TruGrid Session Tracker for macOS

TruGrid Session Tracker is a free macOS menu bar utility that gives you at-a-glance visibility into your active Remote Desktop sessions. It sits quietly in your menu bar and shows you how many RDP sessions are currently running, what they're connected to, and how long they've been active.


Why does this exist?


If you use Microsoft's Windows App (formerly Remote Desktop) on your Mac to connect to work resources through TruGrid, you've probably noticed that macOS doesn't make it easy to keep track of your remote sessions. Windows App doesn't show session details in the Dock, full-screen sessions disappear into their own Spaces, and there's no quick way to see what's connected without switching back and forth between windows.


This gets especially confusing when you're running a mix of full desktop sessions and individual RemoteApps, you might have a full remote desktop open alongside Outlook, Word, or a line-of-business app, all running through separate RDP connections with no unified view of what's active. Session Tracker solves this by putting that information right where you can always see it.


Why is it TruGrid branded?


TruGrid Session Tracker is built and maintained by the TruGrid team specifically for our users. While it works with any Microsoft Windows App RDP session, it was designed with TruGrid's remote access workflows in mind, particularly the combination of full desktop and RemoteApp sessions that TruGrid customers commonly use.


What does it show?


Menu bar indicator:

  • RDP ○ — No active sessions. Windows App is not running or has no connections.
  • RDP ● — Windows App is running, sessions are being monitored.
  • RDP 2● ServerName — Two active sessions, with the name of the first connection shown.


Dropdown menu:

  • A list of all active sessions by name (server names, remote app names)
  • Session uptime — how long you've been connected
  • Quick actions to bring Windows App to focus or quit it entirely
  • Click any session name to switch to that window


Installation


  1. Download then open the DMG file and drag TruGrid Session Tracker to your Applications folder.
  2. Double-click to launch. If macOS notifies you it's an app downloaded from the internet, click "open anyway".
  3. On first launch, macOS will ask you to grant Accessibility permission. This is required for the app to detect your RDP session windows.
  4. Go to System Settings → Privacy & Security → Accessibility and toggle TruGrid Session Tracker ON.



NOTE: To start the app automatically at login: System Settings → General → Login Items → click (+) → select TruGrid Session Tracker.


Troubleshooting


The app shows "No active sessions" even though I have sessions open:

This usually means the Accessibility permission needs to be refreshed. Open Terminal and run:


tccutil reset Accessibility com.trugrid.sessiontracker


Then quit and relaunch the app. macOS will prompt you for Accessibility permission again — grant it and your sessions should appear.

The app won't open / says it's damaged:

This can happen on machines where the app hasn't been installed through standard company distribution. Open Terminal and run:


xattr -cr "/Applications/TruGrid Session Tracker.app"


Then try opening it again.


Updated on: 20/03/2026

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