Back when I wrote this mid 2013, this was the best Windows RDP overview article I could find: Best RDP client for Mac OSX Lion.
And it all got invalidated when finally (after years of silence), Microsoft released AppStore versions of the RDP client for both Mac OS X and iOS:
Microsoft Launches ‘Remote Desktop’ Apps for Mac and iOS – Mac Rumors.
So I tried the Mac App Store – Microsoft Remote Desktop that runs on OS X 10.6.0 or later for more than a year, and I like it a lot.
This is what the AppStore version improved over the classic Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection:
- It has more regular updates.
- It remaps the Mac Command key to the Microsoft Windows logo key.
- It uses the new RDP protocol version features which means fast response, even on slow network connections and better security.
- Full screen support is superb.
- Clipboard integration just works.
- It is really stable.
Just so you know about alternatives,





