Translating Keyboard Inputs For international users connecting from one language zone to another, AnyDesk has a feature for translating the keyboard layout. For example a user in Poland using a polish keyboard layout can connect to a machine in France which is using a french keyboard layout and work regardless of the different keyboard layouts.
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Our review of the best remote access solution for macOS and iOS may be a bit dated right now, but the pick likely hasn’t changed: Screens VNC is still as rock solid and as beautiful as ever before. In fact, Screens for iOS was just updated to properly support the new cursor support on the iPad, making for what should be an excellent experience zipping around on your Mac through your iPad.
I do admit, however, that I haven’t had as much luck with Screens as I’d personally like. I have a home Eero network that requires a little fiddling to get working through Screens Connect, and my office PC is connected to an older router. Plus, even now, after attempting to get it work for the better part of an hour, I cannot get Screens Connect to work.
With the onslaught of tax filing needing to be done from home last week, I needed to figure out a way to access my work PC from my iMac at home.
AnyDesk quickly saved the day. Very little fiddling was required to get it to work (in fact, just download and go), and thanks to two strong internet connections on both ends, AnyDesk almost had me feeling like I was running a full-on Windows PC on my iMac from miles away.
Download and Setup
AnyDesk’s macOS and PC software can be downloaded for free for personal use from their website. If you’re using AnyDesk for work, they offer a few different enterprise/commercial licenses to get you up and running that start at $10.99/month.
Once you have the software downloaded on both computers, you simply need to note your desk’s access code to jump into action. To get around having to have another individual on the other end of your connection, a few settings should be enabled:
- Interactive access can be set to “Always Allow” to enable you to jump into action with AnyDesk explicitly open.
- Enable unattended access (password protected) to allow yourself to log in from anywhere you have an internet connection.
- Enable privacy mode to ensure individuals on the other end of your connection aren’t snooping.
I also opted to allow all remote keyboard shortcuts, just to make it feel as first-party/natural as possible. There’s nothing quite like jumping into Microsoft Excel through a VNC/remote access client like AnyDesk and quickly initiating a keyboard shortcut that either doesn’t work or does something completely different than expected.
Once you’re ready to go, drop the nine-digit access code into AnyDesk’s main screen, await your connection, and you’re off. After you’ve completed your session, AnyDesk will remember that specific computer, ensuring you don’t have to remember the access code each time.
Using AnyDesk for Remote Access
My experience with AnyDesk over the last two weeks has been nothing short of stellar, albeit with a few workarounds in place. Once you’ve started your session, AnyDesk excels at making it feel like you have a second working computer running right on your iMac.
You can resize your window to fit appropriately in your display and you can jump between multiple displays by switching between the numbered boxes in the address bar. You can maneuver through your connected computer as though you were sitting in front of it.
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In general, I have strong internet connections on both ends of my AnyDesk connection, so this may be a variable that inhibits the experience for other users. Overall, my experience has been rock solid — clicks on the connected computer initiate immediately, ensuring you don’t move in and out of flow waiting for your connected computer to catch up. If you have a poor internet connection, I’d be curious to hear about your experience in this regard.
The only major hiccups I’ve run into so far is with keyboard support — both keyboard shortcuts, but also in general keyboard layouts and so on. Obviously, an Apple Magic Keyboard doesn’t have a windows key or an alt key that directly translate if your connected computer is a Windows PC, so some experimentation may be in order. A few anecdotes to throw your way:
- The Command key on an Apple keyboard acts as the Windows key on a Windows keyboard.
- The Option key on an Apple keyboard acts as the Alt key on a Windows keyboard.
- The Control key on an Apple keyboard acts as the Control key on a Windows keyboard.
This will lead to a few muscle memory issues. For instance, “Command + C” will not copy selected data on the connected computer and instead will initiate the Startup menu instead. Alt-tabbing through open windows has to be done with the Option key. And sometimes, I’d notice an Alt key be frozen in place after hitting the Command key, resulting in windows being resized when arrow-keying rather than moving between letters or cells in Excel.
I’ve had better luck in choosing “Map 1:1” in the little keyboard menu at the top of the AnyDesk window, ensuring keyboard shortcuts work as close as you’d expect them to.
In short, you most certainly can use your Apple keyboard to work magic when connected to a Windows PC, but there will be some patience required. Honestly, I found it easiest to use two keyboards at once — I have a Microsoft Surface Ergonomic Keyboard that I use when working on the connected computer and I use the Magic Keyboard when operating the iMac.
Using AnyDesk on the iPad
So far, my experience with AnyDesk on the iPad isn’t as good as my experience with AnyDesk on the Mac. However, my main point of issue was only just updated in Screens for iOS, so perhaps the AnyDesk team is working on it as we speak.
First, in regards to connection ease, AnyDesk on the iPad feels effectively indistinguishable from AnyDesk on the Mac — clicks initiate nearly instantly and everything feels smooth and solid. In my case, I have used a wired connection on my iMac and a Wi-Fi connection on the iPad to connect to my remote PC, and I haven’t seen a noticeable difference between how the two behave. Quite simply, connection speed has been very impressive.
