Chrome Remote Desktop Mac Dmg

15-09-2021
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The first thing we need to do is to install Google Chrome on your computer. Since Chrome can be installed on Windows, Mac or Linux, this means you can also remotely access any of these operating systems. Once you have Chrome installed, you need to install Chrome Remote Desktop. Click the Add to Chrome button in the upper right corner. Chrome Remote Desktop for Mac belongs to System Tools. The actual developer of this free software for Mac is Google. The most popular versions among Chrome Remote Desktop for Mac users are 41.0, 40.0 and 24.0. Some of the software aliases include 'Chrome Remote Desktop Host Uninstaller'. On each computer where you want to remove Chrome Remote Desktop access, remove the program: Go to Control Panel → Programs → Add/Remove Programs. Find the 'Chrome Remote Desktop' application.

  • Chrome Remote Desktop is the possibility of free remote access that allows you to remotely access your Mac through a Chrome browser on any computer or iPad and iPhone (using the Chrome Remote app). The configuration steps are much longer than TeamViewer. However, it is relatively easy and it is free and reliable.
  • This is the companion extension for the Chrome Remote Desktop website (This extension enables you to install, view, and modify the Chrome Remote Desktop native client from the web UI. Chrome Remote Desktop allows users to remotely access another computer through Chrome browser or a Chromebook.

Connect to Windows machine in AWS or any cloud from within MacOS, Linux

  • Sandbox environment
  • RDP clients on MacOS

This is a tutorial on the different ways to “remote into” a Windows instance from a MacOS or Linux machine.

Sandbox environment

Microsoft has a free sandbox: Exercise - Connect to a Windows virtual machine using RDP

Remote Desktop Connection on Windows machines

Remote Desktop Connection is installed with by default on all Windows machines.

Within Start Programs > Accessories, is a RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol) client program that can be used without being an Administrator. It uses uses port 3389. The RDP is also known as “Terminal Services”.

If you are running a Windows virtual instance (under VMWare Fusion), etc.,

  1. If you were given a rdp file, click on it because the RDP program is associated with the “rdp” file extension:

    ec2-54-219-170-140.us-west-1.compute.amazonaws.com.rdp

    This way you see the dialog filled in.

Alternately, open the program manually:

  1. Click the Windows “Start” icon button at the lower left corner (or wherever you moved it).

  2. Click the “Remote Desktop” icon on the Windows 10/2016 Desktop if it’s there:

    Alternately, type enough of Remote to see “Remote Desktop Connection” appear for you to click.

    Alternately, type mstsc to see “Remote Desktop Connection” appear for you to click.

    Either way:

  3. In the “Remote Desktop Connection” dialog, paste into the Computer Name: field the DNS name such as

    ec2-54-219-170-140.us-west-1.compute.amazonaws.com

  4. Click “Show Options” for a pop-up:

  5. Type in User Name “Administrator” if you’re using an Amazon EC2 instance, since Amazon EC2 makes use of PEM files for security.

    Alternately, if you are working within an enterprise environment, you may need to add a network domain name in front of your assigned named, separated by a “backward slash”. This is because enterprises create for the same person different accounts for internal and external use.

  6. Click “Save”
  7. Click “Connect” to see a “Welcome” screen.

  8. Click “OK” on the Welcome screen.

    CAUTION: Remember to Log off, especially if you are sharing a machine with others.

Save rdp file from Amazon

  1. Click the “Connect” icon at the top of the Console.

  2. Click “Download Remote Desktop File” such as:

    ec2-54-219-170-140.us-west-1.compute.amazonaws.com.<strong>rdp</strong>

  3. Double-click on the file to open the RDP client.

    Back to the dialog:

  4. Click “Get Password”.
  5. Click “Browse…” and select Downloads, the .pem file downloaded earlier.
  6. Click “Decrypt Password”.
  7. Double-click on it to highlight it and press Ctrl+C to copy the string to your Windows Clipboard.
  8. Open a Notepad file and paste it there so you won’t lose it.

