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Settings: everything in one place
Ten groups, the search and what the three views show of them. Where to open Settings on each device.
Settings are sorted into groups, in the same order on every device. What a device does not have is missing there, without the other groups moving.
How to open them
macOS
In the DeskRanger menu › Settings, or with ⌘,.
Windows
At the bottom of the sidebar, at the account, you find Settings; Ctrl+, opens it from anywhere.
iPhone & iPad
More › Settings. On the iPad the list is on the left and the page next to it on the right.
Web
In the account menu at the top right you find Settings.
Android
Settings is in the menu. On a phone it is a list; on larger screens list and page stand side by side.
Linux
In the sidebar, under your name, you find Account. The groups stand on the left with the search field above them, the settings of the chosen group on the right; in a narrow window the list of groups comes first, and a group opens its page with a back arrow. The search finds a setting by its name or by words from its description; a hit opens the group and shows the row. On Linux there are Files, Terminal, Passwords, Security and Privacy and info with the same settings as on the Mac, only without Apps: Linux has no app windows. You remove a trusted browser or a device from DeskRanger Secure directly at the computer; while a remote session is running, the app says it works only there.
The groups
- Account: person and email, plan, the devices of your account, sign out and delete the account.
- General: View:, language, device name and device ID. On the Mac and on Windows also whether DeskRanger opens when you sign in.
- The group of your device: on the Mac This Mac, on Windows This PC, on the iPhone and iPad This iPhone or This iPad, on Android This device, in the browser This browser. It holds, for example, Allow connections, Proxy server and the system permissions the device needs.
- Sessions: how sessions look and feel, such as Image quality, Data saver mode and the keys.
- Files: the folders you share and Save received files in.
- Terminal: your terminal profiles.
- Apps: Share apps and Show apps in the menu.
- Passwords: lock, lock automatically and an extra password.
- Security: DeskRanger Secure, Passkeys, Recovery codes, Trusted browsers and Sign-in activity.
- Privacy and info: error reports, report a problem, privacy policy, open-source licences, version and build.
The device name comes from the system and follows it when you rename the computer there. When you rename a device in DeskRanger, your name stays; in the rename window, the button for restoring the system name brings the system's name back. For your own Mac it is also right at the device name under General.
iPhone & iPad
This function is coming soon to iPhone & iPad.
Linux
Under Sessions you set Image quality, Data saver mode, the toolbar that hides by itself, opening the sidebar at the right edge and the system shortcuts; the defaults apply from the next session. As on the Mac, the system shortcuts are off: Super and Alt+Tab stay with your desktop until you switch them on. You can change the picture quality for one session in the More menu while it runs. There is no key that replaces the Mac's Command key and no Dock setting, because Super and Ctrl on a Linux keyboard already mean what the other computer needs. Device name and device ID are under General; “Allow connections” and who may connect without asking are under This Computer.
A development build adds the group Developer at the end; the version you download from the store or the website does not have it.
In the browser, Sessions, Files, Terminal, Apps and Passwords are greyed out: they exist only in the apps, and the browser says so with “Apps only”.
Greyed out instead of gone
A group you cannot open right now stays in its place and is shown greyed out, with the reason, for example “Only with an account” or “Not available right now”. So you always find everything in the same place, and you see what is still missing.
Three views, different amounts
Settings follow your view (more under Views):
- Get help shows only what is needed: General, the group of your device and Privacy and info.
- Give help also shows Account, Sessions and Security.
- All features shows all groups.
In the smaller views a quiet note says there are more settings in All features. You can switch at any time, under General at View:.
Search
The search field at the top of Settings (“Search settings”) finds a setting by its name and by words people also use for it: type “standby” and you find the setting about sleep. Hits are shown with their group; a click opens the place.
The search also finds settings that do not live in Settings at all, for example the switch for the network (Join the network on this device). They are listed under “In the app”, and a click jumps straight there.
If a hit belongs to a group your view does not show, the search says how many there are and offers “Show in “All features””. If it finds nothing, it says “No matching setting.”.