User manual
Table Of Contents
- Using VMware Horizon Client for Mac OS X
- Contents
- Using VMware Horizon Client for Mac OS X
- Setup and Installation
- System Requirements for Mac Clients
- System Requirements for Real-Time Audio-Video
- Smart Card Authentication Requirements
- Supported Desktop Operating Systems
- Preparing View Connection Server for Horizon Client
- Install Horizon Client on Mac OS X
- Add Horizon Client to Your Dock
- Configuring Certificate Checking for End Users
- Configure Advanced SSL Options
- Configuring Log File Collection Values
- Horizon Client Data Collected by VMware
- Using URIs to Configure Horizon Client
- Managing Remote Desktop and Application Connections
- Connect to a Remote Desktop or Application for the First Time
- Share Access to Local Folders and Drives
- Hide the VMware Horizon Client Window
- Configure Horizon Client to Select a Smart Card Certificate
- Configure Keyboard Shortcut Mappings
- Certificate Checking Modes for Horizon Client
- Searching for Desktops or Applications
- Select a Favorite Remote Desktop or Application
- Switch Desktops or Applications
- Log Off or Disconnect
- Connecting to a View Server at Horizon Client Launch
- Autoconnect to a Remote Desktop
- Configure Reconnect Behavior for Remote Applications
- Removing a View Server Shortcut from the Home Screen
- Reordering Shortcuts
- Roll Back a Desktop
- Using a Microsoft Windows Desktop or Application on a Mac
- Feature Support Matrix for Mac OS X
- Internationalization
- Monitors and Screen Resolution
- Connect USB Devices
- Using the Real-Time Audio-Video Feature for Webcams and Microphones
- Copying and Pasting Text and Images
- Using Remote Applications
- Saving Documents in a Remote Application
- Printing from a Remote Desktop or Application
- PCoIP Client-Side Image Cache
- Troubleshooting Horizon Client
- Index
You must install Horizon Client on Mac OS X Mountain Lion (10.8) or later
to use remote applications. Remote applications do not appear in
Horizon Client if the client system is running an earlier version of OS X.
NOTE Horizon Client 3.4 is not supported on Mac OS X Snow Leopard
(10.6.8) and Mac OS X Lion 10.7) operating systems.
View Connection
Server, Security Server,
and View Agent
Latest maintenance release of View 5.3.x and later releases
If client systems connect from outside the corporate firewall, VMware
recommends that you use a security server. With a security server, client
systems will not require a VPN connection.
Remote applications are available on Horizon 6.0 with View and later
servers.
Display protocol for
View
PCoIP or RDP
Software Requirements
for RDP
Remote Desktop Connection Client for Mac from Microsoft, versions 2.0
through 2.1.1. You can download this client from the Microsoft Web site.
NOTE Horizon Client for Mac OS X does not work with Microsoft Remote
Desktop 8.0 and later releases.
Smart cards
See “Smart Card Authentication Requirements,” on page 9.
System Requirements for Real-Time Audio-Video
Real-Time Audio-Video works with standard webcam, USB audio, and analog audio devices, and with
standard conferencing applications like Skype, WebEx, and Google Hangouts. To support Real-Time Audio-
Video, your View deployment must meet certain software and hardware requirements.
View remote desktop
The desktops must have View Agent 5.3 or later installed. For View Agent
5.3 desktops, the desktops must also have the corresponding Remote
Experience Agent installed. For example, if View Agent 5.3 is installed, you
must also install the Remote Experience Agent from View 5.3 Feature Pack 1.
See the View Feature Pack Installation and Administration document for View. If
you have View Agent 6.0 or later, no feature pack is required. Real-Time
Audio-Video is not supported in remote applications.
Horizon Client computer
or client access device
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Real-Time Audio-Video is supported on Mac OS X Mountain Lion (10.8)
and later. It is disabled on all earlier Mac OS X operating systems.
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The webcam and audio device drivers must be installed, and the
webcam and audio device must be operable, on the client computer. To
support Real-Time Audio-Video, you do not have to install the device
drivers on the desktop operating system where View Agent is installed.
Display protocol for
View
PCoIP
Real-Time Audio-Video is not supported in RDP desktop sessions.
Using VMware Horizon Client for Mac OS X
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