I suspect this is the issue with the slowness, that both sides cannot agree consistently on DPI and resolution settings so there is a lot of scaling going on on both sides. Setting up resolution too a lot of manipulating with choosing "optimize for retina" vs. All 3 are using 4k resolution (at 4k though even Windows RDP client has some noticeable lag but nothing compared to macos RDP client).
Using Windows 10 RDP client to same Windows 10 target on same network is dramatically faster. Connecting to a local Windows 10 machine over 1 gbps Ethernet has very noticeable lag and low framerate. MacOS version works but has horrible peformance compared to the Windows version. Also, while I appreciate the option that allows the Apple key to be interchangable with ctrl for edit operations and find, it doesn't seem to work consistently, and as everyone who has ever switched back and forth between the Mac and Windows knows, confusion over which meta key to use in editing will eventually cause brain damage and is likely to send hardware on ballistic journeys through windows (not Windows). So properly-speaking, this probably a complaint about the service and not the client app, but the entire eco-system is failing me in small ways. Now, I'm sure there really IS such a way, but the internet is not my friend in helping me find it. Since there are some operations that cannot be performed via RDP - attaching to a VPN being one of them - it would be nice if I could just leave the PC logged in and operate it via Remote Desktop at the same time. This works reasonable well except that the Remote Desktop Service on the PC requires that I can only be logged in either via the Remote Desktop app OR the PC itself.
I don't want to keep changing physical keyboards, so despite the fact that the two physical machines are next to eachother beneath my desk, I use remote desktop to view and operate the PC while working on the Mac.
Windows 10 Pro version 1909 compilation have a specific usage case - I work in a multiplatform environment in which I work on the Mac and on the PC. Tried Microsoft Remote Desktop for Mac 10.4.1 (1825) and Microsoft Remote Desktop Beta for Mac 10.5.0 (1826) MacBook Air 13" Early 2015 running macOS Mojave 10.14.6
What is interesting when I connect to Windows Server 2019 Standard via RDP it works fine both via external IP and via VPN intranet IP. I was trying to fix that by disabling temporarily the Windows Defender Firewall completely and disabling the Antivirus protection, but it did not change anything.ĭid anyone face similar problems and perhaps found any solution?Īny clue why via VPN the RDP works seamlessly and using external IP it constantly tries to reconnect? It is surely no connection issue as VPN adds some overhead and the RDP works fine while direct RDP protocol via external IP has some problems causing reconnection issues. When I connect via VPN and then via RDP using local IP (intranet IP of the RDP client) the connection works fine without reconnecting. When I try to connect to Windows 10 client from Mac via RDP via external IP address the client connects, I can enter the user password for login and as soon as the desktop shows up it freezes and soon after gray reconnecting screen appears, after reconnecting few seconds elapse and again the same scenario.