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Retina mode is currently not supported when using Fluid desktop protocol so we’ll resort to using VNC through Jump.įirst enable the VNC protocol in Jump Connect and enable Screen Sharing in the system settings: The performance in this mode is excellent. Once you connect, the resolution will automatically be changed to the 1194x834 filling the entire screen of your iPad, albeit a bit blurry: Ensure the display resolutions are set as follows: Open Jump Desktop on the iPad and select the properties for the ‘fluid remote desktop’ connection to your system. After rebooting you should be able to see both the HiDPI and the regular resolutions in SwitchResX.Ĭlick on a resolution to ensure the switching works as expected. After creating the resolutions your screen should look like this:Ĭlose SwitchResX to save the settings, then reboot your Mac to activate the resolutions. You need both in order to be able to use Retina mode. One for the native 2388x1688 resolution and one for the 1194x834 halved ‘Retina’ one. Open SwitchResX from the System Settings and add two resolutions. If your experiment is successful you can buy a license. Visit the SwitchResX website and download the 10-day trial version.

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Step 2: Download and install and SwitchResX So to start off, disconnect any external displays and keep just one. If you have a mix of Retina and non-Retina displays connected to your Mac, things get complicated and may not work. I suspect the instructions below might not work if the main display on your Mac is not a Retina one due to how macOS handles video, but I haven’t tested it. Jump Desktop Connect 6.0 running on the Macįor this tutorial you will need Jump Desktop on both the iPad and the Mac. PrerequisitesĢ019 MacBook Pro 16' running macOS Catalina 10.15.5

#Jumpdesktop how to#

In the steps below I’ll show you how to set things up for the iPad. It allows you to add resolutions to the macOS system, that may or may not work.

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SwitchResX is a shareware application that’s been around since the early days of macOS (or Mac OS X as it was called back then). That list unfortunately does not include the slightly odd 10:7 aspect ratio 2388x1668 screen of iPad Pro 11'. When I contacted Jump Desktop support, they informed me that even though the Jump Desktop Connect (the Fluid server, if you will) can change the resolution to match the one on the iPad, it’s limited to the resolutions available on the Mac. When connecting to my MacBook however, the result was always a blurry letterboxed mess, regardless of the protocol or settings used. The tool of choice for many iPad enthusiasts seems to be Jump Desktop, which supports VNC, RDP and their proprietary Fluid protocol.Ĭonnecting to a Windows machine using Jump Desktop’s RDP support yielded a crisp, Retina experience with perfect 1:1 pixel mapping from the Windows desktop to the iPad.

Since the introduction of the Magic Keyboard, interest in using an iPad as a remote terminal for desktops is bigger than ever.