If you like to use your Mac computer as your main machine, but still need Windows for occasional tasks, then it might be useful to setup remote desktop so that you can connect from your Mac to your PC remotely. Luckily, Microsoft provides all the parts for remote desktop to work properly between a Mac and a PC. In this article, I’m going to walk you through the steps for setting up remote desktop on a Mac and PC. Setup Remote Desktop Assistant on PC The first thing you’ll need to do is setup on your PC. This program will basically enable remote desktop, open the ports in the firewall and configure anything else that is required for remote desktop. When you download the file and run it, it’ll ask for your permission to connect to the Internet to download all the setup files.

Microsoft Remote Desktop - With the Microsoft Remote Desktop app, you can connect to a remote PC and your work resources from almost anywhere. You can download Microsoft Remote Desktop 10.2.4 for Mac from our software library for free. The following version: 8.0 is the most frequently. The following page(s) contain instructions on using Remote Desktop to connect to Faculty & Staff Windows computers on the UMKC campus (from off-campus).

Once you approve that and the program is installed, go ahead and run it. It’s a very simple and straight-forward program. All you do is click Get Started and it will change a few settings on your PC so that the computer can accept incoming remote desktop connections.

Once completed, it will show you a summary and give you the option to scan a QR code (if using a mobile device like an iPad), copy the info to the clipboard or save the connection as a file, which you can open on another computer. Once you have the info you need, go ahead and close the window. It’s worth noting that if you want to connect to your computer from outside the local network, you’ll have to open the ports on the router manually. You’ll also have to so that you can use a DNS name rather than your public IP address, which changes often, to connect. It’s definitely more complicated, but totally doable. Setup Remote Desktop on Mac Now that you are setup on the PC side, it’s time to get remote desktop installed on your Mac. You’ll want to go to the App Store and search for remote desktop.

The first app should be Microsoft Remote Desktop. Click the Get button and once downloaded, click the Open button. The main screen is just a couple of buttons across the top: New, Start, Edit, Preferences and Remote Resources. Click on the New button to start a new remote desktop connection.

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Here you will type in all the information that was listed out on the PC when you setup remote desktop assistant. Give your connection a name, type in the IP address under PC Name, configure a gateway if required and then type in the credentials for the remote PC. Note that the PC will need to have an account with a password in order for all this to work. If the account doesn’t have a password, you won’t be able to connect. Also, to save the connection, you just have to press the red X button at the top left of the screen. For some odd reason, there is no Add and Save button on the dialog.