RDP / VNC software?

Feek · Saturday at 20:06

I use Microsoft Remote Desktop to connect to a a couple of Windows PCs and that's fine. Now I have a headless Mac mini running, it's just a minor faff having to click Finder, go, connect to server, connect, sign in, pick high performance and then finally get on.

Is there a third party app that doesn't cost £35 (like Jump Desktop) where I can set up both RDP and VNC connections?

uvarvu · Saturday at 22:12

Does mobaxterm fit the bill?

ChrisD. · 2025-03-16T03:41:21+0000

RoyalTSX might be an option, although unsure on cost.

uvarvu said:
Does mobaxterm fit the bill?

Windows only sadly.

uvarvu · 2025-03-16T11:02:54+0000

ChrisD. said:
RoyalTSX might be an option, although unsure on cost.

Windows only sadly.

Damn I didn’t know that! I thought something like mobaxterm would be cross platform.

ChrisD. · 2025-03-16T11:14:26+0000

uvarvu said:
Damn I didn’t know that! I thought something like mobaxterm would be cross platform.

It’s annoying as I’d use it, I love it on Windows.

bimbleuk · 2025-03-16T12:31:03+0000

Not tried it but Chrome Remote Desktop?

Or a tiny/nano/jet KVM.

Bluecube · 2025-03-16T12:36:01+0000

RoyalTSX is very good and covers a wide variety of remote connections. The free version allows upto ten different connection profiles so plenty of scope to experiment

Feek · 2025-03-16T12:52:56+0000

Bluecube said:
RoyalTSX is very good and covers a wide variety of remote connections. The free version allows upto ten different connection profiles so plenty of scope to experiment

The interface is very ugly and I'm having a problem passing Mac control keys to the VNC connection into my Mac mini. If I do cmd-comma, it takes me into the settings of Royal TSX itself and if I do cmd-q, it tells me it's going to close the host app. I can't figure out how to get them passed through to the client.