Turned out that Anydesk left processes running in the background that prevented subsequent connections. Running it via the following that is named 'ad' rather than 'anydesk' to prevent it from killing itself. #!/bin/bash /expand/usr/bin/anydesk. Ps -o pid= -C anydesk while read f; do. Kill -9 '$f' done. The default setting (no password set in the security options) will not allow unattended connections to your computer. Connection requests must be accepted from the physical console of the client being controlled. In the Main Window, open the Menu and click Settings. Switch to the Security Tab. When a machine is registered on anydesk it automatically takes the hostname as alias and it gets a anydesk address, for example: When Hostname on machine is DD-PC01 it will be shown in AB-X as DD-PC01 and will get dd-pc01@ad as address (if its not taken already) however when you try to move a machine from AB-X to AB-Y the popup will suggest a.
A) The full installation installs both the AnyDesk client as well as the AnyDesk Services which is required to use features such as being able to connect to the macOS AnyDesk client while the user account has been switched or logged out of. To do full installation, simply click the orange 'Install Now' tile in the main AnyDesk window and accept the Terms and Conditions. Anydesk allows users to access to remote desktop computers over the internet. I have a problem with Anydesk Anydesk outages reported in the last 24 hours.
Installation
Note: AnyDesk is available for macOS 10.11. or later.MacOS 11 Big Sur and newer and Apple Silicon devices are only supported on AnyDesk 6.1.0 for macOS or newer.
There are currently two installation modes for AnyDesk for macOS, A) a full installation and B) a portable installation:
A) The full installation installs both the AnyDesk client as well as the AnyDesk Services which is required to use features such as being able to connect to the macOS AnyDesk client while the user account has been switched or logged out of. To do full installation, simply click the orange 'Install Now' tile in the main AnyDesk window and accept the Terms and Conditions.
B) On the other hand, the portable installation only installs the AnyDesk client. To do so, simply drag & drop the AnyDesk application within the .DMG file to the Applications folder on the macOS device. To convert the portable installation to a full installation, simply click AnyDesk in the top global menu bar and select Install AnyDesk Service....
Session Request and Accept Window
The accept window is displayed for incoming clients during session request. Applied to the accept window are client details and available permissions.
Default incoming client permissions:
- Allow to control my computer`s keyboard and mouse
- Allow to access my computer`s clipboard
- Allow to use file manager
- Allow lock my computer`s keyboard and mouse
- Allow to lock desktop on session end
Disabling all options in settings or during session creates a passive remote device.
Anydesk Not Connected To Server
File Manager
Click 'Browse files' to start the File Manager session.
Anydesk Connecting To Anydesk Network
User Interface
Set interface options:
- Set language
- Ask for comment after session
- Show AnyDesk ID instead of Alias
- Open address book on startup
Audio
MacOS does not support audio transmission.
macOS Shortcuts
In the macOS 'User Interface'-menu, it is possible to choose whether keyboard shortcuts are executed locally or on the remote system.
Additionally, it provides a 'Host Key' (Right Command) that, when held down, forces all shortcuts to execute locally.
See also: Keyboard Shortcuts
Uninstall AnyDesk
To uninstall AnyDesk for macOS:
- Move AnyDesk from the 'Applications' folder to Trash
- Delete the ~/.anydesk/ and /etc/anydesk/ folders for standard AnyDesk clients
- Delete the ~/.anydesk-ad_<prefix>/ and /etc/anydesk-ad_<prefix>/ folders for custom AnyDesk clients