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Accessing ThinHost from a MAC

The official Microsoft Remote Desktop Client (RDC) is supported only on Macintosh OS X 10.2.8 and later.

1. Go to the ThinHost support site and download the Remote Desktop Connection application.

2. Open the file you downloaded, and it will expand itself into the Remote Desktop Connection dmg file.

3. Double-click the dmg to open the Remote Desktop Connection icon.

4. Open your Applications folder on your hard drive, and drag the Remote Desktop Connection icon from the dmg folder to your Applications folder.

5. Double-click the Remote Desktop Connection folder.

6. Open the Remote Desktop Connection application

7. Select t he Options tab.

8. Select the General tab and fill in the fields so that they match the description below.

9. In the Computer pull-down option, enter [servername].thinhost.co.uk

10. Select the Display tab.

11. Choose whichever desktop size you prefer.

12. For the Open Remote Display on option, select Main Display.

13. Limit your color depth to Thousands for performance reasons.

14. Select the Local Resources Tab and choose the options you desire.

15. Select the General tab, then select the Save As button. Save the configuration to a shortcut on the desktop so that it is easily accessible at any time.

16. To connect to ThinHost, select the Connect button.