Jump Desktop 8.3.14 for iOS
Welcome to Jump Desktop 8.3.14 for iOS. This release adds many new features and bug fixes:
Dynamic Resolution Matching for Fluid
This is a powerful productivity feature that will make your remote desktop experience much better: Jump can resize the display on the remote machine to match your iPad/iPhone's resolution and orientation. This feature makes it much easier to remote control machines without pinch to zoom. Seeing is believing:
Tip: To manage your resolution settings: Tap the blue "i" next to your connection icon and then click Edit -> Display. You can also change settings live by tapping the top toolbar button and then tap the tool icon -> Change Resolution. Dynamic resolution switching is turned off by default for existing connections but turned on for new Fluid connections.
Known limitations: Jump will do it's best to match the resolution however it's limited by the capabilities of the remote machine's graphics adapter.
Wake-On-Lan for automatic connections
Jump will now try to wake up the computer if it’s offline before connecting. This works for machines on the same Wifi network. Support for waking up machines over the internet will be available soon.
Keyboard and mouse improvements
We’ve added horizontal scrolling support for RDP and Fluid connections. Just flick horizontally with two fingers to scroll. We’ve also added inertial scrolling, just like a regular Trackpad: Flick with two fingers quickly to see it in action. Swiftpoint mouse users can scroll horizontally too now by tilting their mouse pointer and flicking horizontally.
We’ve also made a ton of keyboard related fixes in this update: This release adds better compatibility with keyboard input to 3D applications and games. We’ve also made a ton of fixes for international keyboard users.
Important note: When connecting to a Mac using a physical keyboard, a few macros have changed for better compatibility with Mission Control: PgUp, PgDown, Home and End have changed to Ctrl+Shift+Up/Down/Left/Right. This frees up Ctrl+Up, Ctrl+Down for Mission Control. As always, if you need help with macros just connect to the remote computer and hold the CMD key on the physical keyboard to see the full list of macros.
Other notable changes in this release:
- RD Gateway settings were not persisted when importing RDP files
- Better performance when attaching external screens.
- Better color accuracy for Fluid connections.
- Synchronize connection names even after the initial discovery of the computer: You can now change your computer’s name in ‘Jump Desktop Connect’ on the remote computer and it will synchronize the change on all clients. In earlier versions of Jump, name changes for automatic connections were not synchronized after initial discovery.
- Jump shows a warning/confirmation prompt before connecting if two machines have the same name.
Here's what was new in older releases....
Jump Desktop 8.2.4 for iOS
This update adds support for the new iPad Pros and Apple Pencil 2.
- New: iPad Pro 3rd Gen support. Uses all the available screen space on the iPad Pro 3rd Gen.
- New: Apple Pencil 2: Double tap on the Apple Pencil 2 to toggle onscreen keyboard.
- New: Apple Pencil: Predictive Tap feature to make double tapping more reliable.
- New: Automatically turn on external screen if it's connected during a session.
- Fixed: iCloud syncing problems where computers were not being saved when iCloud was enabled.
- Fixed: Connecting via URL does not disconnect / reconnect the current session properly.
- Fixed: Stability when external screen is enabled and 4k improvements for external screens.
Jump Desktop 8.1.5 for iOS
- Mouse cursor updates for RDP, VNC and Fluid connections
- Support for VeNCrypt TLS authentication for VNC connections
- iCloud fixes
Read on for what was new in 8.x ...
Jump Desktop 8.0
This update brings remote support features, collaborative screen sharing, better mouse handling and tons of bug fixes!
Requirement
Screen Sharing features require the free Jump Desktop Connect app to be installed on the remote computer. Jump Desktop Connect is a free app that anyone can install by visiting https://jumpdesktop.com/go. Also, we've updated Jump Desktop Connect to 6.0. Connect 6.0 has tons of new features too. Read the announcement here: Jump Desktop Connect 6.0 Announcement.
Collaborative Screen Sharing
Collaborative Screen Sharing lets many users connect to the same desktop. Each user gets their own mouse cursor and can point and click without fighting over the same cursor. Great for editing documents with coworkers, tweaking designs with remote team members, creating presentations together, and teaching Grandma how to clean out her email.
