Best software to remote into Studio from MBP when away

[mindquest]

Wondering what everyone is using to remote into their Studios when they aren't home. I have a MBP and would like to remote in when I am out of town for work. I saw Jump Desktop as an option.

https://jumpdesktop.com/

For what every software you are using is there alot of lag when using it.

 

[JesterJJZ]

I've used jumpdesktop extensively for remote video editing at different agencies. It's a nearly flawless. Can't say enough great things about it. It's what sold me on remote work at this level.

I use it when traveling as well, still on my 2012 MacBook Pro and works flawlessly remoting into my MacPro and nas servers.

As a demo I tried editing at an airport cafe using my ipad and blutooth keyboard and mouse. Small screen but worked fine!

 

[Apple_Robert]

In my opinion, JumpDesktop and Screens 5 are two of the best apps. I have found Screens 5 to be faster than JD especially when connecting. Both are feature rich.

 

[mindquest]

I've used jumpdesktop extensively for remote video editing at different agencies. It's a nearly flawless. Can't say enough great things about it. It's what sold me on remote work at this level.

I use it when traveling as well, still on my 2012 MacBook Pro and works flawlessly remoting into my MacPro and nas servers.

As a demo I tried editing at an airport cafe using my ipad and blutooth keyboard and mouse. Small screen but worked fine!

This is so helpful thanks!

I want to remote into my Studio to run Claude Code & Claude Cowork and have access to my local LLMs I have set up. Was initially worried the lag would be so bad that I would avoid accessing the Studio when I was not home.

 

[philipma1957]

i used anydesk . I used it with a mac studio and three dell laptops. worked well in both directions.

 

[Ifti]

I also use AnyDesk

 

[benholt]

For the Claude Code / local LLM use case the lag basically disappears since it's just text streaming, so any of these will be fine for that. I've been using Screens 5 over Tailscale to get into my M2 Ultra from a 16" MBP for the last few months — reconnects cleanly when I switch networks (cafe wifi → hotspot), which Jump Desktop has occasionally tripped on for me. One gotcha I hit early: display sleep on the Studio. Wake-on-demand works fine from the LAN but is flaky from outside the house, so I just leave the display awake. Idle power on the Studio is basically negligible.

 

[haralds]

I use Tailscale VPN. The gateway runs on my Synology NAS, but you can run it on a Mac.
You can then use Screen Sharing, Remote Desktop, and other services.
It's free!