Migrate Microsoft Remote Desktop Mac Version 10

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Windows Migration Assistant transfers your contacts, calendars, email accounts and more from a PC. It migrates this data to the appropriate places on your Mac. After migrating data to your Mac, authorise your computer to make iTunes Store purchases. It’s important to authorise this before you sync or play content you download from the iTunes Store.

Microsoft Remote Desktop is one of the best remote desktop clients out there in the market. It now has a Mac version available as well. The Mac version helps users to connect their PC to their Mac and work seamlessly across the machines. The setup of this software is easy to do. Further, version 10 will be the last release of RDC for the Mac that will be compatible with macOS 10.12 Sierra. On your Mac, download and install Microsoft Remote Desktop 10 from the Mac App Store.

If you're migrating from one Mac to another Mac, follow the steps to move your content to a new Mac.

Before you begin

To prepare for a smooth migration:

  • Make sure Windows is up to date. Migration Assistant works with Windows 7 and later.
  • Make sure you know the name and password of an administrator account on your PC.
  • Connect your Mac and PC to the same network, such as your home Wi-Fi network. Or connect an Ethernet cable between the ports on your Mac and PC to create a direct network connection. Some Mac models require an Ethernet adapter, such as the Belkin USB-C to Gigabit Ethernet Adapter or Apple Thunderbolt to Gigabit Ethernet Adapter.
  • If you're using Microsoft OneDrive on your PC, follow Microsoft's instructions for uninstalling OneDrive before continuing. You can reinstall OneDrive after the migration has finished.

Then use the check disk (chkdsk) utility on your PC to make sure your Windows hard drive doesn’t have any issues:

  1. Right-click the Start button, then click Run.
  2. Type cmd and press Enter. Command Prompt opens.
  3. At the prompt, type chkdsk and press Enter.
  4. If the utility reports that it has found problems, type the following, where drive is the letter that represents your Windows startup disk, such as D:
  5. Press Enter.
  6. At the prompt, type Y, then restart your PC.
  7. Repeat this process until the check disk utility is not reporting any issues. If the utility can't fix every issue it has found, you may need to get your PC serviced. Then migrate your data to your Mac.

Move your data

This section guides you through migration, post-migration and what to do if the steps don’t work for you.

How to move your information from a PC to your Mac

  1. On your PC, download and install the appropriate Windows Migration Assistant, based on the version of macOS on your Mac:
    • Windows Migration Assistant for macOS Big Sur
    • Windows Migration Assistant for macOS Mojave and macOS Catalina
    • Windows Migration Assistant for macOS Sierra and High Sierra
    • Windows Migration Assistant for OS X El Capitan or earlier
  2. Quit any open Windows apps.
  3. Open Windows Migration Assistant, then click Continue.
  4. Start up your Mac. Setup Assistant will open automatically the first time you turn on your Mac. If you’ve already set up your Mac, open Migration Assistant, which is in the Utilities folder of your Applications folder.
  5. On your Mac, follow the onscreen prompts until you get to the migration pane of the assistant. Select the option to transfer your information 'From a Windows PC', then click Continue.
  6. When prompted, enter an administrator name and password.
  7. Click Continue to close any other open apps.
  8. In the migration window on your Mac, select your PC from the list of available computers. Then wait for the PC to display the same passcode that your Mac is displaying.
  9. When both computers display the same passcode, click Continue on your PC and Mac.
  10. Your Mac will scan the drives on your PC to build a list of information to migrate. When the scan has finished, select the information you want to migrate to your Mac and click Continue. Find out about some of the types of data you can transfer.

You can watch the progress and estimated time remaining on both the PC and your Mac. They tell you when the migration has finished.

After you've moved your data

When the migration has finished, close Windows Migration Assistant on your PC. Then log in to the new user account on your Mac. The first time you log in to a user account migrated from your PC, you’ll be asked to set a password. You can use the same password that you used on your PC or create a new password.

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After logging in to the user account that you've migrated, authorise your computer for iTunes Store purchases. It’s important to authorise this before you sync or play content downloaded from the iTunes Store.

