Mac Microsoft Remote Desktop Ignores Screen Resolution

Nov 27, 2017  ‎Use Microsoft Remote Desktop for Mac to connect to a remote PC or virtual apps and desktops made available by your admin. With Microsoft Remote Desktop, you can be productive no matter where you are. If you already have the client, you can check for updates to ensure you have the latest version. In the beta client, click Microsoft Remote Desktop Beta at the top, and then click Check for updates. Add a Remote Desktop connection. To create a remote desktop connection: In. Microsoft rdp mac client.

In more recent version of Microsoft Remote Desktop for Mac, the combination is: Command-1 to switch between Window and Full Screen. If you're trying to exit Full Screen, you can also hover your mouse at the top of the screen, it'll show up the menu as below.

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  • In the Connection Center, right-click the remote desktop. Click Export. Browse to the location where you want to save the remote desktop.RDP file. Use the following steps to import a remote desktop.RDP file. In the menu bar, click File Import. Browse to the.RDP file. Add a remote resource.
  • One of the biggest issues I have is remote desktop scaling. Everything is dreadfully small. If I set custom settings in RDC properties all it does is shrink the size of the full screen window - not change the scaling. I tried using remote desktop connection manager and adjusted the display resolution there - it does the exact same thing.

An issue a could not resolve so far:


I access via ARD my MacMini (Lion Server), on which the monitor kust supports a screen resolution 13xx X 768. The Mac from which I access the MacMini has a screen resolution 1680 X 1050. I would like to have the MacMini Screen resolution also at this rate to work more comfortable, but could not find s solution for ARD so far.


Even when pulling the monitor cable from the MacMini does not provide me the possibility to access it with another screen resolution. On Windows based PCs this works for years very easily with the free Microsoft software 'Remotedesktop'. Is there a similiar possibility for the Mac OSX Lion?


Thanks a lot for your support!

Apple Remote Desktop 3.4-OTHER, Mac OS X (10.7.2)

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Learning has never been so easy!

We have been struglling to be able to change and modify the MS RDP resolution settings while connecting from a very high resolution device like Lenovo Yoga pro 2 to any other low resolution device like a computer with standard 19' screen.
The solution is very simple and has a lot of advantages like keeping a list that can be saved of all the remote desktop servers we need to connect to and the ability to copy that list from one computer to another (or back it up if you like..).
There is a small MS program called Remote Desktop Connection Manager - it can be found and freely downloaded from here:
http://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/download/confirmation.aspx?id=21101

3 Steps total

Step 1: Download RDPCM

Remote

Download Remote Desktop Connection Manager from Microsoft:
http://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/download/confirmation.aspx?id=21101

Step 2: Install the software

Install the .msi file - it is fast and obvious..

Step 3: Solve all RDP resolution problems!

Setup all the servers you need

I think it is to bad MS did not find it important enough to allow regular RDP clients to have a decent control level over the RDP resolution settings.

References

  • Microsoft's download site to get RDPCM

11 Comments

Mac Microsoft Remote Desktop Ignores Screen Resolution Free

  • Ghost Chili
    Nick42 Aug 5, 2014 at 05:02am

    A truly useful set of instructions! I just wish it would just autodetect without addons!

  • Thai Pepper
    Mac Mad Aug 5, 2014 at 12:16pm

    If it's just a resolution fix you need, then Run 'mstsc /w: /h:'
    for example: mstsc /w:1280 /h:1024

  • Habanero
    Scott Manning Aug 8, 2014 at 02:00pm

    Awesome write up which is something that will come in handy. Thanks for taking the time to create this.

  • Poblano
    Amir Inbar Aug 8, 2014 at 02:46pm

    @KevinBillington:
    The method you have suggested is a method of changing resolution without taking into concideration the proportional ratio between the RDP client screen resolution and the RDP server screen resolution.
    Have you ever tried displaying 1280x 1024 window on a 3200×1800 scren?
    I have - the result is a tiny, unreadable window with very small icons that can NOT be used.
    On the other hand - if you try to use fullscreen mode, you get the tiny icons on a screen with resulotion 4 times higher than the RDP server..
    RDPCM solves those problems completly and gives some bonus features!

  • Mace
    hsc5775 Aug 27, 2014 at 01:20pm

    thank you for the helpful guide
    RDP resolution are always a probem

  • Mace
    James485 Sep 11, 2014 at 01:26pm

    Thanks for sharing and very useful in any environment. RDP is always an issue with screen resolution.

  • Datil
    D8805 Dec 25, 2014 at 11:49pm

    Any suggestions for those logging into remote computers though a SBS 2008 Remote Web Access session?

    I've been scratching my head on how to get RDPCM to step in and take care of it. Not sure how to get the RDP launched from IE through RDPCM.

    So far I'm the only remote user experiencing the issue, but I know it is only a matter of time before I'll need to find a way to address this.

  • Poblano
    Amir Inbar Dec 26, 2014 at 07:38am

    @D8805:
    As far as I know, RDPCM is meant to be used as a client side software to connect to multiple RDP servers.
    SBS can be used as an RDP gateway to connect to the workstations it manage but you must go through it's authentication mechanism (at least at the Certificate level) first.
    The web interface is usually provided and managed by the server side and not the client side.
    You may be able to connect to computers behind SBS if you use the SBS (NOT self signed) Certificate at the client side but I have never tried this so if you succeed - please let us all know.
    Please be more specific about what do you want to accomplish.

  • Datil
    D8805 Jan 3, 2015 at 10:30pm

    I'm a 1-man show for a small manufacturing company and use SBS to remote into my desktop at work.
    From there I manage the network remotely with RDP, VMware Workstation, vSphere Client .. etc. to get to the different things on the network I need to use.
    At home I have a Lenovo laptop with a screen that is fantastic, except for the way it makes my SBS session so tiny and unusable. Fortunately I have a desktop with dual monitors as a fall-back that presents the session in a usable manner.
    SBS is a perfect way for me to access any computer on the network, remotely, except for the problem with the screen on the laptop.

  • Habanero
    Chad.w Feb 19, 2015 at 01:07am

    This article is appreciated but the information in it really doesn't solve the problem that a lot of us surface pro 3 users are experiencing and that is the screen resolution is so high that everything is tiny no matter what resolution you set the session to be. For instance, setting it to 1024X768 for the session, just makes a tiny little square session in the middle of the screen that is just as hard to read as a larger resolution session. Using full screen does not scale either. I found a 'fix' on MSN social forums that I will be posting as a how to soon. DJ if you have more information on how to fix what I am describing with the latest 2.7 client, please share.

  • Datil
    D8805 Feb 19, 2015 at 02:42pm

    I eventually caved and just changed the resolution on the Lenovo to about half. I wasn't really using the uber-hi-res for any particular benefit, so this makes the laptop a workable platform for remote access now.

    Not really a fix, but it works for me.