If you use VNC much at all, you need JollysFastVNC:
Here’s how it’s better than Apple’s Remote Desktop, which I struggled along with for too many years:
- Much faster to connect
- Smarter keyboarding (cmd-tab switches apps in the remote process (though ARD may have caught up here))
- “Paste as keystrokes” command
- Auto clipboard syncing
- Built-in ssh tunneling
- Centralized list of servers
- Bonjour that works
- … but auto-cleans its server list
- Wealth of knowledge in tooltips
- Windows just close when connection is severed, instead ARD’s huge annoying “Connecting…” spinner
The only thing bad about it JollysFastVNC is… its name.
P.S. You should buy it directly (through Esellerate) instead of through the Mac App Store — Apple is restricting functionality more and more. Patrick’s putting up a valiant effort, but the writing’s on the wall.
