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I use my Mac connected to a remote server (Windows 2008) using Microsoft Remote Desktop Beta, and in the Windows 2008, there is a virtual machine on it, I use the Xshell connected to the VM.
But when I want to paste some code, the shortcut key is Shift+Insert, however on the Mac there is no Insert key. How can I use the shortcut key to paste my code?
Don't forward local port 3389, various versions of Remote Desktop are too smart for their own good.
My usual steps involve forwarding local 3390 to remote 3389. Then, in MacRDC I use: localhost:3390 as the address to connect too.
I don't know if you're using anything to assist in the ssh connection setup, but from the command line, it would be something like:
ssh -L 3390:172.16.5.32:3389 jason@remote.net
Where;
- 3390 is the local forwarding port on my box.
- 172.16.5.32 is the remote windows host. and;
- 3389 is the Remote Desktop Port (obviously).
Here is the easiest way to do this. You can copy and paste characters and text between the Mac and the remote Windows session.
On the Mac, open a word processor and type Option-6 to get the "§" character.
Copy this character.
Click on the Microsoft Remote Desktop Client window, click in a word processor on the Windows computer you are connecting to, and Paste. The "§" character will be pasted into your word processor document.
If on the other hand you want to learn how to type various special characters on Windows while using Microsoft Remote Desktop Client on a Mac, here is what you must do.
If you don't want to memorize Windows character codes (such as Alt-0167 as @OghmaOsiris explained above) you can select an alternate software keyboard layout on the Windows computer. On the Windows computer, select the United States-International keyboard. Then you can type Ctrl-Alt-Shift S to produce the "§" symbol.
To set this up on Windows 7, go to Control Panel and select Region and Language. Under the Keyboards and Languages tab, click the Change Keyboards button. Click the Add button and you can select the United States-International option among many others.
If you select more than one keyboard layout, you can switch between them on the fly by enabling the Language Bar, either floating on the screen or docked in the taskbar.
To look at all the character options in each keyboard layout, use the On-Screen Keyboard app in Windows 7.
Best Answer
There is currently no way to use an insert key with Microsoft Remote Desktop Beta.
The UserVoice request has a few votes: Create a shortcut for the insert key function in Mac - Customer Feedback for Microsoft Remote Desktop