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What's new in Jump Desktop 8.10.4

Oct 24, 2023
  • macOS Sonoma compatibility
  • Observe Mode Toggle: Easily enable observe mode using the keyboard shortcut (Ctrl+Cmd+Shift+O).
  • Prevent Local Display Sleep: Keep your local display awake during connection activity - perfect for watching or monitoring connections. Access this option via Jump Desktop -> Settings -> General.
  • Enhanced Listview Mode: Icons have been added in listview mode to clearly show the online and offline status of machines

New in Jump Desktop 8.9.16 (Aug 4, 2023)

  • Fixes Fullscreen on all displays
  • Fixes Lock Mouse Cursor
  • Startup performance optimizations

New in Jump Desktop 8.9.11 (Feb 1, 2023)

  • "Fullscreen on All Windows" could not be selected for RDP connections
  • Apple Silicon optimizations when running multiple simultaneous Fluid connections
  • Adds an option is preferences to enable the Apple Menu
  • Stability

New in Jump Desktop 8.9.10 (Feb 1, 2023)

  • Virtual Display Support for Fluid
  • Privacy Mode for Fluid
  • Pixel Perfect Mouse Scrolling
  • Higher Quality Audio Streaming

New in Jump Desktop 8.8.28 (Feb 1, 2023)

  • Microphone redirection for Fluid Connections (Mac to Mac only)
  • Retina support for Fluid Connections
  • Option to always start connections in 'Observe Only' mode
  • Option to disable Fluid's resolution matching for all connections

New in Jump Desktop 8.8.16 (Feb 1, 2023)

  • A brand new Jump Desktop icon.
  • Manual Bandwidth Control to tell Jump how much bandwidth to use.
  • Live Performance Stats to help diagnose performance problems.
  • Colour accuracy and colour matching improvements.
  • Performance improvements for Fluid. Up to 2x performance improvements on higher end machines.
  • Administrators now have the ability to turn off the Save Password and Send Password features.

New in Jump Desktop 8.7.15 (Feb 1, 2023)

  • In this update we've fixed an issue when opening connections in new tabs.

New in Jump Desktop 8.7.14 (Feb 1, 2023)

  • Native Apple Silicon support
  • Fluid performance improvements
  • Audio Latency improvements for fluid

New in Jump Desktop 8.7.9 (Jan 25, 2021)

  • Native Apple Silicon support
  • Fluid performance improvements
  • Audio Latency improvements for fluid

New in Jump Desktop 8.6.19 (Dec 2, 2020)

  • Big Sur Compatibility
  • New: Fluid: New multi-monitor experience for Fluid: View remote displays in separate windows and arrange them however you want on the local machine.
  • New: Fluid: Multi-monitor display resolution matching: Jump can now match resolutions on all your local and remote monitors
  • New: Fluid: Cursor locking for 3D games and 3D remote apps.
  • New: Fluid: Dynamic adjust frame rates to lower bandwidth usage
  • New: Jump now saves and restores connection window positions automatically
  • New: Cloudless Fluid Connections: Connect to computers directly via IP address without cloud dependencies (requires Teams).

New in Jump Desktop 8.5.11 (Apr 27, 2020)

  • Fluid: More fixes for audio video sync
  • Stability

New in Jump Desktop 8.5.8 (Apr 22, 2020)

  • Fixed: Audio sync for Fluid connections
  • Stability

New in Jump Desktop 8.5.0 (Jan 25, 2020)

  • Fluid: Enable Stereo sound for audio
  • Stability

New in Jump Desktop 8.4.9 (Jan 25, 2020)

  • More Optimizations to the Fluid protocol

New in Jump Desktop 8.4.8 (Nov 29, 2019)

  • Optimizations to the Fluid protocol: Much better latency and reduce jitter when streaming audio

New in Jump Desktop 8.4.7 (Nov 22, 2019)

  • Fixes black screen issue on Macbook Pro 16" models. Also fixes a crash on macOS 10.10.

New in Jump Desktop 8.3.11 (Nov 10, 2019)

  • This update fixes more compatibility problems when connecting to Linux machines

New in Jump Desktop 8.3.10 (Sep 27, 2019)

  • This update fixes a compatibility problem when connecting to Linux machines. Here's what was new in the previous update:
  • Added support for iCloud keychain syncing. If iCloud keychain is enabled, Jump will sync your computer passwords and ssh keys across your Macs and iOS devices. Requires Jump Desktop 9.0 for iOS keychain syncing, which will be available very soon.
  • We've also added more computer icons to choose from: Right click your computer in Jump, click Edit and click the computer icon to choose.
  • We've also fixed some issues with RDP where moving the mouse pointer had problems after a recent Windows update.