Ask To Share Screen
We've added a new 'Ask to share screen' button for unobtrusive remote support. When connecting to computers over Fluid Remote Desktop, tap the new Ask button when prompted for credentials. Jump Desktop will ask the person on the remote computer if they want to start sharing their desktop with you. Once they accept, you'll be able to see their screen. No need to share passwords anymore!
Secure Screen Sharing Links
Anyone can share their screen by sending you a link. You don't need to be an authorized remote access user on their machine or know their password to connect. All they need to do is install Jump Desktop Connect from https://jumpdesktop.com/go and click the 'Copy Link' button. Then send you the link. It's very simple, very quick and very powerful.
Better mouse handling for physical and on-screen mice
We've added support for 'non-linear acceleration curves' for mouse cursors. This means physical and on-screen mice feel more natural. This feature is enabled by default but you can always disable it in Settings -> Mouse & Gestures.
Tons of bug fixes and stability updates
- New: An option to turn off connection animation: Settings -> Appearance -> Show Connection Animation
- New: iPad: A hide keyboard button in the top accessory keys so that physical keyboard users can hide the keyboard in button bar mode. Swipe from left to right to reveal the hide button.
- New: Import button added to manually import RDP and JDZ files. Tap the + button and then tap Import to import servers into Jump.
- Fixed: iPad screen alignment fixes
- Fixed: iCloud syncing issues
- Fixed: RDP: Multi-touch and dynamic screen updates stop working when the device is rotated
- Fixed: RDP: Fix Load Balance info
- Fixed: RDP: URL Params were not being parsed correctly.
- Fixed: RDP: Double authentication required when connecting to RD Gateway
- Fixed: Physical keyboard: International US keyboard fixes and enhancements
- Fixed: Mouse cursor disappears during AirPlay
- Fixed: Main server veiw was not laid out correctly when changing orientations and disconnecting
- Fixed: Keyboard: Keyboard re-appears on rotation in button bar mode
- Fixed: Physical mouse would stop working if two different model mice are connected to the same iPad at the same time
- Fixed: Swiftpoint Mouse: Right click stops working occasionally
- Changed: Swiftpoint: Tilt + Right click for zoom is turned off by default
In 7.4.6 for iOS
7.4.6 Fixes RDP file sharing problems when copy pasting files via the clipboard
7.4.5 Fixed an authentication issue with RDP connections and the latest Windows updates (CredSSP) 7.4.4 added support for iPhone X and Face ID. It also added a new button for iPad users which hides the on-screen keyboard but shows the top row of accessory keys:
Other fixes:
- Video out fixes when directly connected to HDMI
- iCloud syncing fixes
- Stability
And incase you missed it 7.4 added these new features:
File Sharing for RDP
You can now use your iOS device as a shared folder inside RDP sessions. To get started, edit your connection settings and turn on the 'file sharing' option. Connect to your computer and open up Explorer. You'll see a shared folder which you can copy files to and from. To access the shared folder, open up the 'Files' app on your iOS 11 device and browse to the Jump Desktop 'Shared Folder' directory.
On-Screen Keyboard Improvements
We've added new functionality to the on-screen keyboard.
Types out your saved password. Useful for quickly unlocking your desktop:
Cycles between remote displays. Use this to quickly switch between displays when connecting to a machine with multiple monitors. Requires Fluid or Mac VNC connections.
On-screen keys have been rearranged and they wrap around for quicker access:
Other notable stuff in 7.4:
- Video out improvements: When video out is enabled and the RDP server supports dynamic resolution updates, Jump will automatically switch the remote desktop resolution to match the external monitor's resolution. Try it out by turning on screen mirroring on your iOS device. Then connect to the remote computer and tap the monitor icon in Jump's toolbar.
- Removed confirmation dialog before disconnecting.
- A new option to turn off bilinear filtering: Settings -> Appearance -> High Quality Graphics.
- Fixed: VNC: Clicks do not work properly on macOS High Sierra.
- Fixed: Video out does not work with Fluid connections.
- Stability fixes.