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I have a MacBook Air and I'm using Microsoft's RDP client (Remote Cesktop client) for OS X to remote in to Windows machines. Is there any way to get the client to use the full screen? There seem to be no options for this in the menu bar on on the dock icon.

If not, are there any alternative RDP clients for Mac OSX that will allow me to go full screen? (I'm not really a VNC fan, in any of its forms) It seems a shame to waste my screen real estate, especially since I am on only a 13" screen.

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Click "Full Screen" in the "View" menu at the very top of the screen. Or push Command+2.

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It was a combination of this option and setting the remote display size to be a 16:9 aspect ratio in preferences that finally did it for me. – mjmarsh May 24 '11 at 22:51
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For an alternative that does full screen, try CoRD. http://cord.sourceforge.net/

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Very easy to setup. Nice alternative. – mdwhatcott Sep 6 '12 at 15:11
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You can try Ericom Blaze, a software-based RDP acceleration and compression product that accelerates RDP performance by up to 10-25 times and delivers higher frame rates and reduces screen freezes and choppiness.

Ericom Blaze works with any standard RDP host, including VDI, Terminal Servers and remote physical machines.

You can read more about Blaze and download a free evaluation at: http://www.ericom.com/Blaze

You can also check out a demo of someone using Blaze to connect from a Mac to a Windows PC: http://ericomguy.blogspot.com/Blaze4Mac

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