New in Jump Desktop 8.2.22 (Jun 4, 2019)

  • This update fixes graphical issues on Mojave 10.14.5

New in Jump Desktop 8.2.19 (May 14, 2019)

  • This update improves stability.

New in Jump Desktop 8.2.17 (Mar 25, 2019)

  • This update fixes graphical issues on High Sierra and also fixes problems with Ctrl keyboard shortcuts. The previous update added lots of new features, to learn more and see the new features in action click Help -> What's New. Here's what was new in the previous update:
  • Performance improvements: Jump uses a brand new renderer on macOS 10.13 and later. This results in faster performance and better battery life.
  • Dynamic resolution switching for Fluid connections: Jump can now dynamically update the remote resolution to match your local Mac's resolution.
  • Wake-On-Lan for automatic connections: Jump will try to wake up your remote machine before connecting (there are some limitations here though)
  • Better keyboard compatibility with games and 3D applications
  • Horizontal scrolling support
  • Hardware acceleration for Fluid connections
  • Synchronize automatic connection names

New in Jump Desktop 8.2.14 (Mar 14, 2019)

  • Performance improvements: Jump uses a brand new renderer on macOS 10.13 and later. This results in faster performance and better battery life.
  • Dynamic resolution switching for Fluid connections: Jump can now dynamically update the remote resolution to match your local Mac's resolution.
  • Wake-On-Lan for automatic connections: Jump will try to wake up your remote machine before connecting (there are some limitations here though)
  • Better keyboard compatibility with games and 3D applications
  • Horizontal scrolling support
  • Hardware acceleration for Fluid connections
  • Synchronize automatic connection names

New in Jump Desktop 8.1.4 (Nov 15, 2018)

  • This update improves stability and adds support for Mojave's Dark Mode. We've also added VeNCrypt TLS authentication support for Linux users and mouse cursor updates to Fluid Remote Desktop.

New in Jump Desktop 8.0.2 (Sep 17, 2018)

  • This update brings remote support features, collaborative screen sharing and tons of bug fixes! To see these features in action and learn more click Help -> Whats New.
  • Collaborative screen sharing lets many users connect to the same desktop. Each user gets their own mouse cursor and can click and point without fighting over the same cursor. Great for editing documents with coworkers, tweaking designs with remote team members, creating presentations together, and teaching Grandma how to clean out her email.
  • A new "Ask to share screen" button for unobtrusive remote support. Click 'Ask To Share Screen' to have Jump ask the person on the remote computer if they want to start sharing their desktop with you. No passwords required!
  • Secure Screen sharing links: Anyone can share their screen by sending you a simple link. You don't need to be an authorized remote access user on their machine. It's simple, quick and very powerful.
  • Tons of bug fixes and stability updates.

New in Jump Desktop 7.1.4 (Sep 7, 2018)

  • RDP: Fixes an authentication issue with RDP connections and the latest Windows updates (CredSSP)
  • RDP: Fixes file sharing problems when copy pasting files via the clipboard

New in Jump Desktop 7.1.3 (May 20, 2018)

  • RDP: CredSSP updates.

New in Jump Desktop 7.1.2 (Dec 9, 2017)

  • Fixed graphical glitches on macOS 10.13.2.

New in Jump Desktop 7.1 (Oct 10, 2017)

  • Adds macOS High Sierra compatibility and new features:
  • Copy paste files and folders for RDP connections.
  • New connection icons
  • Customize default printers for RDP connections
  • SHA256 fingerprints when identifying SSH servers
  • Sidebar usability fixes

New in Jump Desktop 7.0.7 (May 9, 2017)

  • A bug fix and stability update:
  • Fixed: RDP: Delay while syncing clipboard
  • Fixed: RDP: RD Gateway connections may fail after the first connection attempt
  • Fixed: RDP: Printing: Don't override the default printer setting on the remote computer
  • Fixed: VNC: Clipboard fixes
  • Keyboard fixes for Cyrillic keyboards
  • Stability

New in Jump Desktop 7.0.6 (Apr 20, 2017)

  • Bug fix and stability update:
  • Changed: Signing into your Jump Desktop account now happens via your default web browser.
  • Fixed: Clipboard might have extra null characters suffixed at the end
  • Fixed: macOS dictation stopped working
  • Fixed: Keys on the remote keyboard might remain ‘stuck’ when switching windows

New in Jump Desktop 7.0.5 (Feb 25, 2017)