  9. Click “Close” to dismiss the dialog.

    RDP Client

  10. On Windows Explorer or MacOS Finder, double-click on the .rdp file saved earlier to invoke an RDP client program (if one is installed on Mac, see below).
  11. On the RDP client, click on the Password input field and paste the Clipboard contents.

  12. Leave the Domain blank and click OK to connect.

  13. Click View Instances.
  14. Scroll down to copy the IPv4 Public IP such as 54.219.170.140

Other operating systems

On other operating systems (such as MacOS or Linux), if you have no administrative rights on your corporate Windows laptop, spin up cloud instances in the cloud and access them via a client that uses RDP.

RDP clients on Linux

On Linux machines, there is RDesktop at http://www.rdesktop.org

RDP clients on MacOS

On the Mac, these RDP clients can reach into instances of Amazon EC2 or other cloud that house Windows servers.

A) Royal TS is the enterprise client, at $29 each if you want to spend a little money.

B) Microsoft Remote Desktop for Mac from HockeyApp is what I recommend for free.

C) Microsoft Remote Desktop from Apple AppStore

D) Vagrant RDP

E) Microsoft’s Remote Desktop Client Connection 2.1.1 for Macintosh is gone

F) Chrome RDP Add-on is no longer supported?

G) CoRD from Sourceforge is obsolete

Microsoft Remote Desktop Client gone

Microsoft’s Remote Desktop Client Connection 2.1.1 for Macintosh (installer RDC_2.1.1_ALL.dmg at 9.4 MB) is no longer available for download from http://www.microsoft.com/mac/downloads

Chrome remote desktop mac dmg login

Image credit: https://hpc.nrel.gov/users/systems/winhpc/getting-started

Royal TSX

The licensed client is available for Windows and Mac.

  1. Get to their download page at:

  2. Click the “Download” button for Mac to download a file such as:

    royaltsx_3.2.6.1000.dmg (23.3 MB)

  3. Click the file downloaded to unzip it.

  4. Click the .dmg file to install it.

    As this page says, those without a license can connect up to 10 application instances and a single document per application instance.

  5. Using Finder, go to your Applications folder.
  6. Drage the program to the Launch bar for easy access.
  7. Open the app by clicking on the Launch bar or Applications folder.
  8. Click Apply in the UI that pops up.
  9. Drag the orange logo and drop it on the blue (Applications) folder.
  10. Click Open to the confirmation.
  11. Click the red dot to dismiss the installer pop-up.
  12. Those who buy a perpetual license, have a way to store and retrieve the key string.
  13. Click to apply it.
  14. TODO: Install plugins
  15. TODO: Create document.
  16. TODO: Invoke.

Microsoft’s Remote Desktop for Mac OSX from Apple

  1. Click this link at the Apple Store:
    https://apps.apple.com/us/app/microsoft-remote-desktop/id1295203466?mt=12

    NOTE: This is newer than the edition that comes with Microsoft Office for Mac 2011.

  2. Click the blue “View in Mac App Store”.
  3. Within the Mac AppStore app, click Get.
  4. Click Install.

  5. Click Open.

    BLAH: The UX at time of writing is difficult because there are no favorites or sorting by last use,aliases, etc. (that I know of). I now have to scroll down the list every time, and remembering which of many cryptic names I want, which is difficultif you have a lot of servers on the list.

NOTE: http://docs.aws.amazon.com/quickstart/latest/rd-gateway/welcome.html Quick Start for Remote Desktop Gateway explains how to configure RDGW in detail.

Microsoft Remote Desktop for Mac (HockeyApp)

This enables you to run the most powerful of servers from a ChromeBook laptop with minimal RAM and hard disk.

  1. Click this link to the
    Microsoft Remote Desktop for Mac webpage, which is part of the HockeyApp.net used by Xamarin developers for Crash Reporting, User Feedback, User Metrics and In-App Updates.

