CoRD is an open source native Mac OS X remote desktop client for Microsoft Remote Desktop and Terminal Services. It is a Universal Binary, and allows you to connect to multiple servers concurrently. It was originally ported from the UNIX program rdesktop. Bug reports and patches are welcomed, and can be submitted from the Sourceforge project page.
What's New
Version 0.5.6:
Bugs fixed:
Added the ability to set the label of a URL-fired host
The Servers list is now available in the Dock menu (Right-click the Dock icon when CoRD is running)
Added badges for any configured hotkeys to the server list
Added the ability to change the location of stored servers
Known Issues:
Copy and Paste doesn’t work for some 64-bit Windows machines
Fullscreen is glitchy
Spaces support is glitchy
Version 0.5.6:
Bugs fixed:
Added the ability to set the label of a URL-fired host
The Servers list is now available in the Dock menu (Right-click the Dock icon when CoRD is running)
Added badges for any configured hotkeys to the server list
Added the ability to change the location of stored servers
This is great app. I use it nearly every work day to get pesky little Windows-specific things done, and CoRD works perfectly for me. Never had a problem. Well done.
Brilliant software, the best RD app bar none.
Just one issue, I can't get the audio from my PC's integrated sound card to exit via its normal physical output.
When using cord, the RD settings seem to take precedent.
Any ideas ?
Shame, that developers abandoned Tiger :(. We use old Macs with Mac OS X Tiger as terminal stations for Windows, and i wanted to switch from RDC to some other product :(.
Ok I realize the following adjective is used ad nauseam but...CoRD is "snappy" on my DP 2.0 Powermac G5! While MS' RD is ok, CoRD brings up the Vista DT in the time you can say "BSOD" :)
CoRD still offers much better performance than Microsoft's own Remote Desktop Client (currently version 2.0.1). Just tried the two side by side, connecting to a Dell workstation running WinXP Pro on the same subnet. CoRD connected faster, and the frame rate seemed to be about double MS RDC's when dragging an object around the screen.
CoRD's UI may not be as polished (sorry, but I hate "drawers"), and it crashes on me once every few months or so, but it does what it does very well, better than anything else I've found. What's not to like?
CoRD has been a mainstay in my toolkit for many years now, for those times when I have to deal with Windows computers and servers.
Over the years I've seen it improve and become more refined.
However, one thing appears to have been a long standing oddity.
The icons that appear in the bottom left of the System Tray/toolbar (just to the right of the Start menu) have never drawn properly. It looks like the mask is drawn, but not the icon.
It's not a major issue, but it puzzles me that such an obvious issue hasn't been addressed in the many years that I've used CoRD.
Other than that, I've never had any major issues with CoRD at all.
CoRD doesn't seem to forward disks anymore. I use it very infrequently so I don't know when this started, but I no longer see my shares in the PC I'm controlling with CoRD. They show up fine using RDC.
in 0.5.1 there was a small setting changed to allow people to enable/disable individual paths/disks without removing them. Simply go into the Forwarding prefs and check/uncheck the Enabled box and try again. The check in the code doesn't handle that property properly. There is a fix in place for 0.5.2. We're hoping to roll that out as soon as our current crop of cursor issues are fixed.
CoRD is awesome. I literally use it 12+ hrs per day and manage alot of different connections seamlessly.
However, one thing that has annoyed me from the start is I lose my apple key select all, copy and paste. Anytime I hit the apple key it opens up the windows start menu. If I disable it I get nothing.
Having to right click copy/paste takes so much more time than apple key a/c/v, etc
I'm probably being a fish but when I put in the ip address of the pc i want to connect to ie. 10.15.22.2 and then click connect, nothing happens. I've posted this to the developers site but has anyone had and or resolved the same problem?
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CoRD is an open source native Mac OS X remote desktop client for Microsoft Remote Desktop and Terminal Services. It is a Universal Binary, and allows you to connect to multiple servers concurrently. It was originally ported from the UNIX program rdesktop. Bug reports and patches are welcomed, and can be submitted from the Sourceforge project page.
JemAs reviewed on 30 Mar 2012
Coexist reviewed on 27 Jul 2011
For instance, if I click off of it to my desktop (I have a Mac), it will stall out and I have to close and reopen it.
Any way around this. Can it stay open and functional even if I am not using it at that moment?
Thanks!
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Scott_m29 reviewed on 30 Apr 2011
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Use it to manage windows servers daily.
Thanks to the developers!
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Just one issue, I can't get the audio from my PC's integrated sound card to exit via its normal physical output.
When using cord, the RD settings seem to take precedent.
Any ideas ?
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It won't even foward audio to the Mac.
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Franko reviewed on 09 Sep 2009
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Gryffin reviewed on 12 Aug 2009
CoRD's UI may not be as polished (sorry, but I hate "drawers"), and it crashes on me once every few months or so, but it does what it does very well, better than anything else I've found. What's not to like?
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NaOH reviewed on 29 Jul 2009
Over the years I've seen it improve and become more refined.
However, one thing appears to have been a long standing oddity.
The icons that appear in the bottom left of the System Tray/toolbar (just to the right of the Start menu) have never drawn properly. It looks like the mask is drawn, but not the icon.
It's not a major issue, but it puzzles me that such an obvious issue hasn't been addressed in the many years that I've used CoRD.
Other than that, I've never had any major issues with CoRD at all.
Two thumbs up!
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I'm on a MacPro, 10.6.2.
However, one thing that has annoyed me from the start is I lose my apple key select all, copy and paste. Anytime I hit the apple key it opens up the windows start menu. If I disable it I get nothing.
Having to right click copy/paste takes so much more time than apple key a/c/v, etc
Any way to get this functionality?
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Thanks for CoRD.
It's awesome!
Please add options for turn off mapping COMMAND key to WINDOWS key.
I hate "always popup" Windows menu.
Thanks!
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defaults write net.sf.cord SendWindowsKey 0
HTH and cheers.
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JemAs rated on 08 Apr 2012