iPad Jump Desktop - absolute garbage! Alternative recommendations?

[OldCorpse]

I got Jump Destop, because many people seemed to like it. However, unfortunately, it is absolute garbage in *my* experience (your’s may be different!).

I have: iPad Air 3 and I’m trying to control my late 2009 iMac (with High Sierra). It connects OK, and I can access my iMac, it’s just that using it is painful and often impossible. I like to use my Apple Pencil I, but while it worked a couple of times, it stopped working completely, I don’t know why. That leaves using my fingers. Fine, whatever. Problem is - I can often select stuff, but then it won’t DO anything - tapping repeatedly does nothing. So I can’t actually do much. It’s completely unpredictable as to when it will open something, and when it won’t. I’m sick of it.

So. Is there a better app with which I can control my iMac from my iPad? Something that‘s RELIABLE, and not super finicky like the garbage Jump? I’ll gladly pay!

Any recommendations for something better? TIA!

 

[sparksd]

You can try Spashtop and TeamViewer but I have found Jump to be superior to both but I'm connecting to Win10 devices, where it works great for me.

 

[wrkngclasshero]

You can try Screens but Jump really has been superior in my experience.

Your desktop is quite old and that could play into some of your issues. I got rid of a maxed out (at the time) 2009 iMac last year and to say it was sluggish at the end would be an understatement.

Hope this helps.

 

[OldCorpse]

Thank you! Yes, my iMac is getting on in years, although it was in fact top of the line maxed out model when I bought it. I don't mind buying a new one - in fact, I'd like to. The problem is, that I don't like what I see in the new iMacs - it would be nice to buy an iMac that's had a decent re-design (f.ex. lose the "chin"), and had some real improvements - standard SSD, faster and running cooler and so on. The current iMacs strike me as "old technology".

Anyhow, I don't know if my iMac being old is the issue - for most of almost anything else it works perfectly fine. YMMV.

 

[GerritV]

Take a look at AnyDesk