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 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. 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.
