Derek Hatchard \\ on improving experiences
Derek Hatchard writes on the theme of "improving experiences" which includes managing technology, user experiences, life hacking, and some business related stuff. Derek has a software development blog at ardentdev.com and a product review site at wellrated.com. He is a Principal Member of Technical Staff (PMTS) at Radian6, a salesforce.com company. All views expressed are his alone (or those of any guest writers) and do not represent the views of Radian6 or salesforce.com.

Installing Remote Desktop for Mac OS X (.hqx and .bin files)

The Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection Client for Mac OS X can be downloaded as a .bin or a .hqx file.  If you are a Firefox user on OS X sans StuffIt (e.g., 10.4 Tiger), you’ll be wondering what to do with those files.  You could download the free StuffIt Expander but they want to email download instructions to you.  Yuck.

It turns out you can download either the .bin or .hqx file with Safari and it will be converted automatically to a .dmg that you can just double-click on.


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2 Responses

  1. jono says:
    April 13, 2007 at 3:16 am

    Thanks, nearly tore my hair out looking for this.

  2. axelator says:
    January 11, 2008 at 9:55 pm

    wow, thanks, this article should really be easier to find. it is really super handy and explains exactly how to open .bin and .hqx files on a mac.

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