Remote Desktop Connection saves your connection preferences to a default connection file. To save time when you connect, you can save additional computer names and connection preferences for each Windows-based computer that you connect to. For example, you can choose to share all Mac disks when you connect to one Windows-based computer, and only a single Mac folder when you connect to a different Windows-based computer. You can also save different connection files for the same Windows-based computer.
Do any of the following:
Create a connection file
- On the RDC menu, click Preferences.
Note You are not required to type user information in the Login pane to continue setting preferences.
- Select the connection preferences that you want for this connection, such as screen size, automatic login information, and security options.
- On the File menu, click Save As.
- Type a file name for the connection file, and then click Save.
When you establish a connection, the options that you selected become the default preferences for all Remote Desktop connections.
Tip To quickly connect to a Windows-based computer, double-click the connection file, or drag the file onto the Remote Desktop Connection icon. Connection files are saved in Documents/RDC Connections.
Change a connection file
- In Remote Desktop Connection, on the File menu, click Edit a Connection.
- Select the connection file that you want, and then click Open.
- Make the changes that you want.
- On the File menu, click Save.
When you establish a connection, the options that you selected become the default preferences for all Remote Desktop connections.
Tip You can also change connection preferences while in a session. On the RDC menu, click Preferences, and then make the changes that you want. Changes take effect the next time that you connect.
See also
Limit a session to a single Windows-based application
Close a connection
I can't connect to the Windows-based computer
Remote Desktop Connection display preferences
