Apple Transporter and Microsoft Remote Desktop Gain Native M1 Mac Support

[MacRumors]

Apple has updated its Transporter app for developers with native support for Apple silicon Macs, while Microsoft has done the same for its Remote Desktop app.

The Transporter app lets developers drag and drop binaries for quick upload to App Store Connect and easily view details like progress, warnings, errors, and delivery history.

The added support for Apple silicon means developers working on an M1-equipped Mac mini, MacBook Air, or 13-inch MacBook Pro should see a significant performance improvement when carrying out the above tasks, not to mention better battery efficiency.

Version 1.2.1 of Transporter also brings stability improvements and bug fixes. Transporter is available as a free download on the Mac App Store.

Microsoft continues its work to bring native M1 support to its Mac apps, with its Remote Desktop being the latest to benefit. The app is designed to give Mac users access to a Windows PC via RemoteFX, and includes the ability to access local Mac files from Windows applications as well as printer capabilities.

As with Transporter, the same general improvements that come with Apple silicon support should apply to the latest version of Remote Desktop, version 10.6.0 of which also brings client-side IME support when using Unicode keyboard mode and bug fixes. Remote Desktop is available as a free download from the Mac App Store.

(Via The 8-Bit.)

Article Link: Apple Transporter and Microsoft Remote Desktop Gain Native M1 Mac Support

 

[steve62388]

A general question. Are Apple developers considered skilful compared to the rest of the industry? Versus Microsoft, Google, Oracle, that sort of thing. Do they write good code?

 

[thunng8]

A general question. Are Apple developers considered skilful compared to the rest of the industry? Versus Microsoft, Google, Oracle, that sort of thing. Do they write good code?

They write approx 12.87x better code than the rest

 

[wanha]

“You hear that, Mr. Anderson? ...That is the sound of inevitability.”

 

[Apple Knowledge Navigator]

“You hear that, Mr. Anderson? ...That is the sound of inevitability.”

My name is NEO!

Well it’s not, but I like to imagine it is...

 

[opeter]

Why are these screenshots showing Catalina UI and not BigSur? Does Catalina have M1 ARM/Mac support?

 

[maxdefcon]

Please let me know if anyone else is seeing an issue with the new version. I use it everyday and had to find Microsoft Remote Desktop 10.5.2 as 10.6 would allow me to connect to my work computer, but after a few minutes it would just freeze. This was occurring on my MacBook Air (M1) and my Mac mini (intel). Now that I'm back on 10.5.2.... no issues.

 

[Sasparilla]

Nice to see. Gradually most of the things we use or may want to use will get ported.

JMHO, Intel has probably paid Microsoft quite a penny to not release Windows on ARM (Microsoft has had it as a non release for quite a while now), but guessing it'll eventually come as well.

 

[imdropbear]

Why are these screenshots showing Catalina UI and not BigSur? Does Catalina have M1 ARM/Mac support?

It's probably just an old screenshot of RDP on an old Mac. Doubt they had a M1 Mac on 10/17/2017.

 

[thisismyusername]

A general question. Are Apple developers considered skilful compared to the rest of the industry? Versus Microsoft, Google, Oracle, that sort of thing. Do they write good code?

There tend to be developers of all skill levels at all companies. I wouldn't say Apple developers, as a whole, are necessarily any better or worse than any other large tech company, including the ones you specifically mentioned.

 

[Topazali]

Please let me know if anyone else is seeing an issue with the new version. I use it everyday and had to find Microsoft Remote Desktop 10.5.2 as 10.6 would allow me to connect to my work computer, but after a few minutes it would just freeze. This was occurring on my MacBook Air (M1) and my Mac mini (intel). Now that I'm back on 10.5.2.... no issues.

Yep, issues for me too on 10.6 - unable to connect error 0x507.
No issues on 10.5.2

 

[joeDevTech]

Yep, issues for me too on 10.6 - unable to connect error 0x507.
No issues on 10.5.2

I use Remote Desktop for work daily and haven't had any issues, even after the update to 10.6. Using a 2018 Intel MacBook Pro

 

[gammamonk]

The Remote Desktop client on Mac is SO MUCH better than it is on Windows. Resize the window on the fly, a nice "Connection Center. Weird. It can even tell you the bandwidth it's using. On windows it's basically identical to the Windows 2000 release.

 

[opeter]

It's probably just an old screenshot of RDP on an old Mac. Doubt they had a M1 Mac on 10/17/2017.

Ah, you are right. I didn't see the clock/date in the Windows taskbar.
Thanks.

 

[dogslobber]

RDP is native. I wet myself on that news!

 

[TheMacDaddy1]

Please let me know if anyone else is seeing an issue with the new version. I use it everyday and had to find Microsoft Remote Desktop 10.5.2 as 10.6 would allow me to connect to my work computer, but after a few minutes it would just freeze. This was occurring on my MacBook Air (M1) and my Mac mini (intel). Now that I'm back on 10.5.2.... no issues.

Jump Desktop. Dump Microsoft’s RDP app.

 

[TheMacDaddy1]

Jump Desktop > Microsoft RDP and is already M1 native. Way more features.

 

[ezeyardie]

Yes, my RDP connection doesn't work since the new update. I get Error code: 0x507 on my MacBook Pro with Microsoft RDP 10.6.1. It was working fine before the update. However, it works fine on my iPad and iPhone.

 

[chrickers]

I also get error 0x507 since the update. I'm looking for a downgrade until microsoft eventually fixes the issue