Punte

Remote desktop to Mac from WindowsUse your Mac from a Windows PC.

Windows has Remote Desktop for reaching other PCs, but not for the Mac. Punte for Windows 11 opens your Mac in a window or full screen, with its sound, your PC keyboard's characters and the clipboard both ways. It connects directly over your network or VPN, with no cloud and no account.

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On Windows

Feels like part of Windows

Tabs and windows

Each Mac opens in a tab. Drag a tab out for its own window and keep Macs side by side; the session keeps running while it moves.

Full screen, like Remote Desktop

In full screen the controls hide behind a small tab at the top edge. Point at it to bring them back, or pin them.

Your PC's keyboard

Type the characters of your Windows layout, dead keys and AltGr included, on any Mac. Ctrl acts as ⌘, so Ctrl+C copies on the Mac. Or send physical keys.

No black bars

The window keeps the Mac's aspect ratio as you resize it, so the picture fills it without cropping.

Clipboard and sound

Copy on the Mac, paste on the PC, and the other way round. The Mac's sound plays on your PC.

Unlock a locked Mac

Sign in to a locked Mac through its own Screen Sharing, tunnelled inside Punte. Your PC's identity key lives in its TPM.

Setup

How to remote into a Mac from Windows

  1. Install Punte Host from the Mac App Store on your Mac, allow Screen Recording and Accessibility, and turn on Accepting connections.
  2. Install Punte from the Microsoft Store on your Windows 11 PC.
  3. Add the Mac by the address and port its menu shows, for example 192.168.1.12 and 47474.
  4. On the Mac, choose Pair New Device…, type the code on the PC, and approve the PC on the Mac.
  5. Click Connect.

Away from home, use your VPN and the Mac's VPN address. Full setup guide

Requirements

  • PC: Windows 11.
  • Mac: macOS 26 or later with Punte Host, free on the Mac App Store.
  • Network: the same network, or a VPN to it.
  • Price: free with 10-minute sessions and one Mac. Punte Pro for Windows is bought once in the Microsoft Store. Pricing

Also on iPad, iPhone, Android and another Mac.