  • Bug fix and stability update:
  • Fixes stability problems when connecting to redirected RDP servers
  • Fixes an issue that prevented tags in the sidebar from being rearranged

New in Jump Desktop 7.0.4 (Feb 11, 2017)

  • More RDP resolution fixes
  • Keyboard mapping and layout fixes (particularly for RDP connections)
  • Mouse cursor might freeze occasionally
  • IPv6 fixes for automatic connections
  • Clipboard syncing improvements
  • Stability improvements

New in Jump Desktop 7.0.3 (Feb 7, 2017)

  • A bug fix update. It includes the following notable fixes:
  • RDP resolution fixes
  • Keyboard mapping and layout fixes (particularly for RDP connections)
  • Mouse cursor might freeze occasionally
  • IPv6 fixes for automatic connections
  • Clipboard syncing improvements

New in Jump Desktop 7.0.1 (Jan 4, 2017)

  • Tabbing support on macOS Sierra!
  • RDP Dynamic resolution updates and new desktop scaling options when connecting to Windows 8.1+ or Windows 2012 R2+
  • More powerful key mappings - including the ability to remap entire modifier keys
  • Better support for international keyboards - particularly for Fluid based connections
  • Fluid performance updates
  • Many bug fixes and stability updates

New in Jump Desktop 6.0.3 (Nov 6, 2015)

  • Remote screen appeared very small under certain conditions.
  • Automatic connections occasionally lose their settings after updating to Jump Desktop Connect on the remote computer.
  • RDP's server side pointer movement requests were being ignored.

New in Jump Desktop 6.0.2 (Oct 21, 2015)

  • Cmd/Win key shortcuts were not sent properly to the remote computer.
  • Duplicated legacy automatic connections were not upgraded properly when Jump Desktop Connect was installed on the remote system.
  • Wake-after-sleep showed all automatic connection computers offline.
  • Menu bar stopped working after dismissing the crash reporting dialog.
  • Stability fixes.

New in Jump Desktop 5.0.2 (Nov 21, 2014)

  • Customizable computer icons! You can now choose from 30+ icons in Jump's icon library. To set a custom icon right click on your computer and then click Edit. Then click the icon button on the top left hand corner. And yes - we have a Tux icon in there!
  • Also added support for text expansion tools like TextExpander and Alfred. Your text snippets will automatically expand on the remote computer as you type. Incase you've never used a text expansion tool before: it saves you time and effort by typing repetitive text for you.
  • Notable bug fixes:
  • Screen may occasionally stop updating on Macs running Yosemite with Nvidia graphics cards.
  • Tags could not be rearranged in the sidebar.
  • Lots of stability and performance improvements - particularly on Mavericks and Yosemite using multi-monitor configurations.

New in Jump Desktop 5.0.1 (Oct 22, 2014)

  • Yosemite:
  • Full support for OS X Yosemite including a new Yosemite inspired UI theme for Jump Desktop. Simpler and clearer UI.
  • Use Folders to organize computers:
  • Support for folders to help organize computers was the highest requested feature from our users. This release gives you the flexibility of tagging and the organizational power of traditional folders. Now tags can be nested and organized into folders.
  • Slicker Tag Management:
  • Gone is the old Tags view. We've worked hard to make the tagging feature simpler and more intuitive. Tags are easier to add and search through.
  • Tags are now automatically pinned to the sidebar as you add them. Simply drag and drop your computers on the tags in the sidebar. Drag tags on top of each other to create folders.
  • Quickly filter through tags by using the search field in the sidebar.
  • Bulk Edits:
  • Select a bunch of computers (or right click a tag) and select Edit Computers. Great when you need to update the credentials for a group of computers.
  • Improvements in Mac to Mac Connections:
  • Connecting to Macs? This release is for you!
  • Pasteboard syncing. Text will be automatically sent from the local computer to the remote Mac computer. For everything else click Remote -> Send / Get Clipboard.
  • If you have multiple displays on your remote Mac, you can now choose a single display. Great when you're trying to control your multi-monitor iMac from a laptop.
  • Performance improvements: Automatic connections are now more responsive on slow networks and we've improved bandwidth by up to 70% on manual connections to Macs.
  • RDP Connections:
  • Faster rendering and a new 32bit color mode incase you like a higher fidelity image. We've also fixed a bunch of usability issues that make it easier to control Windows machines.
  • Ease of use:
  • Quickly select and manage computer using your keyboard: Use arrow keys to navigate and select computers in icon and list view. Use keyboard shortcuts to connect, edit, and delete computers.
  • Nearby computer discovery: Click the Discovered label in the sidebar to see and connect to all nearby computers (requires Bonjour Printer Services).
  • Third Party Developers:
  • Third party apps can now use our new Jump Desktop SDK to create RDP virtual channels when connecting to remote servers. Check out our GitHub page for information and examples: Jump Desktop for Mac SDK.

