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Since a span mode remote session is essentially a single-monitor session, if a window in the remote desktop is maximized, it spans across all the monitors. With true multimon support, a window will only maximize to the extent of the containing monitor. 2020-4-2 How to Use Microsoft's Remote Desktop Connection. Do you need to remotely access and control another PC? Microsoft's Remote Desktop Connection tool can get it done. Nov 27, 2016 In this video, I'll show you how to use Microsoft Remote Desktop on a Mac. Simply download the application from Apple's App store, install, and configure a connection.

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Royce Pope

I would be great to see a multi-monitor option like the native Microsoft Remote Desktop client has below.

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Felix Deimel

Hi Royce,

we do offer multi-monitor support for RDP connections, there are some restrictions though.

First, your displays have to have the same scale factor (all retina, or all non-retina).

And you have to disable 'Displays have separate Spaces' in the 'Mission Control' system preferences.

If you can live with those restrictions, you can enable multi-monitor support in the 'Window Mode' settings of your RDP connections.

First, select 'Open connection in' -> 'Full Screen', then set the 'Display' to 'All available Displays (Multi-Monitor)'.

cheers,

felix

Royce Pope

While I am not a fan of disabling the 'Displays have separate Spaces' option, I am still able to use multi-monitors. Are there any plans to have this support without modifying 'Mission Control'?

Felix Deimel

Unfortunately not at the moment because this would require to basically re-write 90% of our RDP plugin which is a huge task.

Andrew Swingler

Having to make the choice between separate display spaces and multiple RDP windows is not something that I find to be a practical solution. I appreciate that you've made multiple monitor support work (thank you!) but I'd like to ask you to put the RDP plugin rewrite into your queue so that we don't have to sacrifice OS functionality that affects our workflow in quite such a significant way.

I'm a big fan of Royal TSX and I hope to be able to use it for many years, but having to change my spaces choice and log off/on every time I want to use TSX is enough of a problem that I might need to look at alternatives.

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Regards, Andrew.

Joonil Oh

5 months late, but my 'solution' to this has been to run windows through VMware, which does support using all screens without toggling the separate spaces option, and using Royal TS (the windows version) through that. Hopefully that gives you a working solution.

cori

Also late to the game. I love Royal TSX on my Mac, and spend a lot of time logged in to windows machines. Most of the time I don't need multiple monitors, as I only want to look at one screen, but there are a few machines where I need multiple monitors. It's extremely disappointing that the software that I paid for doesn't support this feature, whereas the completely free (and sufficiently functional) Microsoft Remote Desktop supports multiple monitors with no limitations.

Not a deal breaker, exactly, and obviously I'll just keep using MS Remote Desktop for those machines, but as I say, very disappointing.

You can make all of your displays mirror each other, or extend your workspace with different apps and windows on each display. If you use an external display with your Mac notebook, you can also use closed-display mode.

Check your requirements

Check the ports on your Mac to find out whether you need an adapter.
Check how many displays your Mac supports: Choose Apple menu  > About This Mac, click Support, then click Specifications. On the webpage that appears, the number of displays your Mac supports appears under Video Support.

Use extended desktop mode

Maximize your workspace with extended desktop mode, which lets you enjoy full-screen apps and windows on each monitor. Then, use Mission Control to organize apps and windows across your displays. If your Dock is on the bottom of your screen, it appears on any of your displays when you move your pointer to the bottom edge of your display.

Turn on extended desktop mode

Make sure that your external display is turned on and connected to your Mac.
Choose Apple menu  > System Preferences, then click Displays.
Click the Arrangement tab.
Make sure that the Mirror Displays checkbox isn’t selected.

Arrange your displays or change your primary display

So that you can move apps and windows across your displays in one continuous motion, arrange your displays to match the setup on your desk. You can also change your primary display, which is where your desktop icons and app windows first appear.

Choose Apple menu  > System Preferences, then click Displays.
Click the Arrangement tab.
To change the position of a display, drag it to the desired position. A red border appears around the display as it's moved.
To set a different display as the primary display, drag the menu bar to the other display.

Use video mirroring

With video mirroring, all of your displays show the same apps and windows.

Turn on video mirroring

Make sure that your external display is turned on and connected to your Mac.
Choose Apple menu  > System Preferences, click Displays, then click the Arrangement tab.
Make sure that the Mirror Displays checkbox is selected.

Use AirPlay