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 ==== Connecting to a bach(elor) server from MacOS ==== ==== Connecting to a bach(elor) server from MacOS ====
  
-The best way to open a graphics-based RDP session from MacOS is to use ''Microsoft Remote Desktop'' ([[https://apps.apple.com/us/app/microsoft-remote-desktop-10/id1295203466?mt=12|download here]]).+The easiest way to open a session on one of the bachelor servers is to use the RDP client ''x2go'' ([[https://wiki.x2go.org/doku.php/download:start|download the relevant version here]]). To open a session, please follow the steps described in the [[:manuals:bachelorservers:linux|tutorial for Linux machines]]. 
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 +An alternative way to open a graphics-based RDP session from MacOS is to use ''Microsoft Remote Desktop'' ([[https://apps.apple.com/us/app/microsoft-remote-desktop-10/id1295203466?mt=12|download here]]).
  
 For security reasons you first have to open an ''ssh'' connection to the bachelor server of choice. Open a terminal or xterm and start an ''ssh'' session with the option ''-L'' to allow the xrdp protocol communication to pass through SSH, for example: For security reasons you first have to open an ''ssh'' connection to the bachelor server of choice. Open a terminal or xterm and start an ''ssh'' session with the option ''-L'' to allow the xrdp protocol communication to pass through SSH, for example:
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