ckline_oz
Dec 05, 2023Brass Contributor
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Remote Desktop for Mac 10.9.4 often causes spinning wheel of death when copying from Windows machine
Starting in the last version or two, I frequently get the "spinning wheel of death" after using Remote Desktop for Mac to copy from the remote Windows client. This manifests when I switch back to the...
DamonDCD
Apr 23, 2025Copper Contributor
I can offer up that this problem affected me on my old Intel-based Mac (which I last used in November 2024) and affects me today on my M4-based Mac which is my daily driver.
The problem appeared to start for me when the app was switched from the Mac Remote Desktop App to the Windows App.
As mentioned by someone else in a different thread, the issue seems to crop up more frequently when I am cutting/pasting formatted text. I find that if I stick to using the clipboard on plain text I can avoid the issue.