MMFRS Remote App Installation for Mac


If Microsoft Remote Desktop is not already installed, you will need to ‘Get’ and ‘Open’ Microsoft Remote Desktop from the App Store.

MRDscreen

 

Enter the admin credentials of your Mac to finish the install.

 

Once Microsoft Remote Desktop is installed, click on Hosted Access on the left hand side of the www.mmaker.net webpage.

Click on MatchMaker RemoteApp Download to install MatchMaker FundRaising Software.

RemoteApp

 

Enter the user name and password that was provided by MatchMaker FundRaising Software. Click ‘Remember this password’ then click Log In.

LogIn

 

 

HINT:  When entering your credentials make sure to add focus\ to the beginning of your user name.

Select the MAC APPS folder

Click on MAC APPS.

Choose the Installation Package

The RemoteApp installer will be labeled as “MatchMaker (your organization’s name)“. For example the XYZ Foundation will be listed as MatchMaker XYZ Foundation.

Download and save this file to your computer.

A file looks like it is flying into Remote Desktop.

RemoteDesktop

Click on the Remote Desktop icon (above). Then click on the rdp file for your organization.

Re-enter your credentials if needed. Click Ok.

LogIn

HINT:  When entering your credentials make sure to add focus\ to the beginning of your user name.

To allow access to your computer, click Browse in the Drive field then locate a location on your computer to save MatchMaker FundRaising Software files.

Leave Drive, Clipboard and Printers with a check mark.

Click ‘Do not ask again for connections to this computer’.

Click Connect.

RemoteAppConnection

 

If you see this message, click Continue.

VerifyCertificate

 

To access MM, click on the Remote Desktop icon.

RemoteDesktop

 

When the Microsoft Remote Desktop notepad opens, click on the item listed under My Desktops, then click Edit.

MyDesktops

 

Enter a Connection Name, fill in the user name and password under Credentials. Your user name and password were provided by MatchMaker FundRaising Software.

To save the information, click in the red circle (top left corner of the notepad).

Credentials

Once MM opens, you will see Microsoft Remote Desktop in the upper left corner.

To ‘pin’ MM to your dock, right click, choose options then ‘pin to dock’.

If you did not ‘pin’ Microsoft Remote Desktop to your dock then look in Launchpad for Microsoft Remote Desktop.

IMPORTANT: It’s good practice to close the MatchMaker app by clicking the red x in the upper right and also log out of RDC when you’re finished working. To log out click the Windows start button and select Log Out, this way someone else in your organization won’t accidently log into your old session.