My biggest point of contention is the inability to use the iPad cursor or to use your finger to maneuver through the connected computer. Instead, you have to click and hold or tap and hold on the remote cursor, drag it around the screen, and double tap/click to initiate a click on the other end. This is very different than how a computer normally behaves and causes a lot of friction when trying to work through a task as quickly as possible.
It doesn’t work differently with an Apple Pencil either. The Pencil’s only benefit is in providing a more precise touch target on the display.
As a result, I’ve opted to use the iPad as little as possible for connecting to the remote PC. If I’m in a pinch, it’s nice to be able to clumsily move around Windows 10 and move files into OneDrive, iCloud Drive, or a drafted email if necessary. It’s also possible for referencing information on the other end. But if you’re looking to get a more complex task completed, I expect the current cursor implementation will get in the way.
Wrap Up
In an ideal world, I’ll have a MacBook at the office with enough RAM and capacity to run Parallels with minimal effort and I’ll be able to take that with me wherever I go.
But as it stands now, this little makeshift solution with AnyDesk gives me a glimpse of what that ideal future could be. From anywhere (but right now, specifically, my home office), I can access a remote computer and have it behave almost as though it’s a little virtual computer right in my Mac. If AnyDesk is able to update the iOS app to better support iPadOS 13.4’s new cursor support, the iPad could theoretically transform into a mini-laptop that runs a computer from anywhere in the world.
Thanks to AnyDesk (and fast internet connections), I find myself dreaming about a future world where I can access our binary-old, Windows-only tax software while still operating a Mac full-time.
AnyDesk provides this opportunity, in a backdoor sort of way, right now.
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Get connected
First, learn how to connect a Bluetooth mouse or trackpad to your iPad. To use this feature, you need an iPad with iPadOS 13.4 or later.
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Navigate your iPad
When you connect a Bluetooth mouse or trackpad to your iPad, a circular pointer appears on the display.
Move the mouse or swipe on the trackpad just as you would with a desktop or notebook computer. You can adjust how quickly the pointer moves, along with other trackpad and mouse settings.
As it moves across different elements on the screen, the pointer changes shape. For example, it turns into an I-beam over text, indicating that you can insert the pointer into a text document or highlight and copy words from a webpage:
When the pointer hovers over various parts of iPadOS, they also change appearance and use subtle animation to help you navigate. For example, toolbar buttons in apps change color, and app icons on the Home screen get bigger:
The pointer disappears after a few seconds of inactivity. To make it appear again, just move the mouse or touch the trackpad.
iPadOS doesn't support scrolling or other gestures with Apple Magic Mouse (1st generation) or Magic Trackpad (1st generation).
Adjust trackpad settings
To change how your Bluetooth trackpad works, go to Settings > General > Trackpad. On the screen that appears, you can adjust these settings:
- To adjust how quickly the pointer moves when you use the trackpad, drag the Tracking Speed slider.
- To make content track the movement of your fingers when you scroll, turn on Natural Scrolling.
- To make a tap on the trackpad register as a click, turn on Tap to Click.
- To have a two-finger click or tap behave as a secondary click, turn on Two Finger Secondary Click.
In iPadOS, a secondary trackpad click acts like a long press on the iPad touchscreen, or a Control-click (or right-click) on a Mac. For example, when you use a secondary trackpad click on an iPad app icon, its contextual menu appears.
You can also perform a secondary click on iPad with any pointing device by holding the Control key as you click.
Adjust mouse settings
To change how your Bluetooth mouse works, go to Settings > General > Trackpad & Mouse. On the screen that appears, you can adjust these settings:
- To adjust how quickly the pointer moves when you use the mouse, drag the Tracking Speed slider.
- To make content track the movement of your fingers when you scroll, turn on Natural Scrolling.
With a mouse, you can also choose a behavior for a secondary click. In iPadOS, a secondary click acts like a long press on the iPad touchscreen, or a Control-click (or right-click) on a Mac. For example, when you use a secondary mouse click on an iPad app icon, its contextual menu appears.
Select Secondary Click, then choose whether you want a secondary click to happen when you click on the left or right side of your mouse, or not at all. You can also perform a secondary click on iPad with any pointing device by holding the Control key as you click.
Customize the pointer
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To change how the pointer looks and how it works, open the Settings app and tap Accessibility > Pointer Control. There, you can customize these features:
- To make the pointer darker and less transparent, turn on Increase Contrast.
- Tap Automatically Hide Pointer, then select how long you want the pointer to stay visible when it's not moving.
- To select a different color for the pointer, tap Color.
- To make the pointer larger or smaller, drag the Pointer Size slider.
- Turn on or turn off Pointer Animations.
- To adjust how quickly pages scroll when you use your Bluetooth mouse or trackpad, use the Scrolling Speed slider.
Show and hide the onscreen keyboard
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Don't see the onscreen keyboard when you have a trackpad or mouse connected? Tap the keyboard button in the lower-right corner of the screen. In the menu that appears, tap the show keyboard button . To hide the software keyboard, tap the dismiss button .