New in Jump Desktop 4.0.4 (Feb 13, 2014)

  • Fixes an issue when printing over RDP

New in Jump Desktop 4.0.3 (Feb 3, 2014)

  • Spotlight:
  • You can quickly search and launch computers right from Spotlight. Click the Spotlight icon on the top right hand corner, search for your computer and click the result.
  • You can search for computers by name, tags, IP address - anything. It's a real time saver. Works great with third party tools like Alfred and QuickSilver! Try it out now!
  • Sync and Share Your Computers:
  • Have more than one Mac? You can now sync your computers using iCloud, Dropbox or any cloud service of your choice. The sync feature is coming soon to iOS and Android.
  • Want to share or back up your connections manually? It's super easy now - click File -> Export and send the archive file to your friends.
  • Performance Gains:
  • Jump Desktop is now a native 64-bit app with a completely new rendering engine that takes half the memory and is more responsive and faster at high resolutions.
  • Energy Efficiency:
  • We wanted Jump Desktop to be the most energy efficient remote desktop client for the Mac. We ended up rewriting many components of Jump to leverage Mavericks' power saving technology. Jump Desktop 4.0 is now our smartest, greenest release yet.
  • It means your Macbook batteries will last longer when you're on the road and less heat and fan noise while you work.
  • Fullscreen and multiple monitor updates:
  • Users no longer need to turn off 'Displays have separate spaces' option on 10.9 to use multiple screens with their remote computer. Mountain Lion and Lion users can now enjoy using multi-monitor fullscreen mode in a separate space. Everything just works!
  • Also - checkout the new heads-up display of the computer name when you're in fullscreen mode!
  • List view for Computers:
  • Switch to the list if you have many computers to manage. It is more compact than icon view. You can also sort computers by different criteria like name, IP address, OS, protocol type, in ascending or descending order.
  • Driverless RDP Printing:
  • We've added a new way to print using RDP: you no longer need to install drivers on the remote system (it's optional now). Any printers connected to your Mac will automatically be forwarded to the remote computer. If you print often and need accelerated performance you can always install our custom drivers.
  • More Goodies:
  • Retina icons, responsive scrolling, simpler UI, reordering of tags in the sidebar, computer search improvements and a lot more!
  • Bajillion bug fixes:
  • RDP Folder sharing fixes, VNC encoding fixes, keyboard conversion fixes for international characters and much more. For the full list visit http://jumpdesktop.com/new.

New in Jump Desktop 4.0 (Jan 20, 2014)

  • Spotlight:
  • You can quickly search and launch computers right from Spotlight. Click the Spotlight icon on the top right hand corner, search for your computer and click the result.
  • You can search for computers by name, tags, IP address - anything. It's a real time saver. Works great with third party tools like Alfred and QuickSilver! Try it out now!
  • Sync and Share Your Computers:
  • Have more than one Mac? You can now sync your computers using iCloud, Dropbox or any cloud service of your choice. The sync feature is coming soon to iOS and Android.
  • Want to share or back up your connections manually? It's super easy now - click File -> Export and send the archive file to your friends.
  • Performance Gains:
  • Jump Desktop is now a native 64-bit app with a completely new rendering engine that takes half the memory and is more responsive and faster at high resolutions.
  • Energy Efficiency:
  • We wanted Jump Desktop to be the most energy efficient remote desktop client for the Mac. We ended up rewriting many components of Jump to leverage Mavericks' power saving technology. Jump Desktop 4.0 is now our smartest, greenest release yet.
  • It means your Macbook batteries will last longer when you're on the road and less heat and fan noise while you work.
  • Fullscreen and multiple monitor updates:
  • Mavericks users no longer need to turn off Displays have separate spaces option to use multiple screens. Mountain Lion and Lion users can now enjoy using multi-monitor fullscreen mode in a seperate space. Everything just works.
  • Also - checkout the new heads-up display of the computer name when you're in fullscreen mode!
  • List view for Computers:
  • Switch to the list if you have many computers to manage. It is more compact than icon view. You can also sort computers by different criteria like name, IP address, OS, protocol type, in ascending or descending order.
  • Driverless RDP Printing:
  • We've added a new way to print using RDP: you no longer need to install drivers on the remote system (it's optional now). Any printers connected to your Mac will automatically be forwarded to the remote computer. If you print often and need accelerated performance you can always install our custom drivers.
  • More Goodies:
  • Retina icons, responsive scrolling, simpler UI, reordering of tags in the sidebar, computer search improvements and a lot more!
  • Bug fixes