  2. Click “Open link” to open in the App Store on your laptop.

  3. Click the cloud download icon and wait until the ring completes full circle:

  4. Click the blue “Open”.

  5. Click “Allow” in the pop-up:

  6. To open the program, rather than going to Finder, press command + space bar and type enough of “Microsoft Remote Desktop.app”, then press Enter.

  7. To open the program, rather than going to Finder, press command + space bar and type enough of “Microsoft Remote Desktop.app”, then press Enter.

  8. If the “Help us make your experience better?” appears, click “not now” or “Yes”.

  9. Click “Add Desktop”

  10. In the Quick Connect dialog, click on the white field and press Ctrl+V to paste the EC2 DNS Addressor click “Skip” if you don’t have an address yet.

    Close and Open again

  11. Click the program name “Microsoft Remote Desktop Beta” at the top and select “Quit”.

  12. In Finder, Downloads folder, right-click and Move to Trash

    Close and Open again

  13. Get to the Mac Launcher by squeezing your fingers and thumb together on the Touchpad.

  14. Type “Mi” until you see “Microsoft Remote Desk”, then click it.

    First time

    TODO: Verify this.

  15. Click “Add desktop”.
  16. Click “Connect”.
  17. Copy the password from where you saved earlier.
  18. Click on Password field. Press Ctrl+V to paste it.
  19. Click “Continue” to get see the Windows start-up screen.

  20. Click on the icon (in case you have several instances). You should now see a desktop.

    Success!

  21. In Finder’s Devices left pane under, click the eject button for the “Microsoft Remote Desktop Beta” installer.
  22. In Finder, drag the “Microsoft Remote Desktop Beta” from within Downloads to drop on the Applications folder.

  23. If you are using the program often, drag the “Microsoft Remote Desktop Beta” from within Applications to drop on the Task Bar so that it is visually avaiable.

  24. Click the red “Add desktop” icon.
  25. For User Account, select “Administrator” because that’s what Amazon does.

  26. For PC Name, paste the name such as

  27. Click “Save”.

Vagrant RDP

If you are getting into a Vagrant instance containing Windows:

VIDEO:

  1. Set the communicator and network ports in your Vagrantfile, such as:

  2. On a Terminal:

    vagrant rdp

Chrome Add-on

  1. If you don’t have a Chrome browser, install it from the default Internet Explorer.

  2. Open a Chrome browser to this site.

    PROTIP: The fusionlabs.net web page does not use https. Use http://www.fusionlabs.net (the https on this doesn’t resolve).

    rdpsupport@fusionlabs.net or 214.739.5454

  3. Click the green “Launch App” button at the upper-right.

    CAUTION: I get this running forever:

  4. Highlight the DNS address (such as “ec2-52-53-218-39.us-west-1.compute.amazonaws.com”) and press Ctrl+C to copy it into your Windows Clipboard.

  5. Click on the blank field and press Ctrl+V to paste.

  6. PROTIP: If you can’t connect, make sure RDP port 3389 is open among Inbound port rules.

  7. For Domain:
  8. For UserName:
  9. For Password:

CoRD on Sourceforge

Chrome Remote Desktop Mac

CoRD on Sourceforge, which is for Mac OS X 10.5—10.8 (obsoleted when 10.12 Sierra is out).

CoRD_0.5.7.zip is 3.4 MB

After running this, drag it into your Applications folder.

To add a new server, click on the menu File.

Android Chrome Remote Desktop

Although it has a related named, the Android phone appChrome Remote Desktop securely accesses your computers from your Android device.

  1. Set up remote access on desktop computers using the Chrome Remote Desktop app from Chrome Web Store:

    https://chrome.google.com/remotedesktop

    Click Add to Chrome, then Add at the pop-up.

  2. Launch the app.

    Select Remote Assistance providing user-to-user screen sharing for technical support.