If you experience any issues when moving your data

  • Quit all open apps on your PC, then try migrating your content again. For example, you can press Alt-Tab to choose an open application, then press Alt-F4 to quit it.
  • If your PC doesn't appear in the Setup Assistant or Migration Assistant window on your Mac, make sure the computers are connected to the same network. You can create a network by connecting a single Ethernet cable between your Mac and PC. If that doesn't help, check for firewall software on your PC and turn it off. After the migration has finished, you can turn firewall software on again.
  • If Migration Assistant doesn’t open on your PC, turn off any antivirus software on your PC. Then try to open Migration Assistant again. After the migration has finished. You can turn that software on again.
  • If you still can't migrate your information successfully, you can use an external drive or file sharing to copy important data to your Mac manually.

What data can I transfer?

Migration Assistant lets you choose the data to move to your Mac. Here’s what is moved over for specific apps and data types:

Emails, contacts and calendar information
Email messages, email account settings, contacts and appointments are moved based on which version of Windows you're using and which accounts you have.

Outlook1
Data from 32-bit versions of Outlook in Windows 7 and later are moved as follows:

  • People are moved to Contacts2
  • Appointments are moved to the Calendar app
  • IMAP and Exchange settings and messages are moved to the Mail app
  • POP settings and messages are moved to Mail2
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Windows Live Mail
Data from Windows Live Mail in Windows 7 and later are moved as follows:

  • IMAP settings and messages are moved to Mail
  • POP settings and messages are moved to Mail2

Windows Mail
Data from Windows Mail in Windows 7 and later (excluding Windows 8) are moved as follows:

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  • IMAP settings and messages are moved to Mail
  • POP settings and messages are moved to Mail2
  • People are moved to Contacts
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Bookmarks
Bookmarks from Internet Explorer, Safari for Windows and Firefox are moved to Safari.

System settings
Language and location settings, and custom desktop pictures are moved to System Preferences. Your web browser homepage is moved to Safari preferences.

Pictures
Photos and other images are moved to your home folder. You can then add them to Photos, or open Photos and let it search your Mac for photos to import.

iTunes content
Migration Assistant transfers your iTunes media as follows: music is moved to the Apple Music app, videos are moved to the Apple TV app, podcasts are moved to the Apple Podcasts app and audiobooks are moved to the Apple Books app.

Other files
Migration Assistant also moves these files:

  • Files from the top-level folder of the currently logged-in user’s home directory
  • Non-system files located in the Windows or Program Files folders
  • Top-level folders located on the Windows system disk and other attached disks

1. Migration Assistant doesn’t support 64-bit versions of Outlook. You can migrate Mail, Contacts or Calendars from Outlook 2013 or Outlook 2016 manually by signing in and entering the content on your Mac manually.

2. Migration Assistant only transfers the Mail or Contacts data that belongs to the logged-in Windows user. To transfer data from another user account, use Migration Assistant again while you’re logged in to another Windows account. Every time you migrate, your Mac creates a new user account.

The MicrosoftRemote Desktop Connection version 10 program in Macintosh OS offers many advanced features that can enhance your experience with remotedesktop.sou.edu or virtuallab.sou.edu

All of these settings are available when setting up the initial connection to remotedesktop or virtuallab, or you can modify them later by clicking on the Edit icon on the saved connection icon after starting Remote Desktop Connection.


Display Settings

Click on the Display tab to access display settings. An important setting is the ‘Use All Monitor’ setting, if you are using multiple displays the default setting is to use all monitors available. I have found it to be better to use just one, but that is a matter of preference. Here is where you make the adjustment.

If you are using a modern Apple computer with a high-resolution Retina display, you may want to enable the option to Optimize for Retina displays to ensure the best viewing experience.


Devices & Audio


Click on the Devices & Audio tab and then use the checkboxes to tell the Remote Desktop client whether you want to share your local printers, smart cards, clipboard, and microphone with the remote Windows computer. If you share your printers, you can print from the Windows environment and have it use your local printer. If you share your clipboard, you can copy and paste text (but not files--see the next section for how to share files) between your Mac and the Windows computer. If you share your microphone, you can make it available to the Windows computer if you need it.


Folders

To share a folder on your Mac with the Windows computer to enable file transfer between the systems, click on the Folders tab, then click the checkbox to Redirect folders, and then use the plus button to add folders for redirection. If you want to share an entire drive with the remote session, such as your Mac's hard drive or an attached USB flash drive, you can select the root of the drive when you are asked to browse for a folder.


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If you have multiple connections listed, as in the example above, you can set the preferences individually for each connection independently from each other.

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