New in Jump Desktop 3.0.7 (Sep 17, 2013)

  • Critical Fix: RDP TLS connections only: SSL Certificates were not verified properly

New in Jump Desktop 3.0.5 (May 7, 2013)

  • Stability Fixes

New in Jump Desktop 3.0 (Apr 11, 2013)

  • Remote Desktop Gateway for RDP connections! Look in the RD Gateway section.
  • All new Tags and Sidebar: Organize computers by assigning tags in the computer's settings. Pin tags to the sidebar for quick access.Filter computers by tags.
  • Multi-monitor fullscreen support. Use all displays to show the remote computer's desktop. Look under the Display option.
  • Automatically reconnects to existing sessions when the Mac wakes up from sleep or has transient networking problems.
  • Smarter search: Perform exact searches by enclosing the query in quotes, for example: "Lab 101". Search for tags specifically by prefixing the query with "Tag:", for example: "Tag: Work"
  • Three fullscreen options! Back by popular demand: In Jump Desktop -> Preferences select use same space for 1.0 and 2.0 style fullscreen.
  • Auto completion in Quick Connect dialog.
  • Recent connections list.
  • Notable bug fixes:
  • Copy / Paste stopped working in some apps.
  • Mouse cursor updates were not working when connected to Server 2012.

New in Jump Desktop 2.5 (Feb 2, 2013)

  • New stuff:
  • RDP Folder Sharing: Click the settings button on your computer's icon and then enable 'Folder Sharing' in the 'Peripherals' section.
  • SSH Public Key Authentication support.
  • New user interface buttons for server settings, quick connect and adding permanent connections.
  • Smarter fullscreen modes: Multi-monitor friendly and Lion style fullscreen. Jump automatically selects the best way to go fullscreen.
  • RDP Support for rich text when copy and pasting from and to the remote.
  • New RDP compression implementation which reduces bandwidth consumption by up to 30% on Vista / Server 2008 and later OS.
  • Notable fixes and changes:
  • Disconnect shortcut has changed from Ctrl+Cmd+Q to Cmd+W.
  • Cursor is invisible when it's the same color as the background.
  • Keyboard input stops working temporarily when clicking Remote -> Send Ctrl+Alt+Del.
  • Auto start option could not be removed.
  • Clicking on jump:// URL while Jump is not running does not launch the URL.
  • RDP Domain name was not being parsed in the 'Windows Credentials' prompt.
  • Scrolling was not working with in some applications when connecting using RDP.
  • Added F10-F12 keys in the 'Remote-Send' Key menu.
  • 'Keep alive' feature to avoid network disconnects when a remote is left idle for some time.
  • VNC Performance optimizations.
  • RDP keyboard mappings and mapping fixes.
  • RDP Printing fixes
  • Many more bug fixes.

New in Jump Desktop 2.0 (Nov 22, 2012)

  • New Stuff:
  • RDP support for Windows 8 and Server 2012
  • New screen panning methods make it a breeze to control really big screens and multi-monitor systems from laptops. *Jump Desktop* -> *Preferences* -> *Zoom*.
  • Remote Printing for RDP
  • Mountain Lion Dictation: Start ML's dictation feature (try pressing FN twice) and watch as your words are typed out on the remote computer!
  • Full International keyboard support
  • Support for Windows 8 RDP's HiDPI mode
  • New quality modes for VNC connections: 'Black and white' and 'Grayscale'. These options can reduce bandwidth consumption by up to 80%!
  • Mouse pointer updates for VNC and RDP connections (not Mac-to-Mac yet - coming soon!)
  • Faster search: Just start typing in the main window or pressing / or ? to move to the search field
  • Make Jump the default viewer for screen sharing, vnc and rdp connections by clicking *Preferences* -> *Make Default*
  • VPN-on-Demand support
  • Support for parsing MSRDP XML RDP files
  • Better RDP resolution support
  • Performance updates
  • Notable Bug fixes:
  • Fixed a crash when disconnecting in Full Screen Mode
  • SSH port number wasn't being parsed properly
  • Cmd + ` wasn't cycling windows properly

New in Jump Desktop 1.0.12 (Aug 18, 2012)

  • Bug fixes