  3. On your Android device, open the app and tap on any of your online computers to connect.

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HELP FILE

Download and Install GoToAssist Expert Desktop App (Mac)

Chrome Remote Desktop Mac Os

When you download the GoToAssist Expert desktop application (so that you can host support sessions), an installation package (including the GoTo Opener application) will be downloaded onto your computer. By running this installation package and leaving the applications installed, you will be able to quickly and easily start sessions and re-install the application, if needed.

Note: These instructions apply to Mac agents only. For instructions that apply to Windows agents, please see Download and Install GoToAssist Expert Desktop App (Windows) for more information. Additionally, you can view the System Requirements for Agents.

Download the GoToAssist Expert Desktop Application for Mac

Note: Agents will be prompted to log in with their account credentials once the application has installed. For detailed installation instructions, please see below.

About the installation package

The installation package includes the following components:

  • GoToAssist Expert desktop application
    This is the main software that you use to host support sessions and connect to your devices (i.e., unattended support computers).
  • GoTo Opener application
    This 'helper' application downloads as the GoTo Opener.dmg, then installs as the GoTo Opener application. This application is required to install and launch the GoToAssist Expert desktop application. It must be installed on your computer, even if the GoToAssist Expert application is already installed.

    Note: If you remove the GoTo Opener application at a later time, you'll need to go through the entire download process each time you start a support session from the web app. We don’t recommend that you do this if you frequently start sessions from the web.

How to download the GoToAssist Expert desktop application instantly

  1. Open a web browser.
  2. Go to www.fastsupport.com/download/repDownload.
    • If the GoTo Opener application is not installed (either first time joining or it was removed), then the GoTo Opener.dmg file will automatically start downloading.
    • If the GoTo Opener application is already installed, then some or all of the following steps will be skipped. The web browser will automatically start the GoTo Opener.dmg, which will then launch the GoToAssist Expert desktop application (or install it again, if needed).
  3. Continue to instructions for each web browser to complete the download and installation steps.

How to download the GoToAssist Expert desktop application from the web

You must log in to your account first to install the GoToAssist Expert desktop application.

  1. Log in at http://up.gotoassist.com.
  2. On your Dashboard, click Start session.
  • If the GoTo Opener application is not installed (either first time joining or it was removed), then the GoTo Opener.dmg file will automatically start downloading.
  • If the GoTo Opener application is already installed, then some or all of the following steps will be skipped. The web browser will automatically start the GoTo Opener.dmg, which will then launch the GoToAssist Expert desktop application (or install it again, if needed).
  1. Continue to instructions for each web browser to complete the download and installation steps.

Instructions for each web browser

Once you have downloaded the GoTo Opener.dmg, you can complete the installation steps for the browser you are using, as follows:

Apple Safari

  • Click the 'GoTo Opener' file in the browser’s Downloads window , or click on it in your user dock (or click Start Session to download again, if needed).

Mozilla Firefox®

  • Click OK when prompted, or you can select Save File then click OK to save the GoTo Opener.dmg file to your Downloads folder. To access your Downloads folder, click the Download icon in the upper right navigation of the web browser, then click on the file to open. If needed, click Start Session to download again.

Google Chrome™

  • When the download finishes, click the GoTo Opener.dmg file at the bottom of the page to open the file (or click Start Session to download again if needed).
  1. When the GoToAssist Opener window opens, double-click the GoTo Opener icon .
  2. You will see a message noting that ' GoTo Opener' is an application downloaded from the internet. If preferred, enable the 'Don't warn me [...]' check box, then click Open to continue. The GoToAssist Expert desktop application will be automatically launched, and the agent can start hosting support sessions with customers.

    Note: If you remove the GoTo Opener application at a later time, you'll need to go through the entire download process again. We don’t recommend that you do this if you frequently join sessions, as you will lose the benefit of faster join times.

  3. If prompted, log in to the GoToAssist Expert desktop application.
  1. The GoToAssist Expert desktop application will launch the Viewer window with a new support session (if enabled by your account admin), otherwise a blank window is displayed. See Use the GoToAssist Expert Desktop App (Windows) for next steps.