Jump Desktop 8.2.21 for macOS

This update adds full Wake-On-LAN capability for automatic connections. Click here to read more: Jump Desktop Wake On Lan Support.

We've also addressed a graphical issue on Mojave 10.14.5 and fixed synchronizing the NumLock key for RDP users.

Here's what was new in 8.2.14 for macOS:

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 local display. This feature makes it much easier to remote control machines which have a larger display than your Mac (or vice versa). Seeing is believing:

Dynamic Resolution Matching for Fluid

Tip: To manage your resolution settings: Right-click your connection icon and then click Edit -> Display. You can also change settings live by clicking Remote -> Displays. 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 your local display 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.

Performance

This release changes the way Jump Desktop draws the remote screen. On Mojave and later, Jump will use macOS's Metal renderer to draw the remote screen. This results in better visual quality, lower latency, higher performance and better battery life. Pure goodness.

We've also partially off-loaded Fluid protocol decoding to hardware (Up to 20% better performance).

Other notable changes:

And here's what was new in earlier releases....

Jump Desktop 8.1.6 for macOS

Here's what was new in 8.1...

Jump Desktop 8.0 for macOS

8.0 brings remote support features, collaborative screen sharing, password-less logins 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.

Collaborative Screen Sharing Demo

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, client Ask To Share Screen when prompted for credentials or right click a Fluid connection and then click Ask to Share Screen.

Collaborative Screen Sharing Demo

Jump Desktop then will ask the person on the remote computer if they want to start sharing their desktop with you:

Collaborative Screen Sharing Request

You'll be able to see their screen when they click Accept. No need to share passwords anymore!

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, click Copy Link and message you the link. They can even read out the link over the phone (it's designed to be human readable). It's very simple, very quick and very powerful. Here's what it looks like:

Screen Sharing Link

iCloud

We've ironed out iCloud syncing problems in this release made the overall syncing process smoother. You can now access your iCloud servers by opening up: Finder → iCloud Drive → Jump Desktop → Servers.

We've also added iCloud support to the non-App Store edition of Jump! This makes the App Store and non-App Store version of Jump virtually identical.

Tons of bug fixes and stability updates

In Jump Desktop 7.1.4 for Mac

7.1.4 Fixes RDP file sharing problems when copy pasting files via the clipboard

7.1.3 Fixed an authentication issue with RDP connections and the latest Windows updates (CredSSP) 7.1.2 fixed video glitches on macOS High Sierra

Here's what was new in 7.1:

Copy paste files and folders for RDP connections

You can now copy and paste files to and from the remote computer. Simply copy a file or folder in Finder and then paste it on the remote computer. This feature makes it much easier to share files without setting up folder redirection. This feature is RDP only for now, but we'll be adding this to Fluid connections in a future update.

Copy Paste Files

Default printers for RDP connections

You can now choose whether or not the default printer is overridden in the remote session and which local printer it defaults to. Setup default printer settings by right clicking your computer's icon and click Edit → Sharing

New icons

We've added more connection icons to choose from. To customize your connection's icon right click your connection and then click Edit. Then click the icon on the top left corner.

Custom Icons

Other notable fixes

Jump Desktop for Windows

We've created something new: Check out Jump Desktop for Windows

Try it out now and let us know what you think!

Here's what was new in 7.0

Tabs

On macOS Sierra and later you can now open connections inside tabs. To start using this feature right click a connection and select Connect in New Tab .

You can also select multiple computers and open them up inside a new tabbed window. Try this if you have tags: Right click a tag on the sidebar and then click Connect In New Tabbed Window.

Connect In New Tabbed Window

Cycle through tabs using the new Control + Tab shortcut.

You can also configure how Jump opens new tabs for connections: Click Jump Desktop → Preferences → Prefer Tabs for connections.

RDP

Jump now has the ability to dynamically adjust the remote resolution when connecting to Windows 8+ or Windows Server 2012 R2+. It means you no longer have to deal with black bars or reconnect when you resize the connection window. Jump will automatically adjust the remote resolution when your window size changes. To use this feature, make sure you are connecting to Windows 8 or Windows Server 2012 R2 or later. Then right click your connection's icon and in Display settings make sure it is set to Match Display

We've also redesigned the Display settings panel for RDP connections. Here's what it looks like:

RDP Display Panel

The new Desktop Scale option gives you the ability to fine tune the text size on the remote display. You can even change this setting dynamically while connected to the remote computer: Click Remote → Displays

RDP Remote → Display menu option

Keyboard

We've re-written Jump's keyboard mapping feature. It's more reliable and has gained a few new features:

You can now completely remap modifier keys. For example you can add a single mapping that remaps the Cmd key to Ctrl on Windows (you can do this with any modifier).

You can also remap persistent key strokes - for example, you can remap Alt + Tab to Cmd + Tab if you're connecting to a Mac.

This release also works better with international keyboards.

Fluid

Performance and stability improvements for Fluid based connections.

Other notable fixes