User manual

Users can save their passwords if Horizon LDAP is congured to allow it, if the Horizon Client
certicate verication mode is set to Warn before connecting to untrusted servers or Never connect to
untrusted servers, and if Horizon Client can fully verify the server certicate that Connection Server
presents. For instructions, see the View Administration document.
Install Horizon Client on Mac
End users open Horizon Client to connect to remote desktops and applications from a Mac physical
machine. You install Horizon Client on Mac client systems from a disk image le.
Prerequisites
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Verify that the client system uses a supported operating system. See “System Requirements for Mac
Clients,” on page 8.
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Verify that you can log in as an administrator on the client system.
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If you plan to use the RDP display protocol to connect to a remote desktop, verify that the Mac client
system has Remote Desktop Connection Client for Mac from Microsoft, version 2.0 or later installed.
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Verify that you have the URL for a download page that contains the Horizon Client installer. This URL
might be the VMware Downloads page at hp://www.vmware.com/go/viewclients, or it might be the
URL for a Connection Server instance.
Procedure
1 From your Mac, browse to the URL for downloading the Horizon Client installer le.
The le name format is VMware-Horizon-Client-y.y.y-xxxxxx.dmg. xxxxxx is the build number and y.y.y
is the version number.
2 Double-click the .dmg le to open it and click Agree.
The contents of the disk image appear in a Horizon Client Finder window.
3 In the Finder window, drag the VMware Horizon Client icon to the Applications folder icon.
If you are not logged in as an administrator user, you are prompted for an administrator user name and
password.
What to do next
Start Horizon Client and verify that you can connect to a remote desktop or application. See “Connect to a
Remote Desktop or Application,” on page 26.
Upgrade Horizon Client Online
You can congure Horizon Client to check for and install updates automatically each time it starts. You can
also check for and install updates manually.
If Horizon Client detects a new version, you can choose to download and install the new version, have
Horizon Client remind you to install the new version the next time it starts, or skip the new version. If you
skip a new version when checking for updates manually, the automatic update checking process also skips
that version.
Procedure
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To congure Horizon Client to check for and install updates each time it starts, select VMware Horizon
Client > Preferences and select the Automatically check for updates check box.
The Automatically check for updates check box is selected by default.
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To manually check for and install an update, select VMware Horizon Client > Check for Updates.
Chapter 1 Setup and Installation
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