# Ad Hoc Credential

**URL:** <https://community.royalapps.com/t/ad-hoc-credential/2100>\
**Category:** Royal TSX (for macOS)\
**Created:** [April 24, 2025, 8:11pm UTC](https://community.royalapps.com/t/ad-hoc-credential/2100 "2025-04-24T20:11:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![mrdude](https://community.royalapps.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/aca169/32.png) [@mrdude](https://community.royalapps.com/u/mrdude)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2025, 8:11pm UTC](https://community.royalapps.com/t/ad-hoc-credential/2100/1 "2025-04-24T20:11:42Z")

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Looking to find an option in MacOS to have my saved credentials to automatically be used on a Ad Hoc connection OR have the credentials popup as a option to just click on to confirm and jump into the session.

I found this article but it does not actually provide an answer to the question.

> [@Ad Hoc Connections using Protocol Identifiers and Credentials](https://community.royalapps.com/t/ad-hoc-connections-using-protocol-identifiers-and-credentials/202):
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> With Royal TS (for Windows) V3 and Royal TSX (for macOS) V2.2 we extended the ad hoc connection feature in the ribbon/toolbar to quickly create the correct ad hoc connection based on the defaults. Royal TS (for Windows) Royal TSX (for macOS) The example above shows how to quickly use pre-defined protocol i…

Let me know if this is possible or a limitation today.

Thanks

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**Author:** ![christoph\_muehlberger](https://community.royalapps.com/user_avatar/community.royalapps.com/christoph_muehlberger/32/1572_2.png) [@christoph\_muehlberger](https://community.royalapps.com/u/christoph_muehlberger)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2025, 5:33am UTC](https://community.royalapps.com/t/ad-hoc-credential/2100/2 "2025-04-25T05:33:42Z")

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Hi Thiago,

Ad Hoc Connections use the Default Settings, which can be configured in the Application Document as shown in this example:

 ![](https://community.royalapps.com/uploads/default/original/2X/7/782822c5416b60c5742d61ed1c3dd294dc77fccb.png)

If you use the “_ **Specify a credential name** _” option and set “_ **?** _” (without “”) as the value, the Credential Picker will always pop-up when connecting.

 ![](https://community.royalapps.com/uploads/default/original/2X/1/1d680a46609f493c628e3444d85bed951255d6e8.png)

I hope this information helps!

Best regards,

Christoph

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**Author:** ![mrdude](https://community.royalapps.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/aca169/32.png) [@mrdude](https://community.royalapps.com/u/mrdude)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2025, 1:53pm UTC](https://community.royalapps.com/t/ad-hoc-credential/2100/3 "2025-04-25T13:53:00Z")

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Hey Chris.

The suggested worked great.

Thank you