• Mac Remote Desktop Control

One of the benefits of working for VMware technical marketing, is that you have your own lab.
Luckily my lab is hosted by an external datacenter, which helps me avoid a costly power-bill at home each month 🙂 However, that means I need to connect to my lab remotely.
As a MAC user I used Remote Desktop Connection for MAC from Microsoft. One of the limiting factors of this RDP for MAC is the limited resolution of 1400 x 1050 px. The screens at home have a minimum resolution 2560 x 1440 px. This first world problem bugged me until today!
Today I found CoRD – http://cord.sourceforge.net/. CoRD allows me to connect to my servers with a resolution 2500 x 1600, using the full potential of my displays at home.
Another create option is the hotkey function, using a key combination I spin up a remote desktop connection. I love these kinds of shortcuts that help me reduce time spend navigating throughout the UI.
If you are using a MAC and often RDP into your lab, I highly recommend to download CoRD.
Btw, it’s free 😉

Mac Remote Desktop Control

CoRD was a Mac OS X remote desktop client for Microsoft Windows computers using the RDP protocol. It's easy to use, fast, and free for anyone to use or modify. Click the ' Remote ' tab (if it hasn't been selected yet), check the box at the ' Remote Assistance ' pane, and choose the second radio button from the ' Remote Desktop ' pane (the one that says ' Allow connections from computers running any version of Remote Desktop (less secure) '). Click ' Apply ' and ' OK ' to confirm your action. If you need, or want, to use Microsoft's Remote Desktop Protocol from a Mac, CoRD will do the trick. With it, OS X can be used to remotely control most other operating systems whether they rely on. Feb 13, 2013 CoRD allows me to connect to my servers with a resolution 2500 x 1600, using the full potential of my displays at home. Another create option is the hotkey function, using a key combination I spin up a remote desktop connection.